Cape Town 'to benefit' from rugby sevens

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The city council is on the brink of signing a three-year deal to host the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series at the Cape Town stadium until 2018.

Bucket toilets still used in 4% of Cape households

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The Western Cape is still battling to shirk the perception it has the highest use of bucket toilets in the country.

Health fears intensify over gold refinery

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Two Bo-Kaap schools are worried about the impact a gold refinery 200m away will have on the health of their pupils.

Hosting Chiefs not viable for Cape Town Stadium

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The Cape Town Stadium has suffered another loss from hosting a local sporting event - this time more than half a million rand.

No pay increase for Cape Town mayor

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

There will be no pay increase for Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille and her executive in the new year, due to the country’s “economic distress”.

Input sought ahead of Cape Town station deck upgrade

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Cape Town transport authority wants input from at least 700 taxi drivers, as well as commuters, before starting the R250m station deck upgrade.

DA takes steps against councillors

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Councillor Grant Twigg has been suspended from all DA caucus activity including the party’s breakaway session for allowing himself to be elected as the Subcouncil ...

Councillors face suspension for not toeing party line

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Six DA City of Cape Town councillors are facing suspension for electing a subcouncil chairman that was allegedly not approved by the party.

Plan to revitalise Greenmarket Square and St George’s Mall

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The Cape Town city council is looking to revitalise two of the central city’s landmark open spaces - Greenmarket Square and St George’s Mall.

Residents fume over beach-front traders

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The R11. 4m upgrade of the Strand Pavilion precinct has some residents hot under the collar over the relocation of informal traders to the sidewalk on Beach Road. ...

Cape Town’s business push begins

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The Mother City’s image as primarily a tourism destination is set to change under a new initiative.

City of Cape Town to cut 300 outdated by-laws

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The City of Cape Town is cleaning up its statute books and plans to repeal more than 300 by-laws, many of them dating back to the 1950s.

Cape Town joins global energy partnership

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

South Africa’s “Mother City” is the newest member of the World Energy Cities Partnership.

Outcry over DA councillors’ 'breakaway' bill

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Cape Town ratepayers will be footing the bill of R414 627 for a “breakaway session” for the city’s 154 DA councillors, sparking outrage from the ACDP.

Cape Town transport authority reinvented

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Transport authority set to undergo an overhaul to include urban development and housing functions.

Cape's Deep South road upgrades begin

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Long-awaited R171 million upgrade to relieve main traffic routes congestion to start on Monday 24 October.

Cape Town stadium could become a parking garage

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

In efforts to make its white elephant more financially viable, council plans to lease spaces and parking in the precinct for 10 years.

New water restrictions proposed for Cape Town

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

It is going to be a long, dry summer for Capetonians and holidaymakers in the city this festive season.

Winelands toll bid going to Concourt

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Sanral cites "constitutional issues of great public importance" in latest bid to toll Winelands routes.

Call it Bo-Kaap - that’s official

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

A protracted process to have the Bo-Kaap officially named as such has been successful.

Outcry as cellphone masts 'go up like mushrooms'

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Stellenbosch residents are the latest in a spate of unhappy communities in the Western Cape to rail against the proliferation of cellphone masts.

‘Mall will cripple Delft’s small businesses’

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Business groups in Delft are up in arms over the construction of a multi-million-rand Shoprite Checkers mall in the area.

Cape’s traffic congestion 'at tipping point'

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

Cape Town’s development and economy at risk of being constrained, transport indaba hears.

Cape Town’s new liaison officers cost R5. 1m

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

The Cape Town city council’s mayoral committee has approved the appointment of 11 community liason officers at a cost of R5. 1 million in this financial year.

Under 21? No booze for you

Lindsay Dentlinger|Published

South Africa has some of the worst drinking habits in the world, so government says it has no choice but to raise the legal drinking age.