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Open Streets gains momentum in Cape Town
Open Streets Cape Town recently held its second walk-and-talk along Albert Road in Woodstock. Over 30 members of the community, city officials, cyclists and street activists came together to walk along a portion of this important thoroughfare and discuss ways in which it could become a more people-friendly space. Continued…
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MyCiTi hours extended for the festive 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…
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Storytelling for social cohesion: A message from Professor Njabulo Ndebele
The power of stories lies in their ability to bridge divides and build community, Professor Njabulo Ndebele – chairperson of the Cape Town Partnership board – wrote in his foreword to the 2012 Cape Town Partnership annual report.
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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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Celebrating the power of collaboration
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…
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Owning the stories in between – Capetonians envision their public spaces
Twenty years ago, New York’s Times Square was an ill-lit, dangerous, no-go zone. Today it has been dubbed ‘The Crossroads of the World’, receiving 360 000 – 500 000 visitors per day. It is an iconic public space that is a globally recognised tourism attraction. Continued…
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Uplifting upper Strand Street and the slopes of Signal Hill
Do you live near upper Strand Street or care about the slopes of Signal Hill? An initiative to transform the space into a clean and safe area that’s regularly used and appreciated by the community has started, and aptly entitled Project Reclaim. Continued…
Posted in Featured, Social Development, Stories.
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Bree Street: Cape Town’s rising business district
With the construction of Portside, Cape Town’s largest office development, and the new offices of one of South Africa’s leading corporate law firms, Bowman Gilfillan currently underway, Cape Town’s Bree Street is fast becoming a major business hub in the city. As one of the main arteries into and out of the city, Bree Street is also becoming a retail, culinary and design centre, attracting many new cafes, boutiques and design-focused businesses. Continued…
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Talking about urban transformation with Njabulo Ndebele
In the August 2012 edition of City Views, we published an interview with Professor Njabulo Ndebele – an acclaimed writer, teacher, thinker and the former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town – about his current role as the chairperson of the Cape Town Partnership board and his views on our urban (and social) transformation. Given the word limit dictated by the printed page, however, we weren’t able to run the full interview. Here is the extended version for your reading (and thinking) pleasure. Continued…
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Professor Njabulo Ndebele to chair Cape Town Partnership board
Cape Town Partnership MD Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana on Monday announced the new board of the Cape Town Partnership, including the appointment of Professor Njabulo Ndebele – respected academic, writer and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town – as Chairperson. Professor Ndebele takes over the reins from Kevin Roman, who has served on the Cape Town Partnership board for 13 years. Continued…
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