Rondebosch

As a career journey, you know, to become a housekeeper, a waiter, you know, relatively low barriers to enter that sort of employment market.

But where you can go, you know, one of my first jobs, I was a bartender in Rondebosch in Cape Town, you know, and that's how I made my pocket money.

And, you know, that got that I learned sales, I learned customer experience or customer, you know, satisfaction in that side of things.

in that role and it's really laid the foundation for a lot of what I still do today and I think that's the incredible part of it is really anybody can start the journey you know you hope you started with a company or an organization that's going to help you develop and grow and you know explore the potential of your potential but But yeah, I think, you know, what excites me about tourism is there are so many knock on activities, suppliers.

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So you just brought back like a core memory for me because my first job was sort of in the waitering field as you were a barman in Rondebosch.

I was waitering in Alberton.

And then also the transport around that needs to be uplifted to accommodate all these people.

Because for me, I don't see why somebody traveling from Atlantis and somebody traveling from Rondebosch should not pay the same amount to go on a train because they all need to get down to work.

We should all be paying the same amount.

It's public transport.

It's the only ground with a train station right outside.

So people can hop on, you know, and you can walk from Rondebosch or Newlands itself.

And, you know, there are bars and cafes and restaurants.

And it's not like a slightly down in the dump city centre.

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I remember a long time ago, July 1995, Baxter Theater in Rondebosch.

I walked into a church just like this, and I'd grown up believing in Jesus, and I prayed, especially when I was going to go bat, play cricket, or play rugby, or run, or like exam time, prayed really hard.

I was a believer, but I wasn't the disciple.

And there are various runs in Cape Town.

Stellies, Gordon's Bay, Greenpoint, Kailitsha, Rondebosch.

And my advice is for the audience to go to Follow us on our social media pages, the Daredevil social media pages.

All the runs are listed there.

Booking is on web tickets at 250 Rand per person, which includes full access to the museum and gardens.

The Cape Orchid Society is hosting its annual spring flower show in Rondebosch this weekend.

Not only will you be able to admire other people's beautiful orchids and displays, but you can also buy your own plants and supplies and take the opportunity to interact with the experts and get advice on growing your own.

The venue is the Rondebosch Scout Hall in Chess Road.

Entry is free and the event is from 9 till 4 on Saturday and 9 till 3 on Sunday.

One more for the garden fans.

I don't know if it's like that anymore.

And so we didn't play against, in that stage was the big four, the Weinberg, Rondebosch, Bishop, Sachs.

And I went to a school called the Settlers High School in Belleville.

So to have progressed through that process was quite interesting.

And lastly, a market with a difference.

If you find yourself in the Rondebosch area or if you want to explore Colombian food, Columbia Day Market takes place at the Erin Hall in Erin Road, Rondebosch tomorrow from 10 until 2.

You can taste traditional Colombian dishes including empanadas, arepas, bocadillo and authentic Colombian coffee.

Very, very good coffee, I should add.

Entrance is free.

But once again, you are encouraged to book on Quicket if you'd like to make sure that they have space to accommodate you.

The Columbia Day Market at the Erin Hall in Rondebosch tomorrow.

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