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Any cold/flu virus doing its rounds currently?
Change of weather pattern hard to tell if it allergies or the start of virus? Ty

For the past 3 months I have had to move from Wembley square to Foreshore, which is an incredibly small gym. There is not even enough weights for the machines alone.

Century City is also under renovations since April? It’s impossible to get a good work out let alone attempt to use the equipment.

Why send everyone to the smallest gym out of the lot?

I am paying R1200 per month for absolutely wasting my time.

Could they not discount our fee for the absolute joke of an inconvenience?

I spend more time looking for parking then working out, seriously get your shit together Virgin active.

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Best places in Cape Town for car spotting in 2027?

Hey everyone, I’m going to be visiting Cape Town in 2027 and I’m really into supercars and hypercars.

I’m especially hoping to see a Koenigsegg, although I know they’re extremely rare and I’m not expecting to see one. I’d also love to spot other cars like Bugattis, Paganis, McLarens, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, etc.

What would you say are the best places or areas in Cape Town for car spotting? I’m already considering the V&A Waterfront, Camps Bay and the Atlantic Seaboard, as well as car dealerships and automotive events.

Are there any particular areas, events, dealerships or times of year that you’d recommend checking out in 2027?

Thanks!

I’ve been going to the exact same cinema for the past 15 years, and it always used to be a reliable spot. But these past two months have been absolutely insane. I’m honestly starting to wonder if people have just lost all basic social awareness.

For the past four movies in a row, our experience has been at least partly ruined by loud talkers, teens acting the fool, or people treating the theater like their personal living room.

We just got back from watching the new Spider-Man movie. I specifically waited a few weeks after the release so it wouldn’t be so busy. Unfortunately, the dude sitting right next to me wouldn’t stop talking loudly to his partner. To make it worse, his phone rang and he actually got up to take the call, loudly shouting "HELLO?!" before finally walking out.

We watched Odyssey last week, and it was the exact same thing. The people right behind us were talking super loud and constantly sucking their teeth through the whole movie.

When we saw Supergirl last month, three kids literally ran into the cinema, let out a loud moan, left, came back to blast some meme sound from their phone, and then came back again to dance right in front of the screen.

You’d think paying for a prestige screening would be better, right? Nope. A group of four spent the entire movie on their phones on Snapchat, filming the screen on full brightness, loudly reacting, and giving a running commentary.

I just don’t understand it anymore. Do people not know how to act in public? Has anyone else noticed a massive decline lately, or am I just getting incredibly unlucky?

When I lived in Joburg, I was on Vumatel which was just lightning fast. All websites loaded fast and when I gamed online, my ping was 1ms.

Since I moved to the Cape, I have lived in two different areas, Strand and CT proper, with Octotel being the fibre provider at both locations. Since being on Octotel, my gaming ping has gone up to 20ms (which is perfectly fine but still a 20x increase) and I have noticed Google websites take longer to load, with Gmail being the main culprit.

On Vumatel a YouTube video would load immediately but on Octotel it usually takes a couple of seconds. Gmail loads immediately but usually takes a solid 10 seconds before it becomes responsive.

In both locations I used two different ISPs so it can't be an issue with the ISP. The issue has to be Octotel as they are the only constant. With the first ISP I had a 50/25mbps line and I now have a 100/100mbps line so bandwidth can't be the issue either.

I’m going to Cape Town next month, and I remember seeing a zoo or wildlife sanctuary where you can have a close-up experience with cheetahs, meerkats, and other animals.
I can’t seem to find the place anymore. Does anyone know the name of it?

Hi Capetonians

Anyone know where I can get some C Grade Silverside to make biltong?

I'm in the final throws of making my biltong maker, and keen to start sourcing some meat.

Southern Suburbs, but I don't mind driving.

I’m a 20 year old black male student. I’m planning on travelling from Behlar to St James beach Friday. I’ll be using train cause I’m up for the experience. You’re welcome to tag along with me. What I’m actually looking for is any advice, what to avoid etc. especially concerning the train trip.

Can I take my bike on the train from romdebosch to fishhoek?

My fiance and I are planning a wedding at home affairs, possibly Stellenbosch or one of the "nicer" home affairs. We are working on a budget and trying to make the most out of it.

Does anyone have any tips or recommendations they could share? In particular, how did you book, how long did you have to wait for a date, and what did the actual day look like? Is there a way to spruce it up a bit, add some romance?

Thanks in advance for helping make our wedding special!

Edit: obviously I mean married at home affairs.

Anyone else's FNB cards not working?

Both virtual and Physical?

My flight from Addis Ababa arrives at Cape Town at 1pm, and I need to get to my Airbnb in an area called Kenilworth.

I was thinking I would just get an Uber and that would be the end of it, but I've been seeing that the road from the airport to the city has been called the 'hell run' and is supposedly quite dangerous which is making me anxious.

Is there any way to avoid this road, or if not is the risk of something happening generally low? I'm also considering if getting an airport taxi may be better since the drivers are likely more familiar with shuttling people back and forth to/from the airport.

Seems like we need to relocate once again as our landlord mentioned he needs us out by December as he is giving the house to his son (must be nice).

So with that said, me and my fiance are wondering wether it's better to rent Vs buy (pay a bond) and if anyone has any suggestions where to start ..

It's within the cape town/ northern suburbs region but honestly we're open to anywhere within a 50km radius of the CBD.

Do I go to the banks?

Any advice would be appreciated

Regards

New to myCiti, downloaded the app and it seems like I can't add my card to the app. It keeps saying to place it on the back of my phone but it just makes the sound and nothing happening. My phone has nfc. I checked for updates on playstore but the last updates was last year October.

My question, is the app dead because I see there is still notices getting added? Or is it just a case of "we don't care about the app"