Decision on R4.8m Madiba statue in final stage

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The proposed R4. 8 million Nelson Mandela statue, which would include a permanent exhibition at the City Hall, was still in the conclusion phase following an extensive ...

Mayor to table city's R44.3bn draft budget

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Transparency is the objective in the city council's multibillion rand draft budget, with a breakdown of how the money would be spent in each of the four quadrants ...

'One in three kids at risk of sexual assault'

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Child violence reaches tipping point, sparking calls for the implementation of tighter laws and partnerships.

Kaap's road network 'at risk of collapsing'

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Automobile Association urges mense to work from home or renegotiate working hours to lighten the load.

Zille probed for 'potential violation of human dignity'

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The Western Cape Premier was formally charged last month with bringing the DA into disrepute and damaging the party.

De Lille: Drought is the new normal

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The devastating drought in the Western Cape is "the new normal" amid challenging climate change patterns, mayor Patricia de Lille has said.

Decline in violent protests in the Cape

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Kaapstad was home to 84 violent protests in 2015, the year there has only been three "small protests".

Claremont property is City's latest No.1 water guzzler

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Water used by Cape Town?s top 30 water guzzlers in one month could fill almost five Olympic size swimming pools measuring 50m long, 25m wide, and a minimum of 2m ...

'Mega housing project will be complete in 2024'

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Work at the multibillion rand mega development at the old Conradie Hospital site in Pinelands, which would include hundreds of affordable housing units, is expected ...

Cash van heists on the rise

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Cash-in-transit heists in Cape Town have more than tripled since January, compared with the same period last year.

Still no decision on Muizenberg cop shop

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Police minister denounces R100m, but public works says no one has told them to scrap it.

Water shedding would be a 'last resort'

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The City of Cape Town has been left with just over 12% of usable water left in its six major dams collectively, with Theewaterskloof hardest hit by the persistent ...

No ‘hotel’ cop shop

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Ministry condemns revamp of posh Muizenberg station

Task team probes 'negative ANC narratives' in schools

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The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has confirmed it investigated for more than a year, whether pupils at schools countrywide were being taught to be negative ...

Mandela statue

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A Nelson Mandela statue at City Hall, where Madiba delivered his first speech after his release from prison in February 1990, is one step closer to becoming a reality. ...

Muizenberg's proposed new cop shop

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Mega-upgraded R100m cop shop for Cape mountain-side

Outrage as City 'backtracks' on murder capital's cop shop

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Police appear to have backtracked on previous assurances that a fourth police station would be built in Khayelitsha, where the murder rate ranks as one of the worst ...

Cape drought red zones identified

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These municipalities would join the City of Cape Town, Kannaland and Witzenberg municipalities, which were declared local disaster areas last month.

Drilling for water could hurt the environment

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UCT professor says “over-abstraction” of groundwater could negatively impact the Kaap's ecosystem.

Decision time for Tafelberg site

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Provincial executive to determine future us of Sea Point property.

Bromwell Street judge under fire

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The judge recused himself a different case after a lawyer said his clients feared Weinkove would not be fair.