City of Cape Town

It’s capitalism over culture for Amazon

Summaries / May 21, 2021 May 21, 2021

Amazon is planning to convert the River Club development site in Cape Town into its Africa head offices. The problem? The site is considered sacred by some Khoisan communities. Legal battles are now underway to stop Amazon from “paving paradise to put up a parking lot”. Observatory Civic Association (OCA), an NPO in the Observatory …

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EDITORIAL: Could the DA lose Cape Town?

Comment and analysis, Explainers / November 14, 2020 November 14, 2020

There is little appetite for a right wing agenda in with City of Cape Town or in the Western Cape, if election results are anything to go by.

Video: Camps Bay mansion occupation explained

Explainers, Videos / September 30, 2020 October 2, 2020

A sheriff of the court has served eviction orders on a group of queer artists and activists who have occupied an Airbnb mansion in Camps Bay, to protest systemic exclusion. We summarise the story in two minutes.