By design, a city for the poor

Designers must ensure that Cape Town's 2014 award is not hijacked by business and tourism interests, says a member of the bid committee

Designer city 'just window-dressing'

Cape Town has been named World Design Capital for 2014, at the International Design Congress in Taipei, but there are dissenting voices back home.

Cape Town named World Design Capital 2014

Cape Town has trumped Bilbao and Dublin to be named Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

High homicide rates plague CT's poorest

SA's second largest city has a homicide rate higher than the national average, a global study has shown.

Special Pensions Unit fails activists

Accused of fraudulent payouts, the unit is leaving bona fide freedom fighters mired in bureaucracy.

'Why me?' asks Cape acid attack victim

A 23-year-old woman from Zimbabwe is facing an uncertain future following an acid attack in Cape Town this week.

Growing little by little

With the help of Abalimi Bezekhaya, Masikhanye Food Garden sells its produce to suburban Capetonians at a weekly market known as Harvest of Hope.

Cape Town issues shark warning

The City of Cape Town warned on Tuesday that great white sharks would now be moving closer to the shore.

Plan B: Cities tighten security as strike drags on

Municipalities are tightening up security and making contingency plans to clear backlogs, as the municipal workers' strike enters its second week.

Strikers ask premier for help in wage war

While municipal workers in Gauteng were asking the premier to intervene in wage negotiations, strikers in Cape Town were denied permission to march.

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