So I just completed the 25mins short transfer at ADD. My incoming flight from Mumbai was supposed to land at 8am connecting to 8:25am departure to Cape Town. The incomimg flight was delayed a bit and by the time the door opened it was 8:20am. I was a bit worried for the connection but as was pointed out earlier there was a separate bus to Cape Town flight which was parked just 2 planes down the row. No need to go through the mess in the main terminal. By 8:30am I was inside the next plane and the doors closed immediately.

At CPT, my checked in baggage did come out. How did they do that! I'm pretty amazed at how ET handles such tight connections so well.