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Placemaking begins with all of us
A wave of citizen activation is quietly but persistently transforming the urban spaces of Cape Town, writes Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana, CEO of the Cape Town Partnership, in an article for the Cape Argus. Continued…
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Open Streets: A lesson in owning public spaces
In just one week since Open Streets took place in Lower Main Road, Observatory on Africa Day, nearly 400 pictures have been shared on the Open Streets Facebook page, multiple blog posts have been published and every major newspaper in Cape Town has covered the event in some way. Continued…
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From Berlin to Cape Town: talking about cities with Luyanda and Uli Mpahlwa
Cape Town is where husband-and-wife architecture team Luyanda and Uli Mpahlwa have chosen to live, work and raise their two sons. We asked them about their journey to the Mother City and how they think it could become more family friendly. Continued…
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Faces of Cape Town
When it comes to human diversity, the streets of the Mother City tell their own story about the rich variety of people who call this town home. Continued…
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From scarcity to abundance: Systems thinking in business
We often use linear language when talking about the economy, speaking of production lines and value chains. Hout Bay resident and author of The Blue Economy, Gunter Pauli, suggests that we think more organically. In ecosystems, for example, there is no waste because the by-products of one process are inputs to another. Continued…
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Cape Town’s nature capital
We often think of cities and nature as being worlds apart. But in Cape Town, the proximity and co-existence of the urban and natural are unmatched: This is one of only three cities globally that rank as an urban biodiversity hotspot. We are located in the Cape Floristic Region – the smallest and richest of the world’s six floral kingdoms. Continued…
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Sprouting community
Can carrots teach us about building a community? If the Oranjezicht City Farm is anything to go by, growing food together is a great way to simultaneously reconnect Capetonians with a part of the city’s heritage and with each other. The project is building social cohesion across communities, developing skills among the unemployed, educating citizens about food and championing unused or under-utilised green spaces in the City Bowl. Continued…
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Drawing on diversity: a City Views cover story
In honour of International Day of Biodiversity on 22 May, the May edition of City Views celebrates the abundance and variety of Cape Town, one of three cities globally that rank as an urban biodiversity hotspot.
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Bringing the blessing
Michael Weeder was born in District Six, forcibly removed from District One, and raised in Elsie’s River. Today he lives in the Central City. He’s also the dean of St George’s Cathedral at a time when its crypt is being transformed into a jazz venue. We spent some time listening to the extraordinary soundtrack of his life.
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The sound of collaboration: What we can learn from jazz
Is music purely a form of entertainment or can it teach us something about who we are and how we can work together better? The Western Cape Economic Development Partnership decided to find out – by hosting an evening at the Mahogany Room to see what those involved in developing South Africa’s economy could learn from jazz.
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