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Expansion needed: Supporters of the sale of the Cape Town International Convention Centre argue that if the City continues to own it, the funding obligation to grow it falls partly on the public purse. Photo: Discott
ASSET MANAGEMENT

Why the City of Cape Town selling its real estate is not as simple as it looks

Selling too much public property now could limit future opportunities for social housing, community facilities or public projects that only the state can deliver

  • Ash Müller
6 min read
Mother City directors Miki Redelinghuys and Pearlie Joubert
ACCOUNTABILITY

Mother City: A powerful documentary exposing Cape Town’s racial and economic inequality

Six years in the making, the pair’s film explores racial and economic inequality in Cape Town

  • Charles Leonard
7 min read
Economists at the 2022 Tax Indaba weighed in on South Africa’s economic prospects, as growth flatlines. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)
AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Crisis is an opportunity to heal South Africa’s divisive spatial geographies

Apartheid architecture still strips many of dignity; they are on the periphery and rendered invisible

  • Amira Osman
7 min read
BUILDING DESIGN

South Africa’s cities opt for clean energy

Efforts to reduce carbon emissions will hinge on the transport sector

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
South Africa’s buildings account for 40% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
BUILDING DESIGN

How designing ‘green’ buildings can help to combat the climate crisis

South Africa’s buildings account for 40% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. But the City of Johannesburg’s new draft green buildings policy aims to change that

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read