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Source: A legal battle in Cape Town between property owners and the City will clarify what municipalities can charge residents. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Mixed-Use Property

Property owners are misreading the law, argues Cape Town mayor

Steve Kretzmann 14 Aug 2025

The missed opportunity of not embracing geospatial science in trade area analysis

Digital

The missed opportunity of not embracing geospatial science in trade area analysis

Issued by AfriGIS 4 Jun 2025

Source: Pexels.

Finance

Massive public outcry over Cape Town's controversial 2025/26 budget proposals

23 May 2025

Shaping the future of payments and financial services in Southern Africa

Fintech

Shaping the future of payments and financial services in Southern Africa

Lincoln Mali, Issued by Lesaka 22 May 2025

Source: © 123rf The City of Cape Town’s Film Office invites filmmakers to apply for support through the City’s Film Fund for productions set for completion during the 2025/26 financial year

Film & Cinematography

Cape Town’s City Film Fund open for applications

7 May 2025

Image source: Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer –

Food, Water & Energy Security

R2m to address eThekwini water challenges

26 Mar 2025

Source: Pexels.

Economy

From gas to streaming: What’s in South Africa’s new inflation basket?

Katja Hamilton 11 Feb 2025

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

Primary & Secondary Education

Western Cape schools feel the squeeze after cuts in teacher posts

31 Jan 2025

Ashley du Plooy, Chief Executive Officer at ERA

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Why 2025 looks green for SA

Ashley du Plooy 20 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf The Film Support Fund aims to finance or provide support in the form of municipal services for film projects produced in Cape Town

Film & Cinematography

Cape Town's film industry gets major boost with Support Fund, now open for applications

18 Sep 2024

Affordable & Social Housing

Looming electricity price hike to hit vulnerable social-housing tenants hard

23 Aug 2024

Agriculture jobs decline in Q2 2024 but remain above long-term average

Agriculture

Agriculture jobs decline in Q2 2024 but remain above long-term average

Paul Makube 15 Aug 2024

Waheed Adam, CEO of iTouch

Mobile & Apps

MVI could solve digital fraud

12 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Redefine invests R45m to enhance Mall of the South's value offering

4 Jul 2024

Dube TradeZone 2 launches with R1.8bn investment, creating thousands of jobs

Logistics & Transport

Dube TradeZone 2 launches with R1.8bn investment, creating thousands of jobs

23 May 2024

Source: Supplied.

Residential Property

Prime investment: Burleigh Ballito, heart of Ballito unveiled

15 May 2024

Growth in online retail bodes well for SA's industrial property sector

Industrial & Logistics Property

Growth in online retail bodes well for SA's industrial property sector

Johann Nell 7 May 2024

Source: Supplied.

Affordable & Social Housing

Affordable housing in Western Cape townships poised for a promising future

30 Apr 2024

Hospital Groups

EC health department to start new financial year with R4.8bn in unpaid bills

Estelle Ellis 28 Mar 2024

Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom

Primary & Secondary Education

Cape Town school in the dark because it owes thousands to Eskom

Marecia Damons 27 Mar 2024

Agribusiness confidence for Q1 2024 dimmed by bad weather and a plethora of challenges

Agribusiness

Agribusiness confidence for Q1 2024 dimmed by bad weather and a plethora of challenges

Paul Makube 26 Mar 2024

9 trends impacting your small business in 2024

Entrepreneurship

9 trends impacting your small business in 2024

Catherine Wijnberg 26 Feb 2024

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis used the opportunity to criticise national government.

Energy

CoCT launches Cash for Power programme alongside Energy Strategy unveiling

Lindsey Schutters 12 Feb 2024

Property

The 2024 property gold rush: prices soar, stocks shrink and early birds secure the worm!

6 Feb 2024

Tshakhuma Mall opens for trade

Commercial Property

Tshakhuma Mall opens for trade

3 Oct 2023

Source: Workshop 17.

Property

Big multinational companies are choosing to work in Cape Town, over London or New York

13 Sep 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

Electricity National State of Disaster regulations gazetted

28 Feb 2023

Another tough year as the chicken industry battles elevated production costs

Agribusiness

Another tough year as the chicken industry battles elevated production costs

Paul Makube 8 Feb 2023

#BizTrends2023: Challenges and opportunities for the residential market

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Challenges and opportunities for the residential market

Paul Stevens 9 Jan 2023

Building and enabling smart and sustainable cities of the future

4th Industrial Revolution

Building and enabling smart and sustainable cities of the future

Matone Ditlhake 30 Nov 2022

Construction technology can help to mitigate natural disasters

Infrastructure & Utilities

Construction technology can help to mitigate natural disasters

Bongani Dladla 28 Apr 2022

Major shift in housing policy is an opportunity for civil society

Affordable & Social Housing

Major shift in housing policy is an opportunity for civil society

Noah Schermbrucker, Mirjam van Donk and Jens Horber 14 Apr 2022

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2022: Government must create conditions for SMMEs to grow into larger enterprises

Simone Cooper 22 Feb 2022

7 big homebuying blunders and how to avoid them

Residential Property

7 big homebuying blunders and how to avoid them

Andrea Tucker 8 Feb 2022

Alexandra residents clean up township

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Alexandra residents clean up township

Masego Mafata 20 Dec 2021

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

Infrastructure & Utilities

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

12 Aug 2021

Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it's starting to affect farming

Agribusiness

Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it's starting to affect farming

Wandile Sihlobo 21 Jun 2021

Coal, Oil & Gas

Research exposes negative economic impact of offshore drilling

26 Apr 2021

Ford SA starts Project Blue Oval, a renewable energy programme

Commercial & Industrial

Ford SA starts Project Blue Oval, a renewable energy programme

13 Nov 2020

The analgesic Grand-pa is among the most common pharmatrash in this study. Rebecca Hodes

Pharmaceuticals

Medical waste offers insights into South Africa's use of pharmaceuticals

Rebecca Hodes 12 Feb 2020

Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato.

Film & Cinematography

City of Cape Town plans to further back local film industry with a film fund

7 Oct 2019

Namibia's urban poor are stuck in limbo, without land or services

Affordable & Social Housing

Namibia's urban poor are stuck in limbo, without land or services

Selma T. Karuaihe 4 Oct 2019

Western Cape farmers urged to join business chambers

Agriculture

Western Cape farmers urged to join business chambers

25 Jun 2019

Tips for investing in commercial property

Retail & Hospitality Property

Tips for investing in commercial property

Leon Breytenbach 11 Apr 2019

Rooftop solar installation at Black River Park in Cape Town

Sustainable Development

The rise of customer centri(cities) in South Africa

Songo Didiza 28 Sep 2018

Is a court order necessary to terminate municipal services?

Law Practice

Is a court order necessary to terminate municipal services?

Maike Gohl & Chantelle Gladwin-Wood 23 Aug 2018