Isabella Schmidt
762 articles published
Isabella Schmidt is a Cape Town journalist who chronicles the city’s evolving food culture, from Bo-Kaap spice merchants to Khayelitsha microbreweries. Raised hiking the trails that link Table Mountain to the Cape Flats, she brings the flavours and voices of her hometown to global readers with equal parts rigour and heart.
Articles by Isabella Schmidt
Proteas flex muscles in World Cup opener
23 Aug 2026
Open Book Festival presents another great line-up for Youth Fest
22 Aug 2026
Government had a choice
20 Aug 2026
Cape Town: 10 taxi drivers arrested in one day
18 Aug 2026
Church snaps up iconic Good Hope Centre in R135m deal
18 Aug 2026
Share your spark and inspire others to donate blood with WCBS
18 Aug 2026
Jurassic judges: the saga continues
17 Aug 2026
Marx and Roos scoop top honours at SA Rugby Awards
17 Aug 2026
South Africa’s marathon crowned the world’s most in-demand race
15 Aug 2026
Jazz takes over the Mother City
14 Aug 2026
The Polygamist puts South Africa in Netflix’s global spotlight
19 Jul 2026
Zanele Muholi opens landmark Cape Town exhibition at Southern Guild
18 Jul 2026
Pre-workout supplements can turn toxic, UCT experts warn
16 Jul 2026
Afrikaner woman shares cost of moving to the US as a refugee
15 Jul 2026
‘American Pie’ star Shannon Elizabeth reveals why South Africa changed her life forever
15 Jul 2026
Cape Town’s best winter set menus for less
14 Jul 2026
Anele Tembe inquest postponed to September after court medical emergency
13 Jul 2026
Could the Foreshore Freeway become a rail corridor?
12 Jul 2026
Western Cape teen earns Junior Portrait Awards honour
10 Jul 2026
Trump says Iran ceasefire is over as oil prices jump amid renewed conflict
08 Jul 2026