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The cast of The Cunning Little Vixen is, from left, Thabo Mabuse (Badger), Siphamandla Moyake (Sharp Ears, the Vixen), Dumisa Masoka (Hen), Nica Reinke (Gold Stripe), and Rethabile Khaile (Dog).

Join Cape Town Opera for The Cunning Little Vixen: A family-friendly opera experience

Join Cape Town Opera for an enchanting performance of The Cunning Little Vixen at the Joseph Stone Auditorium from July 21 to 26. This delightful production combines…

The Homestead has been supporting at risk, vulnerable and severely neglected children, youth and families
across Cape Town for more than 44 years.

Cape Town's Mandela Month: How you can make a difference for vulnerable children

As Mandela Day approaches, Cape Town residents are invited to turn their 67 minutes of service into impactful support for vulnerable children facing neglect and poverty. Discover…

The restaurant already leans into a shared dining culture, with menus designed around platters and combination meals meant for the table

Cape Town Fish Market enhances family dining with new kiddies play area

Discover how Cape Town Fish Market is transforming family dining at the V&A Waterfront with a newly upgraded kiddies play area, ensuring parents can relax while children enjoy…

Jason Vanporppal and his friends in South Africa, after he skateboarded across Africa, so they could build a skatepark in Uganda.

The man rolling across Africa: Jason's journey to build a skatepark in Uganda

Three Ugandan skateboarders embark on a remarkable 5,900 km journey across Africa, arriving in Cape Town on May 25 to raise funds for Uganda’s first permanent skatepark,…

Red Cross War Memorial Children's hospital volunteer, William Baartman was treated for burns when he came to the hospital as a child patient in 1977.

Red Cross highlights the need for urgent burn prevention measures for children

On its 70th anniversary, the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital urges parents and communities to take immediate action against preventable childhood burn injuries, which…

Meeting Santa Claus (David Nel from Wildlife Search and Rescue), are Zintle Molose, left, and Zimie Stockwe.

Superheroes and Santa spread festive cheer at Red Cross Hospital's Christmas parade

A heartwarming Christmas parade at Red Cross Hospital delights children with superheroes and Santa, spreading festive cheer to those unable to go home.

A new Stellenbosch University study has found that many packaged foods marketed for babies and young children in South Africa contain flavourings that could negatively affect children’s eating habits and health.

Study finds potentially harmful flavourings in baby foods sold in South Africa

A new Stellenbosch University study has found that many packaged foods marketed for babies and young children in South Africa contain flavourings that could negatively affect…

Cape Town City Ballet dancers will perform repertoire highlights, including an excerpt from Coppélia and Sean Bovim’s Swingtime, pictured.

Cape Town City Ballet and South African Youth Choir unite for RX Radio fundraising event

Cape Town City Ballet (CTCB) teams up with the South African Youth Choir for a captivating fundraising event to support RX Radio, a platform empowering young voices at the Red…

A group of children from Cape Town saw their dream turn into a nightmare after being stranded in Spain following a soccer tour.

Online campaign secures flights for children stranded in Spain after football tour

Funds raised through an online campaign have secured flights for 28 Cape Town children and coaches stranded in Spain after a youth football tournament. Travel planning failures…

Yolanda Jones, Ladles of Love programme director, shows off materials to be used to make, create, craft and grow items for pupils at early childhood development (ECD) centres. Volunteers at the non-profit organisation's Mandela Day activation stations will be piecing them together at the DHL stadium on Friday July 18.

Ladles of Love all set to serve

Join the Ladles of Love team as they prepare for Mandela Day, offering volunteers a chance to support early childhood development through creative activities at the DHL Stadium…

Living Large is a monthly column about the strange (at least from the outside looking in) lifestyle of a modern, large family.

Spy fairy: The evolution of the tooth fairy in our home

Join us as we explore the evolving role of fantasy characters like the tooth fairy in parenting, revealing how they can comfort children through life's challenges.

Yellowwood Primary School pupils learned about the growing dangers of youth vaping and tobacco use in Tafelsig ahead of World No Tobacco Day tomorrow Saturday May 31.

Pupils taught to nip smoking in the bud

Tafelsig pupils were among 2 500 participants in a year-long campaign to learn about the dangers of tobacco use and vaping.

The Two Oceans Aquarium has a line-up of activities planned this school holidays

School holiday fun at aquarium

Two Oceans Aquarium activities lined up for children to enjoy during school holiday.

Camps Bay police, together with Camps Bay NGO Ignisive, took pupils from Bishops School of Skills up Table Mountain to show them that there are opportunities beyond their circumstances. Pictured are the pupils, teachers and representatives of Ignisive and Camps Bay SAPS

Empowering marginalised youth

Camps Bay Police and Ignisive inspire pupils to pursue their dreams through outreach programmes.

Parents need to take extra care of their children when they are exposed to extreme heat at the beaches during summer.

How to help kids beat the heat this summer

Children are more prone than adults to suffer heatstroke or heat exhaustion during the hot summer months because their bodies produce more heat during physical activity while…

Mitch Titlmann after completing a previous Ironman Championship. PICTURE: SUPPLIED

Tackling Ironman for Red Cross radio station

Mitch Tiltmann will tackle a gruelling triathlon to raise funds for RX Radio, which is based at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and is run largely by children. Mr…

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and mayoral committee member for community services and health Francine Higham with the children of Stepping Stones, librarians and members of Nal’ibali non-profit.

World Read Aloud Day fun at Red Cross

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and City librarians shared the joy of reading at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on World Read Aloud Day, Wednesday February 5. They…

Public Protector South Africa’s hosted a regional public hearing into systemic failures in child maintenance at Lentegeur Civic on Wednesday January 22. As seen in this picture, not many people turned up for the public hearing.

Public Protector SA hears women’s maintenance woes

Strandfontein resident Zulpha Mohamed, a single mother of seven children shared the challenges she experienced at the Mitchell’s Plain Maintenance Court at the public hearing in…

Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show will premier in Cape Town during the winter school holidays. Picture: Supplied

See Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad in theatre show

Theatre production Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show will make its African debut at Artscape on Thursday June 26, running until Sunday July 6. Bluey’s Big Play is a theatrical…

Siphokazi Jonas is among the line-up of authors and poets at the Cape Flats Book Festival.

Cape Flats Book Festival offers literary feast

Book lovers will have a chance to meet local and international authors at this weekend’s Cape Flats Book Festival, at West End Primary, in Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain. Writer,…