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Fact Sheets
Newlands Stadium Fixtures 2011/ 2012
A summary of the remaining fixtures …
Tourism statistics
Cape Town Tourism collates visitor and tourism industry statistics …
Story Angles
Gay Cape Town
Cape Town, the sparkling jewel at the southern tip of the African …
Budget travel
Cape Town’s prices compare favourably with those of other top international destinations. …
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Cape Town City Manager
Achmat Ebrahim
Tel: (+27) 21 400 1330/ (+27) 21 400 5475
Fax: (+27) 21 400 1332
Events
Cape Town International Jazz Festival
The annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival, a favourite among music lovers, has just celebrated its 10-year anniversary. The melodious … read more
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Cape Town In The News
Responsible tourism founder visits district
ICRT, founded in 2002, works to promote the principles of the Cape Town Declaration that calls for promoting RT. A press note said that among others, RT propounds reducing negative economic, environmental and social impacts, generating greater economic ...See all stories on this topic »
Mining - Industry not creating enough jobs
The controversy roused by embattled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's call for nationalis ation of the mining industry showed signs of maturing at this year's annual Mining Indaba in Cape Town. Whereas in previous years Malema's demands for ...See all stories on this topic »
Hogan left climate change summit a day early for yacht race reception
The summit was supposed to end on Friday, December 9, but heated negotiations were still ongoing when Mr Hogan left Durban on a flight for Cape Town that Saturday. Tourism Ireland's Volvo Ocean Race bash for South African journalists and tour operators ...See all stories on this topic »
Extract expects uranium supply gap by the time Husab starts production
CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Less than four years after the Husab uranium deposit in Namibia was first discovered the project was now ready for development, Extract Resources CEO Jonathan Leslie told the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape ...See all stories on this topic »
Top court decides on riot damage
| The South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union is challenging a recent court ruling that held it responsible for damages caused during a march in Cape Town. Satawu has contended that parts of current legislation on the matter were ... See all stories on this topic » |  Independent Online |
Ivanplats says DRC copper project Africa's largest
CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – Ivanplats CEO Robert Friedland said on Wednesday his company was developing Africa's largest copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “This is the project that we think will set the mark for the rebirth ...See all stories on this topic »
Cape father appears over baby left in car
Cape Town - A Cape Town father appeared in court on Wednesday on child abandonment charges after a 9-month-old baby was left locked in a parked car in Wynberg. Eyewitness News reported that the man, Cebo Ncube, 33, appeared briefly in the Wynberg ...See all stories on this topic »
No way to welcome a lady
| Picture: Jeffrey Abrahams The Tavern of the Seas, that's Cape Town. A place famous around the world for nearly 300 years for giving voyagers a warm welcome, with Table Mountain presiding regally above the bay, arms outstretched in greeting. See all stories on this topic » |  Independent Online |
STEEL HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day
CAPE TOWN (Dow Jones)--The proposed combination of Glencore International PLC (GLEN.LN) and Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) may create a company with enough financial muscle to go after globally diversified miner Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN), mining industry and ...See all stories on this topic »
South Africa: Cape Town to host 6th Africa Economic Forum, 2012
Africa Economic Forum - Global Pacific & Partners on Monday announced that the sixth Africa Economic Forum would take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 5-7 March, 2012. Dr. Duncan Clarke, Chairman & CEO, Global Pacific & Partners, says: “Our focus ...See all stories on this topic »
Awards
Cape Town has won numerous tourism awards during the past few years. In July 2010, Cape Town was named Africa’s leading destination by the World Travel Awards. The city has won this award six times.
In November 2009, the Mother City won the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Award in the Best Destination category.
Despite 34 … read more
Did You Know?
The lighthouse at Cape Point has the most powerful beam of all lighthouses in the country, with a range of 63 kilometres.
