The Soapbox’s editor-at-large, ALEX MATTHEWS, argues that the failure of big business to speak out about the dangers of the Protection of Information bill is undermining South Africa’s democracy.
Cruising the Caribbean Celebrity Style: Part One
BY SARAH LAURENCE
Floating five-star luxury for the price of living at home, a new island to explore every day after which you return to find your duvet turned down – no wonder so many old people think it’s a great idea! Staff who know your favourite drink after the first (long, boozy) evening and smiling [...]
Food: Feeling for a little Mexican
WORDS BY LARA MOSES
My first choice for Mexican is always Ponchos in Obz, but because they were booked up for the night, my girls and I found ourselves at Fat Cactus in Park Road. A little advise to those not familiar to the Kloof street parking situation, it’s a bitch so add an extra 10 [...]
CT Dreamers Part Four: Jane Banks
WORDS BY LARA MOSES
23 years old, Designer and owner of Janie B
Jane Banks has always had a passion for fashion. During primary school she scribbled designs all over her school work and by the time she got to high school she realised it was something she could do as a career and proceeded to start [...]
CT Dreamers Part Three: Marwaan Sasman
BY LARA MOSES
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TREPHINE
22 years old, Business Designer and Founder of Pigeon Pie: Creative Business Design.
With a keen interest in the arts all through his school career, Marwaan took design and visual communication at The Frank Joubert Art School where he earned the title of top design student in the Western Cape for 2005. [...]
Sex and Slaves in the City – A CT Walking Tour
BY CRAIG PRINSLOO
What a beautiful day to be outdoors and learning. We embarked on my walk about Cape Town from the Grand Daddy Hotel with my trusty notepad, pencil and walking shoes tied with double knots to experience a walking tour like no other. This was “Sex and Slaves in the City” and our first [...]
Review: Milkshakes at New Fire & Ice Protea Hotel, CT
BY RYAN KOEN
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of being a guest (if but only for a few hours) at the swanky and oh-so-stylish Fire and Ice! Protea Hotel located at 198 Bree Street. Now on the particular morning in question, I had actually skipped breakfast, however this would turn out to be a [...]
Adele 21 – The Soundtrack to My Soul
BY LARA MOSES
There is honestly no better way to describe the music of this 22 year old singer/songwriter than a testimony of every girls thoughts put into a soulful mix of an R ‘n B inspired sound. I could leave it at that but here’s why I love Adele and her latest album.
Adele’s first album [...]
A New and Empowered Arab World
BY MISHQA ROSSIER
The latest spread of uprisings in the Arab world has ignited Tunisia, Egypt Libya, Bahrain, Algeria, Morocco, and Yemen in its wake. The empowerment and upliftment of the people in these countries is palpable, with many Egyptians claiming, after President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, “Now I count…now I have dignity.”
“This uprising has completely [...]
CT Dreamers Part Two: Trephine Photography
WORDS BY LARA MOSES
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TREPHINE
23 years old, photographer
“I wish it was a more elegant story, but unfortunately not.” – Trephine on how he became a photographer
While on his gap year in the UK, Trephine bought his first camera and soon realised that taking photos of his travels and for his MySpace profile pictures was, [...]
