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Cape Town City Manager
Achmat Ebrahim
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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
ATM attackers exploiting poor policing
Cape Town - Disarray in the crime intelligence unit and a lack of experienced detectives could be the reason for an increase in automated teller machine (ATM) attacks in the past year, a crime expert said on Friday. Organised crime syndicates were ...See all stories on this topic »
Living in the shadows of Cape Town's Table Mountain
By Errol Barnett, CNN Table Mountain, Cape Town (CNN) -- For hundreds of millions of years it has dominated the coastal skyline of southern Africa, imposing a dramatic and domineering backdrop to an idyllic location. Table Mountain, recently voted one ...See all stories on this topic »
Can't fix the past, court rules on Dalai Lama
Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court dismissed an application on the Dalai Lama's visa as it was too late to fix the past, the Inkatha Freedom Party said on Friday. "Today, the Cape High Court handed down a judgment which dismissed this application ...See all stories on this topic »
Cape gets Hostex Wine Circle
Hostex Cape, scheduled for 15-17 May 2012 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, will feature the Hostex Wine Circle, back by popular demand. This innovative concept in wine tasting, first introduced two years ago at Hostex Cape 2010, ...See all stories on this topic »
'Planet helped us finish a tough race'
| By Janis Kinnear Braam Malherbe from Cape Town and Peter van Kets from East London set up their tents in Antarctica before a tough 704km race to the South Pole. Photo: Paul van Schalkwyk A two-man South African team believes being motivated to inspire ... See all stories on this topic » |  Independent Online |
South African court denies bail to Arkan killer
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A South African court denied bail Friday to the convicted killer of Serbian warlord "Arkan," saying he might try to flee to avoid extradition back to his native country. Dobrosav Gavric was sentenced in absentia by Serbia in 2008 ...See all stories on this topic »
Strip club case sent to Human Rights Commission
Cape Town - The Western Cape High Court on Friday referred a case involving the right of Mavericks strip club in Cape Town to employ "exotic dancers" to the Human Rights Commission. Judge Siraj Desai said in his judgment the conditions under which ...See all stories on this topic »
Rossouw, Philander shine in Cape Town
by Thahir Asmal 03 February 2012, 15:25 Vernon Philander grabbed career-best figures as the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras finally dismissed the Chevrolet Knights for 345 on day two of their SuperSport Series at Sahara Park Newlands in Cape Town on Friday.See all stories on this topic »
Heroes' welcome for barefoot climbers
Cape Town - A group of South Africans who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro barefoot to raise funds for the Red Cross Children's hospital in Cape Town were given a heroes' welcome by patients on a post-summit visit. The Old Mutual Barefoot Kilimanjaro Team, ...See all stories on this topic »
CPUT rapped over financial exclusions
| By Michelle Jones Security guards pepper spray a protesting student at CPUT's Cape Town campus. Photo: Masixole Feni No student who is academically capable should be excluded from studying at university on financial grounds, says Parliament's portfolio ... See all stories on this topic » |  Independent Online |
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?
Green Point Stadium will have 68 000 seats for 2010 World Cup matches. Of these, 13 000 will be temporary seats, leaving the stadium with 55 000 permanent seats after the World Cup.
