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15/08/2024

If you’re wondering what keeps SLOW going, what makes Anje write scripts and Han Hani present his heart out, the answer is simple: coffee.

Back when SLOW was still travel-based Going Somewhere Slowly and based in Gqeberha, Mastertons Coffee & Tea Specialists was the ultimate travel companion. When the idea came to “make a strangers day with coffee” – i.e drive around with flasks of coffee, and hand it out in the Garden Route a few weeks after the Knysna fires, Mastertons wholeheartedly delivered, supplying the coffee (throwback in last photo).

Things change: names, locations, blends. But what has not changed is the taste of Mastertons.
2024 marks their 100th year of existence, and there’s a new Centenary Blend to celebrate this. And let’s just say this: it tastes like home. Like family.

To the Mastertons family: congratulations on this incredible legacy you have built. From filling Russel Road with the aroma of beans roasting, to Walmer, to seeing that familiar face in Checkers when I moved to Cape Town.

From SLOW’s caffeine-fueled team, thank you for sending us the Centenary Blend. Tried. Tested. And without fail, you delivered again on quality and taste.

Not a sponsored post, just 100% from SLOW’s 💛

24/05/2024

It's Friday. Wanna dice?
The copy of this old ad is 🔥!

13/05/2024

All Telkom-users currently... Hello? Anyone out there?

12/05/2024

The uncut interview with the legend from Cosy Corner CPT — Yousri Hartley — is now live on SLOW's second channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwRw08YmR44
We count ourselves lucky that we could spent time with him. His legacy lives on.
💛
Han Hani & Anje
SLOW

The uncut interview with Yousri Hartley (1965-2023) about Cosy Corner, and Cape Town's Gatsby culture.Watch SLOW's Gatsby Documentary: https://www.youtube.co...

05/05/2024

There's more to Cape Town than a mountain... make room for the Gatsby. A dish that has community written all over it!

"If you don't know what a gatsby is I don't know where you've been" said Cosy Corner's Yousri Hartley.The hallmark of any South African celebrity is their ab...

11/04/2024

After Merweville’s recent rain, we received these photos from Andre Theron.
Hard to believe that when SLOW visited in October 2020 — to make a video about the drought — things looked completely different.

14/03/2024

Here's to the dirty thirties 🇿🇦

05/03/2024

Then vs Now
The 1930s Colosseum in Johannesburg was once a theatre for movies, concerts and stage shows. Complete with an orchestra pit!
But by the late 70s, suburban cinemas gained popularity. It closed its doors in 1985, got demolished, another office block was built and the space that was once a cinema turned residential.

03/03/2024

The Julius Malema Paradox.
New SLOW video out now.

Julius Malema... who is the EFF's leader really. A dictator? A flip-flopper? The one who can lead South Africa to a better future under the banner of the EFF...

14/02/2024

A little bit of Sax Appeal for you... This UCT RAG mag first saw the light in 1933. The first issue had an ad for electricity, when a fully electrified Cape Town was still a far-fetched idea. Over the years the satire and controversy have ruffled some feathers. The first issue banned was in 1942 because of a fictional story titled "Visit to a Nudist Colony".

19/01/2024

There are two sides to the piracy issue.

At the end of 2023 Carte Blanche covered the one side.
Here's the other.

The two sides to the piracy issue. The rights holders not getting bang for their buck. And then there are the lost movies and shows...

01/01/2024

Just in: Load shedding is done with vacation.

21/12/2023

WATCH NOW | Interview with Jermaine, founder of 7delaan MyNou - Amptelik.

Interview with Jermaine Christians, founder of 7de Laan MyNou - Amptelik Fan Page, who rallied the 7de Laan community of fans together to sign a petition in ...

13/12/2023

It's the end of the road for 7de Laan (Amptelik), and in its death lies existential dread. A stark reminder that time is a limited gift.

It's the end of the road for 7de Laan, and in its death lies existential dread. A stark reminder time is a limited gift.

10/12/2023

It's a wrap.
And this is the story of 7de Laan.

7de Laan, the 23-year-old soapie, is done. It's over. With no cliffhanger, the closing credits of 26 December 2023 have been written. This is the story of 7d...

30/11/2023

What do you call this (as a collective, regardless of brand, shape or size)?
Bompies / Ysies / Icies / Suckers / Bunny Lick / Penny Cool / JCs / Lekkerlick / Popsicles / Freezies / Chupas / Ice Bites

29/11/2023

The time of the Aiwa HiFi, before Spotify was a thing.

To understand the magic of the AIWA HiFi is to look at time backwards. In the late 90s and early 2000s we didn’t pay for music. We worked for it.

07/11/2023

SLOW got mail from YouTube (or rather from Google)! And we don't know if the big guys did a literal take on our name and took their time, or if the snail mail joined a standstill somewhere between France and SA for the last 6 months.

But what we do know is that we want to thank all of you who have watched and subscribed to SLOW's YouTube channel. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! 💛
SLOW explains what South Africans love (and hate). Buckle up... because more explanations are coming your way!