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The City of Cape Town’s Climate Change Strategy is now available online as a digital publication.  The City’s vision is to help make Cape Town a climate resilient, resource efficient, and carbon neutral city that enables inclusive economic development and healthy, thriving communities and ecosystems. Climate change is of significant concern to the City because […]

Africa’s top innovators, policymakers and investors will converge in Cape Town this September to witness the very best of African innovation at the 2021 SA Innovation Summit. Taking place from 21 – 23 September 2021, and themed Expanding Horizons, the event will showcase the international success stories and country conditions that make for attractive entrepreneurial growth […]

Cape Town has been announced as one of the host cities of the international Formula E racing tournament in February 2022. As part of the City’s Covid-19 recovery plan, the event will offer a much-needed boost for the events and tourism industries impacted by the global pandemic. “Cape Town is pleased to be chosen as […]

The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, Alderman James Vos, was recently invited to visit Robertson and Caine, one of the world’s top boat-building companies based in Cape Town. The visit coincided with the release of the ‘Boat Building Global Market Report 2021: COVID 19 Impact And Recovery To 2030’, which found […]

The City of Cape Town, Western Cape Government and Discovery Health have opened Cape Town’s first mass vaccination facility at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Dubbed the Vaccination Centre of Hope, the facility is expected to administer over 750 000 vaccinations between July and December, playing a critical role in Cape Town and the […]

Cape Town is one of the best cities in the world for remote workers, according to a new study by global housing rental platform, Nestpick. The Mother City scored 16th – higher than locations such as New York, Athens and Barcelona – on the list of 75 cities. The index score was based on a […]

The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, Alderman James Vos was recently joined by the newly-appointed Belgian Consul General Mathias Bogaert for a sector engagement at a South African engineering group that recently opened a new base in Belgium. Consul General Bogaert’s appointment follows his country’s decision to upgrade their Cape […]

Cruise Cape Town, a collaborative project that endeavours to grow the cruise economy in Cape Town and the Western Cape, has officially been launched. Having been in operation since September 2020, the initiative looks to capitalise on the growing cruise tourism trend. Despite the current lockdown and travel restrictions, the team is hopeful for the […]

The cities of Cape Town and Aachen, Germany, have launched a joint edition of the Mayor’s Portfolio of Urban Sustainability to mark the 20th anniversary of the Aachen–Cape Town LA21 Partnership. The publication seeks to inspire and support urban responses to sustainability challenges for the benefit of communities and the environment. Cape Town confronts a […]

Cape Town is a city of incredible natural beauty and has all the attributes that appeal to people looking for a great city in which to live, work, study, play and invest. The city offers visitors a variety of unforgettable experiences and is home to the Cape Town Big 6, a set of attractions which […]