LIGHTS OUT.

Dark dining for Cape Town's blind. The meal helped the sighted understand life for blind people. South Africa's Cape Town Society for the Blind has held a fund-raising dinner with a difference - there were no lights, so guests ate in the dark.

The idea was to highlight what life was like for blind people. "It was a humbling experience," she said. "I ate the entire meal with my hands because I could not use my knife and fork in the dark." Some 50 guests took part in the haute cuisine meal, served by blind waiters.