According to Channel24, the South African Film and TV Industry has been given special permission to start shooting again, but in a very different manner compared to prior Lockdown. On 3 May special regulations for this industry were gazetted, to open up TV and Film production beyond the TV news and current affairs programs intended for local TV, after a 5-week Level 5 Lockdown. This change came about with little fanfare, and is subject to very tight rules. Continue reading →
I was invited by journalist Andrew Thompson of UK-based Culture Trip to submit an article about the Top 10 Things to do and see in Camps Bay in Cape Town. This is what I wrote just prior to the Corona Virus Lockdown:
From posting amateurish food preparation videos in his home kitchen at the beginning of Level 5 Lockdown, Chef Luke Dale Roberts is stepping up his game, entering the Food Delivery market as of 9 May, with a high-end Gourmet Hamper offering choice, making him the most expensive Delivery offering by far, bizarre in a time when every family is tightening its belts, given the economic catastrophe which the Corona Virus Lockdown is causing in our country. Continue reading →
While a few restaurants already announced their closure at the beginning of March, when the COVID-19 Virus Lockdown had not yet been announced, a flood of restaurant closures is expected when restaurants are allowed to reopen to the public in Level 1 again, at an unannounced date in the future.
A shock closure announced by Chef Luke Dale Roberts during Lockdown Level 5 was that of The Shortmarket Club, and with it neighboring The Commissary. SMAK Delicatessen and Eatery on Bree Street, La Bottega in Woodstock, Empire Cafe in Muizenberg, Buitenverwachting Restaurant (under the guidance of Chef Edgar Osojnik for the past 20 years), and Mariner’s Wharf in Hout Bay have also thrown in the towel.