RC 261003Cape TalkPippa Hudson

Saturday, 3 October 2026

Weekend Breakfast combined Cape Town developments with practical health advice, a Mzoli’s relaunch, motoring trends and candid conversations about motherhood, grief and healing.

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  1. 09:04

    Cape Town’s unfinished foreshore freeways could be completed in phases, with a new bridge, an eventual outbound tunnel and 15 hectares opened for development; costs remain unknown.

  2. 07:40

    Breast screening guidance: average-risk women should start mammograms around age 40 and repeat them every one to two years, while family-history cases may need screening 10 years earlier.

  3. 08:12

    Mzoli’s has reopened at 15 Parnett Street in Gardens, retaining its meat-and-community experience; daughter Susanda Mangeli said franchising is part of the family’s future plans.

  4. 08:36

    South Africa’s new-vehicle sales reached 61,645 in September, up 12.7% year on year, while affordable Chinese models and electric vehicles increasingly shape consumer choice.

  5. 09:22

    Ntando Rambani’s book, From One Mother to Another, examines generational trauma and intentional parenting, including her commitment to apologising when she gets things wrong with her children.