RC 260805Cape TalkPippa Hudson
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Immersive art at the Heat Winter Arts Festival and a detailed Consumer Goods and Services Ombud report dominated the show, with motoring advice on safety and the new FJ Cruiser also getting airtime.
- 13:14
Heat Winter Arts Festival opens tomorrow in Cape Town with a nine-day programme under the theme “Ctrl Z”, centred on renewal, repair and reimagining across galleries, performance and digital art.
- 13:30
The new immersive dome programme, Synthetic by Nature, runs 45 minutes, costs from R150 and features three international works from Austria, Montreal and South Korea at the Iziko Planetarium.
- 14:19
Consumer complaints to the CGSO rose to more than 15,000, with 64% resolved for consumers and R12.9 million refunded; the biggest issues were defective goods, cancellations and delivery failures.
- 14:47
The CGSO said online shoppers can cancel within seven days without a handling fee, even if goods were opened, while blanket “no returns on sale items” clauses can fall foul of consumer law.
- 13:41
Ernest Page said the new Toyota FJ Cruiser uses the same 2.7-litre engine as a Quantum taxi, returns about 12L/100km and is pricey at R714,000, but remains very capable off-road.