Surgeon, 80, swims into record books with Robben Island crossing 07 April 2021 - 11:40 By Craig Bishop Pacesetter Martin Goodman, left, celebrates with Cape Town heart surgeon Otto Thaning and skipper Roger Finch after the 80-year-old s Robben Island crossing. Image: Lewis Pugh
Cape Town heart surgeon Otto Thaning has, at 80, become the oldest person to swim the 7.5km from Robben Island to the mainland.
Thaning braved 16ºC water for a swift 2hr 52min crossing, his 13th. He was paced by Robben Island veteran Martin Goodman, skippered by Roger Finch the first South African to hold the “triple crown” of open water swimming and supported by environmental activist and cold water swimmer Lewis Pugh.
Surgeon, 80, swims into record books with Robben Island crossing
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Cape Townâs Central City Improvement District is a model worth emulating
By Opinion
Tasso Evangelinos, CEO of the Cape Townâs Central City Improvement District (CCID)
Cape Townâs Central City Improvement District (CCID), the first of its kind to be established in the country, turns 20 this year. It is a milestone worth celebrating, and a model worth emulating, as it has proven its worth to Cape Town over the past two decades.
Established in 2000 as a non-profit organisation, the CCID is funded by property owners to provide essential top-up safety and cleaning services in the city centre. Replicating the âImprovement Districtsâ first introduced in Canada and the USA in the mid-60s, Cape Townâs CCID operates in a 1.6 square kilometre geographic area stretching from Nelson Mandela Boulevard in the north to Buitensingel/ Roeland streets in the south, and from Buitengracht Street in the west, to Canterbury Street and Christiaan Barnard Boulevard in the ea