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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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United by design: Cape Town and Taipei
A recent visit of a design delegation from Taipei, co-hosted by the Cape Town Partnership and the City of Cape Town, provided a valuable forum for sharing ideas about design and the future of cities.
Posted in Events, Featured, News, Stories, Success Stories.
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A family talks about living in Cape Town’s central city
A young family traded in their life in their “forever” home in Johannesburg for an opportunity to lead a simpler life in Cape Town’s central city. Almost a year later, they’ve settled into a more public life of beaches, parks and public spaces. Continued…
Posted in CCID, Developments, Experience Town, Featured, News, Programmes, Safety & Security, Spaces, Stories, Success Stories, Transport, Urban management.
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What opening Sea Point Promenade to bikes and boards can mean to Cape Town
What impact has allowing cyclists, skateboarders and rollerbladers onto the Sea Point promenade had? Continued…
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Digital agency required: Cape Town Partnership is overhauling its website and online strategy
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…
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The story of laundry over three centuries of Cape Town life
Laundry – whether you do it yourself or someone helps you – is as much a part of our daily existence today as it was three hundred years ago. What was and is some of the culture surrounding the cleaning and pressing of clothes in Cape Town?
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Invitation: Comment on the Urban Design Framework for the Fringe
The City of Cape Town is calling on interested parties to comment on the final draft of the Urban Design Framework for the Fringe, as part of the final round of public participation. Continued…
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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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Traces of the future in the present
Cape Town’s future is made every day out of the individual actions of ordinary Capetonians. As we wind up 2012, we took a closer look at events and occurrences during the year that point to what we can become as a city – together. Continued…
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Summer celebrations: What to do in Cape Town this festive season
Wondering what to do about town during the summer of 2012? Schedule these events in your calendar. Continued…
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