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In the News Today: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced an expansion of its services to Cape Town as part of its winter schedule, running from 27 October to 30 March 2025. The enhanced schedule aims to cater to both business and leisure travellers, offering connections to 220 destinations worldwide. From 17 December until the end …

In the News Today: The flawed foundation beneath a construction project in Gugulethu, Cape Town, meant to build hundreds of homes for people on a housing waiting list, is becoming more apparent. Previously, the City of Cape Town acknowledged that there were “challenges” at its Gugulethu Infill Housing Project – part of which involves Erf 8448 …

In the News Today: Avid hikers who were looking forward to hiking season in the Mother City will unfortunately find that the famous Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools hiking trail will open a little later than usual this year. According to the City of Cape Town, unusually high rainfall recorded over a short period this …

In the News Today: Cape Town Tourism, New York City Tourism + Conventions, and visitBerlin have joined forces to launch the world’s first three-way destination marketing partnership. The collaboration kicks off with One Small World, a documentary-style short film that “dissolves the barriers of time, distance, and geography to reveal the essence of TimeOut’s top …

In the News Today: Law enforcement officers found wrapped bricks of cannabis in hidden compartments inside the trailer of a bakkie traveling to Cape Town. Two suspects appeared in the Kuils Rivier magistrate’s court on Monday after they were arrested for allegedly transporting drugs worth about R1.7m from Gauteng to Cape Town. “Members of the …

In the News Today: Uber Safari is launching this week, offering riders in Cape Town the opportunity to go on a one-day game drive to a private reserve for a flat fee of $200 (about R3 400). In a statement published on Monday, the e-hailing company announced the launch of the new ride option, which will allow …

In the News Today: The DHL Stadium in Green Point will be buzzing with anticipation on Wednesday (2 October) as the City of Cape Town puts 44 properties – including 41 vacant and improved sites, along with three council-owned lease properties – on auction. The proceedings will be conducted by High Street Auctions. “This diverse …

In the News Today: Cape Town is where the world’s superrich prefer to live in South Africa. The city has more centi-millionaires than Johannesburg , and also other cities including Cannes, Prague, Naples, Montreal, Budapest – although currently it has two fewer than Cairo. The Egyptian capital, placed 90th on Henley & Partners’ list of …

In the News Today: Cape Town Showdown is back again in 2024 and as you’d expect it’s still taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. Notable players participating are KDF|CBM, Talon|Book, Ashes|TheJon, Qasim Meer, Malik Ash, TPB|Iron-Fist, Spaghettiza, Ofee, TPB|CodyBanks8, ATK|GhostProxy, Callym Beukes and more. Cape Town Showdown is a Tekken 8 Challenger Event on …

In the News Today: For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual stereotypes and Manichean representations, gangs and gangsters arguably constitute fundamental lenses through which to …

In the News Today: The annual Africa Health Congress has become a dynamic hub for healthcare innovation and thought leadership across the continent. Now, in a significant shift, Africa Health 2024 is set to be hosted in Cape Town, following previous years’ events in Johannesburg. This marks the first time the conference will be held in …

In the News Today: Last year, City of Cape Town official Wendy Kloppers was gunned down on a construction site in Delft. The City attributed the murder to “construction mafia”. After visiting the scene together with his Mayoral Committee member for human settlements Malusi Booi, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the DA-led City “would not be intimidated …

In the News Today: CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town is on a mission to trace owners of hijacked buildings, that currently house hundreds of people. In May this year, the City found that the Public Works Department was responsible, for abandoning two such sites and issued them with fines. Now, as part of …

In the News Today: The 20-year-old woman from North Carolina who was discovered to be deceased on a hiking trail at Devils Peak had an apparent fall on the mountain. Brook Cheuvront vanished on Saturday afternoon, prompting local authorities to mobilise efforts for her safe recovery. The City of Cape Town participated actively in the search, …

In the News Today: The body of an American student from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who had recently moved to South Africa has been found after she went missing in Western Cape. Brook Cecilia Cheuvront, 20, went hiking on Saturday at Devils Peak at Table Mountain National Park near Cape Town …

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If you haven’t been lucky enough to stay there, you’ve almost certainly heard of it. And it’s with good reason that Ellerman House is spoken of in hushed tones by well-heeled travellers to Cape Town. With just 13 suites – and a pair of multi-level exclusive villas – Ellerman House is one of the most …

What the papers are saying about the arrest of Malusi Booi: Former City of Cape Town human settlements mayoral committee member Malusi Booi, who was fired in 2023 after his official office was raided during a corruption investigation with offshoots leading to organised crime suspects, has now been arrested. While the South African Police Service …