Take a leap of love
Legend has it that women are encouraged to turn the tables and be the ones to propose marriage in a leap year. We looked at our…
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SONA road closures and parking restrictions
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) will take place at Parliament this week and, as a result, there will be several road…
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Prevention is key to eradicating remote jamming
Remote jamming is a method of breaking into vehicles that will become increasingly popular because it attracts very little…
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Bree Street a pedestrian-only zone on Sunday 17 January 2016
By closing Bree Street in the Central City on Sunday 17 January 2016 from 10h00 until 15h00, Open Streets Cape Town and the…
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Cape Town Central City gears up for the festive season
Judging by the lines of cars snaking into the Cape Town CBD, the festive season is in full swing, and the Cape Town Central…
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Introducing the Heinrich Böll Foundation
The Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) is a publicly funded institution that is affiliated with but independent from the German…
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Winner wena!
In Oct/Nov we challenged you to add colour to your Central City experience by visiting our new website and using the Explore…
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Live like a local
Welcome to Airbnb, the website that, according to Wikipedia, is for people to “list, find, and rent lodging”. According to…
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Shared spaces
Public spaces are where the Central City comes alive, where people meet and history comes together with the present. Popular…
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On your bike!
The Central City is home to much of Transport for Cape Town’s (TCT) pioneering non-motorised transport infrastructure,…
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‘Tis the season to go shopping
Woven into the fabric of the Central City shopping experience are informal traders of all kinds. On a gift-buying excursion,…
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Coworkers of Cape Town, unite!
Globally, freelancers and entrepreneurs are embracing a new culture of collaboration, informally sharing their skills and ideas…
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Expanding business confidence in the Cape Town CBD
Brad Armitage is a man on a mission: to invest in top-notch businesses that attract people to the Cape Town CBD and grow the…
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Open Streets is back on Bree!
The initiative that created temporary public space in the Cape Town Central City for 10-15 000 people in early 2015 will return…
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City geared up to celebrate the Festival of Lights
Cape Town’s largest and most inclusive free festive celebration, the annual Festival of Lights, takes place this Sunday, 6…
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City launches “We Love Africa” Special Star competition
In keeping with this year’s “We Love Africa” theme for the annual Festival of Lights, the City of Cape Town’s Special Star…
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Creating a masterpiece
With a residential population of an estimated 6 000, and a rising nighttime economy, the Cape Town Central City has become…
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Adding brushstrokes over time
The Cape Town CCID turned 15 in November 2015. To take a look at highlights from the organisation’s history – how, together…
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CCID’s third annual Residential Survey shines spotlight on inner-city living trends
According to the latest Online Residential Survey conducted by the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID), the…
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CCID LAUNCHES 2015 ONLINE RESIDENTIAL SURVEY
For the third year in a row, the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) is surveying the population who call the…
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Gardens in the sky
A fashion school in the Central City is showing the way for sustainable development. City Views spoke to FEDISA…
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