https://www.urbanest.co.za/ We’re an architecture firm based just across the train tracks on Howe Street – specializing in residential and hospitality. Plenty of experience working within Heritage Protection Overlay Zones and with graded heritage buildings too. For potential property buyers who are looking to do significant renovations/new builds, we also do a Pre-design Advisory Package where…
📣 Calling All Cape Town Residents!
Join the Premier and Mayor for an Open Government Session with WCG Ministers and the CoCT MAYCO. This is your chance to raise issues, ask questions, or share ideas directly with leadership. 🗓️ Thursday, 3 September 2026 🕔 17:00 – 20:30 📍 7 Wale Street, Cape Town CBD ✅ 1-on-1 sessions (5 minutes each) ✅…
Cape Town’s aquifer recharge project offers solution to city’s water security challenge
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has praised the Cape Flats Aquifer Recharge Project. Lise Beyers – 25 Aug 2026 Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has praised Cape Town’s groundbreaking aquifer recharge project, calling on other municipalities across South Africa to replicate the innovative model. Macpherson made the remarks during a site…
Who pays, who benefits and who is burdened by the current income tax system? – a seminar
South Africa continues to face persistent challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality. Join civil society, researchers and policy practitioners for a discussion on reforming South Africa’s income tax system to reduce inequality, raise public revenue and ensure a fair distribution of the tax burden across society… SIGN UP
School of Solidarity (SOS) enrolment application
The School of Solidarity (SOS) is a popular political education initiative of the Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS), Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Cape Town, and the District Six Museum’s Education Department. The SOS aims to equip participants with the political understanding, critical thinking and practical organising skills needed to become active participants in struggles for…
Priced out of Cape Town? Campaign wants action on soaring rents and Airbnbs
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…
