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'Boom Town': Property investment in the inner city hit R12.8 billion in 2025/26, up 41% on the previous year's R9bn, spread across 29 completed, under-construction, planned and proposed developments. Photo: Supplied
CAPE TOWN

Proof a city centre can bounce back

Twenty-five years ago, Cape Town's city centre was described as "fragile." Today, it's a thriving hub, thanks to a unique private-public partnership and significant property…

5 min read
Bone of contention: The Western Cape provincial government wants to sell the Main Road site in Sea Point to a private concern but activists demand it be used for social housing instead.
HOUSING

Tafelberg saga lands up in Concourt

After 10 years and four court battles, the Constitutional Court has finally ruled the 2015 sale of the old Tafelberg School site in Sea Point illegal. This landmark decision has…

  • Ash Müller
6 min read
Collaboration: Premier Alan Winde (middle left) and Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis (middle right) were willing to be asked uncomfortable questions from developers, investors and built-environment professionals. Photos: Supplied
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT

CT aces it but Joburg won't even try

Cape Town's property development sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, with the Western Cape Property Development Forum breaking attendance records. Premier Alan Winde and…

  • Ash Müller
6 min read
Unique landscape: Conservationists have spent years trying to protect the Rooiels Corridor, a strip of habitat linking the Kogelberg mountains with the False Bay coastline. Photo: Callum Evans
CONSERVATION

The heart of the fynbos

Explore the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, a unique landscape between Rooiels and Pringle Bay, where an ambitious conservation effort is underway to protect critically endangered…

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
HOUSING POLICY

We built many free houses, out of bounds

Ahead of the local government elections on 4 November, campaigns will focus on housing delivery numbers. However, this article argues that these numbers are incomplete and…

  • Lungelwa Kaywood
7 min read
The Democratic Alliance.
SOUTH AFRICA POLITICS

When opposition becomes the establishment: The DA’s credibility deficit

This article critically examines the Democratic Alliance's (DA) governance, arguing that the party's practices are increasingly deviating from the constitutional virtues and…

  • Cornelius Monama
8 min read