City of Cape Town

City warns of illegal RDP houses

The City of Cape Town has urged potential buyers of RDP houses to make sure that the house they are buying can be sold legally.  The city says residents must be careful when buying a State-subsidised dwelling, commonly referred to as an RDP house, as there are restrictions on the sale[…]

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BDS ‘confused’ by claims of City meeting walkout

The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement in South Africa (BDS SA) has refuted allegations it walked out a meeting with the City of Cape Town, after the two parties met on Thursday over the organisations plans to stage a protest outside a Pharrell Williams concert in September. BDS are optimistically[…]

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No agreement on GF Jooste as yet

Talks are in an “advanced stage” between the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works and the City of Cape Town, with a view to the City taking control of the GF Jooste Hospital. The Manenberg-based facility, which is owned by the department, has become a haven of criminal[…]

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Malay choirs organise second protest

The Cape Malay Choir Board will be staging a second protest against the closure of the Good Hope Centre after Ramadan, according to chairman Shafiek April. The Cape Malay choir fraternity are up in arms about the iconic venue’s pending lease to a film production company. The Board claims they were[…]

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City clamps down on taxi

The City of Cape Town’s Traffic Service has impounded more than 500 public transport vehicles during operations in the first six months of 2015. The operations conducted by the department’s Technical Services Division focused on minibus-taxis, sedan taxis and scholar transport vehicles. A total of 31 operations were conducted across the[…]

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Get off our land, City tells circus school

The SA National Circus School is in town but not for much longer, as the City of Cape Town has given notice that its 10-year lease will not be renewed because it has other plans for the land. The school’s founder, 53-year-old Dimitri Slaverse said he was shocked to read[…]

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City to reduce red tape for prayer spaces

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) on Wednesday announced a ground-breaking initiative in partnership with the City of Cape Town that will seek to ease the process of establishing mosques, prayer spaces and Islamic institutions across the city. Through the project, land will be made available in areas where prayer facilities[…]

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No severe flooding, for now: City

The City of Cape Town has warned residents to continue to safeguard themselves from the onslaught of wet weather, after the first of two cold fronts hit the city on Tuesday night. – Has the rain affected you? Send us your eyewitness accounts and photos. Cape Town Disaster Management spokesperson[…]

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South Road residents cautious over City plans

Nearly 26 families facing possible eviction from their council owned homes in Wynberg have received temporary respite, after the City of Cape Town provisionally withdrew plans to terminate their lease agreements. The families reside in houses situated along South Road, where the City has sought to make way for a[…]

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