The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance released the below report (also here) in which there are some interesting findings. The report is descriptive of the entire market and pages 14 and 15 deal with affordable housing.
Cape Town enters its annual ‘no mow’ period… LET IT BLOOM!
PRIMEDIA – 7 August 2024 Every year, as winter turns to spring, the Recreation and Parks Department embarks on its ‘no mow’ drive to let the flowers bloom. Every year, as winter turns to spring, the Recreation and Parks Department embarks on its ‘no mow’ drive, not just to let the flowers bloom, but also to…
Grow Guides (from Starke Ayres)
Our Gardening grow guides are a comprehensive resource designed to assist gardeners in growing plants successfully. These guides typically include: Plant Selection Planting Instructions Soil Preparation Watering Guidelines Light Requirements Fertilizing Pest and Disease Management Seasonal Tips LATEST GUIDES
July is Plastic Free Month so let’s unite against single-use plastic
05 July 2024 July is Plastic Free Month and as a City, we unite in the call against single-use plastic. What better way for residents to honour and protect our unique environment than to commit to practical action against plastic pollution for a healthier future for generations to come. During July, the City of Cape…
Agri-Culture: Rhythms and Rituals
by Bernadette Lips With biodynamic perspectives through the year: which natural rhythms influence agricultural life and how rituals help us to get in touch with nature. Join these monthly online offers! What changes, what atmosphere, what particularities characterize each time of the year? How does the plant world develop, in which elements do we find…
What’s on at The Baxter
WATCH VIDEO Dear Baxter friends This August, The Baxter is proud to present the world premiere of Neighbourhood, written and directed by one of South Africa’s most prolific young theatre-makers, the award-winning, Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni. She creatively and humanely investigates the South African housing crisis through a comprehensive, year-long, research-based play. What makes a…
Free performance at the Waterfront
Can life on Earth survive if our oceans are destroyed? SboNdaba Dance working in collaboration with eco-justice organisation, The Green Connection, expresses, through dance, the urgent need to address environmental issues, including plastic pollution, that are affecting our oceans. Join us at the Waterfront Amphitheatre on Friday 9 August @ 13h00 or 15h00 for a free performance….
South Africa’s very first museum of dogs opening
South Africa’s very first dog museum opening in Cape Town. Image by Erica Magugliani/Unsplash Marzanne Janse van Rensburg – 26 July 2024 The Museum of Dogs, markedly South Africa’s very first museum of its kind, will open its doors on Saturday, 27 July 2024. The museum is located on Keerom Street in Cape Town’s city…
Dogs and cats get their own taxi in Cape Town
AfriPaw is piloting a pet taxi in Vrygrond in Cape Town to bring animals to the clinic they offer to residents once a month, free of charge. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks Ashraf Hendricks – 25 July 2024 The taxi is being piloted by AfriPaw and is aimed at providing access to its free monthly animal clinics for…
A world without ‘isms’ — curator Lukretia Booysen honours art as a limitless tool for social justice
Artworks by Gary Frier on display in the gallery at Lukretia Booysen’s Koena Art Institute. (Photo: Supplied) Mick Raubenheimer – 12 July 2024 The entrepreneurial art curator celebrates South Africa’s talented indigenous voices. Lukretia Booysen may not be an artist herself, but she lives and breathes art through her work as the owner and curator…