The strike by MyCiti bus drivers is set to continue, the City of Cape Town said on Wednesday. “The City of Cape Town has been informed that the strike by bus drivers who are employed by the Transpeninsula Investments (TPI) vehicle operating company (VOC) is continuing,” mayoral committee member for[…]
Capetonians can start getting into shape for the annual 10km Big Walk, the largest community walk, to take place on Sunday 1 March 2015 at the Green Point Track in Cape Town. The fundraising event will now be called the Sunfoil 10km Big Walk, after a new title sponsor came[…]
From the 1st of February, the City of Cape Town will implement a new load shedding schedule to ensure an equal rotation of power cuts when Eskom implements its power cuts. The current schedule was designed during a time when power cuts were infrequent and operated on a weekly cycle[…]
The City of Cape Town met with the Cape Carnival Committee yesterday to finalise a new date for the Minstrel Parade after its fourth postponement. All parties have finally agreed to secure the 17th January 2015 for the long awaited Klopse march through the City streets. Cape Minstrel Carnival Association’s[…]
The City of Cape Town has announced its support of and partnership with the City’s Muslim community in hosting the third Mass Mawlid event. The Mass Mawlid is held annually in celebration of the life and birth of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). City acting Mayoral Committee Member for Tourism, Events[…]
The City of Cape Town and the province’s Cultural and Carnival Committee on Tuesday blamed each other for the delayed annual minstrels’ carnival parade. Mayor Patricia de Lille apologised to Cape residents, saying the committee had failed to deliver. “The City of Cape Town would like to apologise to residents[…]
Hundreds of excited spectators gathering for the Cape minstrel’s Tweede Nuwe Jaar parade were left bitterly disappointed on Sunday, after yet another postponement of the event. The annual festival has been marred by another disagreement between the Cape minstrel fraternity and the City of Cape Town, who is accused of[…]
The annual minstrels carnival parade in Cape Town has been postponed due to logistic reasons, carnival president Richard Stemmet said on Monday. “The parade is postponed to Saturday, January 10.” He said they could not host the parade on Monday because it was the first working day of the year[…]
The City of Cape Town is planning to cut down on the number of aggressive beggars in the CBD who have made a habit of accosting both tourists and locals into parting with money. The issue of aggressive begging has become more prominent in the central city of late, and[…]
With 173 fireworks-related complaints and recorded numerous fireworks-related injuries on Guy Fawkes last month, the City of Cape Town has warned residents to act within the ambit of the law when discharging fireworks this New Years Eve. “The City of Cape Town appeals to residents to be cautious and sensible[…]
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