Mayor De Lille appoints city’s first chief resilience officer

Zara Nicholson|Published

Cape Town's chief resilience officer will lead city-wide efforts to build holistic resilience to the social, physical and economic challenges.

R71m German deal to curb violence in Cape

Zara Nicholson|Published

R71m has been given to the Western Cape government by the KfW German Development Bank for urban upgrade programmes.

N2 Express MyCiTi service launch on track

Zara Nicholson|Published

The wheels are in motion for the launch of the N2 Express MyCiTi service to Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha, says the City of Cape Town.

Frustrated commuters lash out at MyCiti

Zara Nicholson|Published

Cape Town’s answer to public transport woes has caused more issues for some commuters who have labelled it as “pathetic”.

W Cape tops municipality scorecards

Zara Nicholson|Published

Seven of SA's 10 best-performing municipalities are in the Western Cape while 8 of the worst are in the Eastern Cape.

Cape Town mayor’s team ‘too white’

Zara Nicholson|Published

Patricia de Lille’s mayoral committee reshuffle does not reflect the city’s demographics, oppostion parties have said.

Capetonians to pay more for parking

Zara Nicholson|Published

City to spend R15m on new technology and, as usual, the public is going to pay for it.

Ratepayer was aggressive, says councillor

Zara Nicholson|Published

The City of Cape Town councillor accused of assaulting a protesting ratepayer has spoken out for the first time.

ANC says Pascoe key to Mitchells Plain

Zara Nicholson|Published

The ANC is confident Grant Pascoe will be able to garner support for the party in his former constituency.

Councillor’s temper boils over

Zara Nicholson|Published

A suburban spat reached boiling point when a DA councillor pushed his fist into a Wynberg resident's throat at an inspection of a property in Claremont yesterday. ...

Councillor, resident’s spat gets physical

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[VIDEO] A spat reached boiling point when a DA councillor smacked and pushed his fist into a resident's throat.

Most Capetonians feel safe in the CBD

Zara Nicholson|Published

Around 74% of people feel safe in Cape Town's CBD, day or night, says a report by the Central City Improvement District.

City gives R550m CTICC expansion a nod

Zara Nicholson|Published

The city council has approved R550m purchase of shares to go towards funding the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Unregistered estate agents block transformation

Zara Nicholson|Published

Human Settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela says unregistered estate agents is a big factor blocking transformation.

New housing delivery plan ‘a DA poll ploy’

Zara Nicholson|Published

Opposition parties in Cape Town city council were less than impressed with the city’s new housing delivery draft plan.

‘Nothing irregular’ about logo tender award

Zara Nicholson|Published

The City of Cape Town has defended the appointment of its director of strategic communications, Carol Avenant.

‘Nothing irregular’ about logotender award

Zara Nicholson|Published

The city has defended the appointment of its director of strategic communications, Carol Avenant, who worked at one of the companies that won the R8-million tender ...

City logo designer speaks

Zara Nicholson|Published

The designer behind the controversial proposed city logo firmly believes it is a "beautiful logo which has the potential to become iconic".

Muggings ‘the norm’ in Bo-Kaap

Zara Nicholson|Published

Bo-Kaap business owners have called on local authorities to step in to stop the crime wave that they say is worsening daily.

Call to act on rising crime wave

Zara Nicholson|Published

Bo- Kaap business owners have called on local authorities to step in to stop the crime wave that they say is worsening daily, with residents and tourists mugged ...

Sanitation protesters lay down demands

Zara Nicholson|Published

A leader behind the city's sanitation protests, former ANC councillor Andile Lili, emerged from a meeting with mayor Patricia de Lille yesterday declaring that they ...

ANC holds city march today

Zara Nicholson|Published

The ANC is to march on Premier Helen Zille and mayor Patricia de Lille's offices today over housing, land and sanitation - at the same time that leaders from informal ...

Target gangs not drivers, says Ehrenreich

Zara Nicholson|Published

Cosatu has blasted JP Smith for targeting motorists using cellphones while Cape Town is besieged by gang violence.

Illegal dumpers could lose their trucks

Zara Nicholson|Published

The city has issued fines of millions of rand for illegal dumping in six months - and will soon have the powers to seize the vehicles used.

Tourism figures soar in ‘bumper season’

Zara Nicholson|Published

Tourism in Cape Town is back on track, with figures returning to pre-recession numbers.