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A guide to Cape Peninsula Coastal Gardening: A little bit of wild, with Tara Dalton
On the occasion of the launch of a new book, Cape Peninsula Coastal Gardening: A Little Bit of Wild, we chat to publisher and local garden designer Tara Dalton on choosing plants for our coastal conditions, working with what’s already here and creating gardens that belong to the landscape.
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Kommetjie Emmy winner Rick Treweek is building virtual worlds you can step into
Local brings home Emmy for Outstanding Emerging Media Program for the show Uncanny Alley: A New Day, a collaboration between Virtual Worlds Company and Ferryman Collective.
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More than a game: How Rising Stars is creating pathways through football
From local training sessions to international football partnerships, Rising Stars is opening doors for talented young people through sport, education and community. Based in Kommetjie, the academy is doing far more than training footballers – it’s helping shape futures.
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Sounds of Kommetjie: Backabuddy, back a village!
Support a new project: a short film on the sounds and sights of Kommetjie – a Kommetjie Life and Fynbos Productions collaboration.
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Where science and spirit meet: Kommetjie filmmaker follows the sardine run in The Greatest Soul on Earth
A new documentary by Lee Doig (Let it Rain Films) explores one of the ocean’s most dramatic migrations, the South African sardine run. Moving beyond spectacle, the film asks deeper questions about connection, spirituality and the pull between science, nature and indigenous knowledge.
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Kommetjie Spar Development: Have your say on these 3 departures
Developers of the proposed Spar & ‘Milkwood Centre’ in Kommetjie have applied for 3 critical changes to the approved plans. Have your say by 23 March 2026.
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The Story of Good Riddance – a short film from Kommetjie
Behind every flat white at Good Riddance is a longer story – one Dom Moriarty doesn’t often tell. A short film changed that.
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Kommetjie Summer Guide
Welcome to the Kommetjie Summer Guide – A Season on the Edge of the Peninsula
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Kommetjie Festival 2025 in pictures
Coming together around all things Kommetjie: yoga, surf, skate, food, music, creativity and community vibes with an epic fundraiser!
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Shipwrecked in Kommetjie
A shipwrecked sailor is washed up on a deserted beach, sun baked and thirsty. All is not as it seems on this beach… watch to see what happens next to the thirsty mariner.