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Designing better sanitation services in informal settlements: Cape Town’s R138m Special Jobs Creation Programme has real potential to add impetus 4 Oct 2011 | 02:23 am
Cape Town is currently bidding for the title of World Design Capital 2014, to be announced on 26 October. Cape Town’s bid has focused on making design relevant for citizens and communities. One of th...
Stop the Secrecy Bill: Pictures from Right2Know march, Cape Town, 17 September 19 Sep 2011 | 08:54 am
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Looking for Africa 22 Aug 2011 | 07:46 am
Today’s ‘trending cloud’ (topics most commented on) in The Economist just about sums up the persistent global marginalisation of Africa and the global South… …
The ABC of the EDA in Cape Town and the Western Cape 18 Aug 2011 | 07:12 am
Today, the Western Cape Provincial Cabinet approved the establishment of a new Economic Development Agency (EDA) for the region. The EDA as a formal corporate entity is due to be launched by end March...
Who will lead the economic inclusion agenda when working class leaders abandon that role through ill-disciplined actions? 17 Aug 2011 | 08:06 am
Economic development involves at least three distinctive clusters of activity – growth, development and inclusion. These need to be integrated into a single development framework: its not not ‘either/...
Going up: Cape Town’s tallest building since 1993 represents more than a property development 15 Aug 2011 | 07:32 am
The new Portside development in Cape Town’s CBD was launched last week by Old Mutual and FirstRand Bank. While there has been quite a bit of focus on the architectural design of the building itself, i...
Introducing the new Cape Economic Development Agency 9 Aug 2011 | 10:57 pm
This article by Murray Williams, which appeared today in the Cape Argus (09 August 2011), gives a nice overview of what the proposed new Cape Economic Development Agency will do. The final details sti...
Designing a fairer future – why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014 27 Jul 2011 | 04:16 am
I can now understand that Twitter was invented for people who start writing a blog and then run out of time to keep them going. I have just spent a whirlwind three days with the World Design Capital 2...
Paradise Road: An inspiring story about Zimbabweans in Cape Town 24 Jun 2011 | 07:34 am
Paradise Road: An inspiring story about Zimbabweans in Cape Town by Anton Crone…
Five reasons why making the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist is a good thing for Cape Town 22 Jun 2011 | 03:17 am
Congratulations to the cities of Dublin and Bilbao for making the World Design City 2014 shortlist with Cape Town. We are in good company, and look forward to a friendly contest. There are five reas...
