Press Releases

Taipei to aid Cape Town in developing design sector

Mr Oliver Lin - Dep CEO, Taiwan Design Center with Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana - MD, Cape Town Partnership

Cape Town: Taipei has committed to working with Cape Town to develop its industrial design sector. Continued…

March 4, 2013

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What opening Sea Point Promenade to bikes and boards can mean to Cape Town

Sharing the Sea Point Promenade 2

What impact has allowing cyclists, skateboarders and rollerbladers onto the Sea Point promenade had? Continued…

February 28, 2013

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Digital agency required: Cape Town Partnership is overhauling its website and online strategy

Ubuntu festival in St George's Mall

What would the Cape Town Partnership’s website and online presence look like if it truly reflected the Cape Town that so many people are working towards – an inclusive, navigable, liveable, densified and diversified space? Continued…

February 13, 2013

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MyCiTi hours extended for the festive season

MyCiti hours extend for holiday season

MyCiTi buses will run one hour later on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays during the festive season, starting on 1 December 2012. There will be a special after-midnight service on 31 December to accommodate new year’s eve celebrations. Continued…

November 29, 2012

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Company’s Garden hosts new summer market

A sign in the Company's Garden, Cape Town. Photo by Jacques Marais Media

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…

November 22, 2012

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Switching on of festive lights moves to Grand Parade

The Adderley Street Lights, photo by Bruce Sutherland

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…

November 20, 2012

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Celebrating the power of collaboration

Cape Town Partnership 2012 annual report

One of the challenges we face at the Cape Town Partnership is how to explain what we do and account for the year that’s gone by when so much of our work is invisible: We don’t build bridges or physically upgrade the city of Cape Town ourselves. We aren’t structured to make a profit. The work we do is primarily to nurture relationships between people – who then go out and do the work of transforming the city. We build bridges between people and institutions, to help the city work better. Our assets are the people we work with and our relationships with them. Continued…

October 26, 2012

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An integrated transport authority launched in Cape Town

Pedestrians walk in the Cape Town Central City, photo by Justin Patrick

Thursday 18 October saw the launch of the new transport authority, Transport for Cape Town, at City Hall. Transport for Cape Town is a single, centralised authority for all land-based transport in the city, encompassing rail, bus, minibus and metered taxi, as well as active mobility in the form of walking, cycling and skating. The envisioned outcome of this centralised authority is an integrated public transport network with one ticket, one timetable, a unified management structure and enforcement system as well as a single standard and brand.   Continued…

October 19, 2012

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State of the Central City: Clean, safe, inclusive and open for business

Lindsay Williams and Anton Musgrave discuss the State of Cape Town's Central City, photo by Lisa Burnell

The first annual State of the Central City Report affirms Cape Town as a premier destination for work and play. Continued…

September 14, 2012

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