As Cape Town continues its investment in digital security infrastructure, the challenge lies in balancing innovation with accountability, and enforcement with the protection of fundamental rights
Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals
South Africa’s metros can be improved when this information is made publicly available
When the municipality allocates its budget, it spends proportionally far more on the rich than the poor areas
Data governance provides evidence-based decision-making that improves the quality of service delivery
The next GGA milestone will hopefully be marked by wins against corruption
A committee has been set up to establish the scale and extent of the outbreak along the Cape coast
With severe weather events brought on by climate change, new analysis shows that 80% of Capetonians live in high risk area
It seem that massive corporations and property developers control Cape Town and other centres, with big land parcels going their way for low prices
The City of Cape Town has installed meters that limit the amount of water people use but it is hurting the poor, who use far less water than the wealthy
How the 26s, 27s and 28s prison gangs got their name, and how street gangs usurped them
There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape
A section of the new road will run along the edge of a 50 hectare wetland and affect three breeding ponds used by the toad
Flooding, road closures and accidents as province contends with level 9 weather warning
The Woodstock Residents’ Association received a lawyer’s letter after it questioned the City of Cape Town’s submissions ahead of an appeal process next week
Criminals have capitalised on the strong visual resemblance that imitation weapons bear to firearms
Twenty-two percent of Capetonians use minibus taxis, but the city’s transport model will reduce this
The national taxi council is seeking legal advice to apply for an urgent interdict for the release of all its impounded vehicles
The trade union federation is concerned that the city has implemented price increases higher than Nersa’s recommended 15.1% for municipalities
Sindisiwe Chikunga said that the city’s by-laws contravened national laws
Taxi associations are protesting against the legal impounding of their vehicles
There have been reports of looting and the setting alight of vehicles since Thursday afternoon
The South African National Taxi Council has called an urgent meeting after live rounds were fired in the city centre
Consumers are urged to report any suspicious behaviour
The city council wants to overturn the heritage authority’s resolution to conserve green space
There’s enough space at the old hospital site for the social housing units meant for a park in densely populated Woodstock
A social impact assessment recommends a bowling green in the Cape Town suburb be made into a community park, not used for social housing — and residents agree
Delft housing project at standstill for a third week following intimidation from construction ‘terrorists’
Residents say the council ignored objections against the development, and is pressing on despite a pending final heritage impact assessment
The city council issued warnings in the wake of recent spills due to load-shedding, which forced the temporary closure of beaches in Muizenberg and Fish Hoek
The gunfire detection system recorded 68 gunfire incidents in Hanover Park
DA calls for an increase in policing powers of provincial and local governments