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The wedding of

Zanele & Ruben

13 March 2027 · Paternoster

A celebration awaits…

Welcome! We are so happy you are here as we get ready for one of the most important days of our lives. Have a look through the details of the day, find answers to the questions you might have, and let us know if you can come. Thank you for all your love and support. We cannot wait to celebrate with you.

With love, Zanele and Ruben
Our story

How it began

Zanele and Ruben met on a wet Tuesday in a Woodstock bookshop, both reaching for the last copy of the same cookbook. Ruben let her have it, on the condition that she cook him something from it. She did, badly, and he asked to come back the next week anyway.

Seven years on, they have cooked their way through that book twice, moved into a flat with a crooked balcony, and spent every long weekend they could find on the West Coast, walking the beach at Paternoster until the light went.

So that is where they will marry: with salt in the air, their favourite people around them, and a very long table on the sand.

The day

How it unfolds

15:30

Ceremony on the beach

Below the lighthouse, Cape Columbine

Chairs on the sand facing the sea. Please be seated by 15:15.

16:30

Drinks and oysters

The dune deck

Bubbles, oysters and a slow walk back up from the beach.

18:30

Dinner

The Long Table

Fish from the morning boats, a few short speeches and the sunset.

21:00

Dancing

Shoes optional. The band plays until late.

Travel

Getting to Paternoster

Paternoster is a fishing village on the West Coast, about an hour and a half from Cape Town on the R27.

Strandloper Cottages

Paternoster village · 5 minutes

From R 1,500 a night

Whitewashed cottages a short walk from the beach.

Columbine Guest House

Cape Columbine road · On the doorstep

Mention our names when you book.

Parking

Park at the reserve gate. A shuttle takes you down to the beach from 14:45.

Getting home

Shuttles run back to the village from 23:00 until the last guest.

Will you be there?

Will you join us by the sea?

Reply to the invitation

Kindly reply by 1 February 2027

Gifts

Having you with us is the gift. If you would like to give something more, a little towards our honeymoon would make us very happy.

Honeymoon fund

Ten slow days on the islands of Mozambique

Our kitchen

A good cast-iron pot, and a new cookbook to ruin

Good to know

Questions, answered

What should I wear?

Summer formal, in soft colours. The ceremony is on sand, so leave the stilettos at home.

Can I bring a plus-one?

We can only welcome the guests named on your invitation.

Will it be windy?

It is the West Coast, so probably. Bring a wrap or a jacket for the evening.