Bo Kaap

Bo-Kaap locks itself down early

Article Lester Kiewit - 25 Mar 2020

Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap community was effectively sealed off from visitors more than a week before the president’s announcement

The Portfolio: Ali Greef

Article Ali Greef - 20 Sep 2019

"My approach is to become a part of the community — a simulation of what and whom I could have become had I grown up on the Cape Flats."

Top 10 things to do in Cape Town in just 24 hours

Article Karabo Masedi - 23 Apr 2019

"Cape Town is a charming but tumultuous melting pot of culture, people and weather."

Getting to know the Bo-Kaap

Article Bridget Langer - 23 Apr 2019

Delving into the history and cultural roots of the Bo-Kaap region in Cape Town.

Bo-Kaap ‘fights off capture’

Article Raeesa Pather - 15 Feb 2019

A property developer has been accused of co-opting a youth group in the Cape Town suburb

Cape Town private property developers on a ‘civic capture’ crusade, say residents

Article Raeesa Pather - 15 Feb 2019

Concerns are growing in three Cape Town communities that developers are muscling into local associations to get them to approve development plans

Bo-Kaap to be declared national heritage site

Article Jan Gerber - 17 Dec 2018

Nathi Mthethwa says UNESCO will be asked to declare Bo-Kaap a world heritage site

Slice of life: They would die for Bo-Kaap

Article Carl Collison - 23 Nov 2018

'It was really so encouraging to see that people are prepared, you know, to sacrifice their lives for this community'

Bo-Kaap divided over developers

Article Raeesa Pather - 23 Nov 2018

Two groups trying to protect the area’s heritage from gentrification are now at loggerheads

Protesting Bo-Kaap residents claim small victory as crane leaves, charges dropped

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Nov 2018

A handful of elderly people waited peacefully for hours for the removal of the crane — a far cry from the violent events that took place on Tuesday

Bo-Kaap residents lose bid to stop development

Article Raeesa Pather - 22 Aug 2018

The development of a “monster building” is set to go ahead after a Western Cape high court judgement

Developer withdraws interdict against Bo-Kaap

Article Raeesa Pather - 31 Jul 2018

Blok, a property development company, has withdrawn its interdict against Bo-Kaap residents in the “spirit of de-escalation”

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