RC 260922Cape TalkPippa Hudson

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Literacy, postpartum support and McGregor’s heritage fair shaped a community-focused episode, alongside standout South African checkers results and maritime risks in the Red Sea.

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  1. 13:16

    Lucano Danya Bokwe finished second at both the British Open and Blitz World Championship in Scotland, then placed 10th in the World Qualifiers against the world’s best.

  2. 13:32

    Reading is Kwai founder Nigel Mortley runs a mobile library of roughly 600 books across three Cape Town high schools, amid a national school-library gap affecting 74% of state schools.

  3. 13:51

    McGregor’s Lost Trades Fair will demonstrate lime plastering, thatching, mud-brick making, wool spinning, handmade soap, eco-dyeing and dry-stone walling this Saturday afternoon.

  4. 14:21

    Occupational therapist Zenobia Wadger’s Her Occupation initiative will host an evidence-based postpartum support workshop on 10 October at The Care Collective in Tokai.

  5. 14:39

    Some shipping operators are returning to the Red Sea and Suez route despite Houthi attacks, while a large crude tanker’s charter rate has reached about $1.2 million a day.