2012 turned out to be our year of resilience. while events and concerts fell to 276 from a peak of 909 (2011, in twin venues including mannenberg), this was a major accomplishment since the new book café was closed for 5 months and operating ‘partially’ for another 4 months, in effect a cumulative total of 60% ‘downtime’. about 75% of basic refurbishment was completed by the end of 2012.