In his Budget speech yesterday, Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan made specific reference to the role of South African cities as part of the nation’s future growth and development path. This is significent, as in previous years, there has been little or no focus on the role of cities by national…
Tag Archives: City development strategy
Bidding for City cultural awards – learning from Donostia-San Sebastian
I’ve just spent three days in the Basque city of Donostia-San Sebastian, where I was a speaker at the World Urban Development Congress (INTA 34). I was interested to discover that San Sebastian is a candidate city for the European Capital of Culture 2016. Given Cape Town’s…
Athlone Towers – a giant new opportunity for a different approach to city building?
When our boys were small, their name for the Athlone cooling towers was the ‘giant’s coffee cups’. Located near the N2 highway out of Cape Town, the ‘coffee cups’ usually signified the start of a holiday weekend out of town, or the end of a long tiring journey home.
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Why does Cape Town not have a city development strategy?
I took part in a discussion the other day on ‘Designing City Futures’ – the second of two Counter Currents Debates hosted by the African Centre for Cities. One of the questions I posed was: Why does Cape Town not have a credible and effective city development strategy?
Many…
‘Life after 2010′ – Talk to the Cape Town Press Club, 08 February
There are five key elements of the 2010 World Cup legacy for Cape Town:
- R14bn of infrastructure, much of it funded by National Treasury (e.g. CT Stadium, Green Point Urban Park, CT Airport, rail station upgrades, first phase IRT, highway intersections, pedestrian routes, cycle routes, public squares) – There
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Perverse outcomes? New bicycle lanes in Cape Town CBD add space for cars
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Who is championing Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transport system?
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Why the Cape Town airport shuttle isn’t working
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Cape Town’s Bid to host 2011 UN Climate Change Conference
- Cape Town loses bid to host UN Climate Change Conference in 2011
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For sure, freeways?
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Wooden cobbles recently discovered in Adderley Street
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Integrated Rapid Transport in Cape Town – no other alternative
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Cape Town Station Square – unburied treasure
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Cape Town shows the world how to street party
- Designing better sanitation services in informal settlements: Cape Town’s R138m Special Jobs Creation Programme has real potential to add impetus
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Stop the Secrecy Bill: Pictures from Right2Know march, Cape Town, 17 September
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Looking for Africa
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The ABC of the EDA in Cape Town and the Western Cape
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Who will lead the economic inclusion agenda when working class leaders abandon that role through ill-disciplined actions?
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Going up: Cape Town’s tallest building since 1993 represents more than a property development
- Introducing the new Cape Economic Development Agency
- Designing a fairer future – why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014
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Paradise Road: An inspiring story about Zimbabweans in Cape Town
- Five reasons why making the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist is a good thing for Cape Town
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Christo Fabricius: Knowledge, education and skills development should...
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Etienne du Plessis: Hi Andrew, I conduct a photo stream on Old Cape...
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Greeff Kotzé: Rashiq Fataar 02 December 10 at 20:32 # "I will g...
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Tessa: Hi, I sent you a message via facebook regarding yo...
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Mark Dean Brown: Why doesn't the City offer some sort of tax incent...
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James de Villiers: That's great but still these are only expectations...
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Uhuru: 2.The strength of the visitor destination brand vs...
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Socomo: I'm very keen to see the final design. It's a pity...
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