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Taipei and Cape Town sign landmark agreement
Cape Town, represented by the Cape Town Partnership, has signed a memorandum of agreement with the City of Taipei, committing to strengthening ties between design communities in the two cities.
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The community stories behind Cape Town Carnival
The Cape Town Carnival doesn’t only bring people together on the day of the parade. Behind the costumes and colourful floats, it also sets an example of how a single annual event can help build communities all year round. Continued…
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Scrabbling the city: a City Views cover story
On the cover of the March issue of City Views we give you a taste of what is to come during the free public arts festival Infecting the City from 11 to 16 March. The featured work, Scrabbling, is based on the popular word game Scrabble and invites audience and passersby to express themselves and collectively create a temporary artwork. Creator Guto Bussab is the founder and owner of MUTI, a parent brand for Muti Films (film production), Muti Photography (commercial photography) and TheMutiGallery art gallery). City Views traded letters with the artist.
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Mother City manners: Urban resolutions for the new year
Manners do matter. In a world in which more and more people are moving to the city, it is increasingly important to be a considerate city dweller. So this year, when you’re thinking about your new year’s resolutions, why not factor in some urban etiquette too. Here are just 10 things you can do – as a commuter, community member and consumer – to make Cape Town a more liveable city. Go on, make someone’s day. Continued…
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Cape Town: A city of contrasts
To celebrate our city’ diversity, we paired some very different urban experiences for you to try over the summer months. Continued…
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Company’s Garden hosts new summer market
Cape Town is introducing an 11-day family market in the city centre’s beautiful Company’s Garden between 14 and 24 December 2012. Continued…
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Switching on of festive lights moves to Grand Parade
Cape Town’s largest open-air event, the official switching on of the festive season lights, is to move from Adderley Street to the Grand Parade, and you’re invited. Continued…
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Twilight Team Run 2012: Thirty years of team work
The Twilight Team Run, an event which has seen Capetonians come out in their thousands, is celebrating 30 years of bringing communities together for a good cause. Continued…
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Taking the train
On a rain-splattered Thursday, City Views’ writer Alma Viviers ventured into the Southern Suburbs to take the morning train from Plumstead to the Central City with regular commuter Anton Pietersen. Continued…
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AGM 2012: Celebrating the power of collaboration to transform a city
Over 250 people gathered on 30 October to celebrate the role that partnerships have played in Cape Town’s successes over the last 12 months. The Cape Town Partnership AGM 2012, unlike most AGM events, did not just celebrate the achievements of the organisation over the last year but also looked to the future, asking how we can work together more effectively to realise the vision of Cape Town as an inclusive and accessible African city. Continued…
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