
This momentum is reflected in record airport figures from the Western Cape. According to a press release from Wesgro, Cape Town International Airport recorded 1,12 million two-way passengers in December 2025, an 8% year-on-year (y/y) increase on its December 2024 record.
International passenger numbers grew by 10% y/y to just under 364 000, while domestic two-way passengers increased by 7% to 754 000.
For the full year, the airport handled a record 11,1 million two-way passengers in 2025, including 3,3 million international passengers, a 7% increase compared with 2024.
Wesgro CEO Wrenelle Stander said in…
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Mad Rascal
An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
Spider Fuji
Finland: You have two cows. They are more likely than your entire country to commit a crime.