City centre of Cape Town, South Africa. Wikimedia Commons/Discott By Sara-Jayne Makwala King The Fair Rent in Cape Town campaign has called for limits on rent increases and tighter Airbnb regulation. Living in Cape Town has become increasingly unaffordable for many of the people who actually work in the city. In response, a voluntary community…
No new data centres until we have regulations
Imagine your neighbour built a noisy factory next to your house without your permission, which chowed your community’s electricity and water. How would that make you feel? Now imagine, even worse, that there’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop them from chowing your water because there are no laws stopping them from doing so….
How a simple biofiltration system is helping clean up a polluted river
Food gardens irrigated with nature-based treated water from the Water Hub. (Courtesy: Kevin Winter) By Kevin Winter At the Water Hub in Franschhoek, researchers are turning a polluted river into a testing ground for a different approach to wastewater treatment. By combining natural filtration, scientific monitoring and community participation, they are showing how contaminated water…
You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock!
We are celebrating Women’s Day by bringing people together, raising funds for @rapecrisis_capetown , an organisation who is actively working to combat Gender Based Violence and Femicide, and providing support for survivors. Wathint’ Abafazi will run as a festival, with a femme-dominated musical lineup running through the day and into the evening. The event will…
YMCA market
The first Saturday of the month calls for cake 🍰
Stock up before the weekend kicks off with slices of Melktert, Cheesecake, Chocolate Cake, Lemon Meringue and more. And don’t forget the savouries – Spanakopitas, Mushroom Bourekas, Homemade Soups and our famous Pickled Cucumbers are all waiting for you. 📍 2 Lugard Street, Observatory 🕙 Saturday | 10am – 1pm Pre-order on WhatsApp 083 377…
Clean Break: Inside the Capture of Cape Town’s Planning Tribunal
A body that decides who builds what across Cape Town — worth billions of rand a year — has quietly written itself free of term limits, withheld a legal opinion ratepayers paid for, and left a forged official document unexplained. Over three months, Daily Maverick investigated the Municipal Planning Tribunal. Here’s what Daily Maverick’s Kevin…
Cape Town is bringing over 160 years of history into the digital age
Published by Hope Makhoba on July 29, 2026 Cape Town’s history is no longer being preserved only on ageing paper tucked away in archive rooms. Instead, the City is embracing modern technology to safeguard more than a century and a half of historical records while making them easier for future generations to explore, Cape {town}…
Become A Volunteer At Simon’s Town Historical Society
[Image: Wikimedia Commons] One of Cape Town’s quaint old towns, Simon’s Town, is looking for a new generation of residents to make sure that the town’s stories are not lost. This request for volunteers comes from the Simon’s Town Historical Society, which has been preserving the area’s heritage for more than 65 years. Esther le…
ReBuilt Cape Town
About ReBuilt: A Strategic Framework for a Regenerative Built Environment ReBuilt is a transformative global initiative that seeks to shift the construction sector from its current extractive, carbon-intensive model toward a regenerative practice. Led by Bauhaus Earth (BE), with the African Centre for Cities (ACC) as a regional partner, the project operates on the principle…