Environment
Cape Town News
The South African city has been hit in recent days by a wave of bad weather, with strong winds and large waves that have covered the streets with sea foam.
Despite the alert issued by the weather s...
Cape Town News
New freshwater supply in Western Cape
Discovery is good news for Western Cape as it battles water crisis.A freshwater resource has been found in Beaufort West, about 460 km north-east of Cape Town, as the Western Cape battles an ongoing w...
Cape Town News
Cape Town saves water supplies
Cape Town city authorities have urged residents to continue conserving water, despite recent heavy rains, following the prolonged drought that saw the Western Cape's water reserve fall below ten per c...
Cape Town News
Cape Town prepares for future droughts
Day Zero plan follows recent drought in Western Cape.
Cape Town is currently preparing contingency plans outlining measures to deal with future drought situations, following the recent prolonged wa...
Cape Town News
Drought-stricken city holds interfaith prayer service for rain.
Cape Town held an interfaith religious service on Table Mountain on 25 May, with prayers calling for rain as the Western Cape grapple...
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Cape Town lists top water-wasting streets
Top 100 water consuming streets identified as Cape Town battles drought.
The Cape Town administration has released a list of the streets containing the top 100 water consumers as the city grapples...
Cape Town News
Water restrictions in Cape Town
Cape Town residents encouraged to conserve water.
Cape Town's new “Level Three” water restriction regulations came into effect from 1 November and remain in operation until further notice.
The l...
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Public vegetable garden in Cape Town
Company's Garden goes back to its roots
A public vegetable and herb garden has been created at the Company’s Garden, a Cape Town landmark in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD)....
Cape Town News
Cape Town clamps down on car washes
Cape Town is clamping down on "informal" car washes in an effort to preserve water, as it examines more effective ways of managing water use.
Authorities say that too much water is being wasted at...
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Controlled burn at Cape Town wetlands
Vegetation at the Zoarvlei wetland section of Table Bay nature reserve in Cape Town is to be burnt by the city's environmental resource management department.
The 140-hectare reserve is located nex...
Cape Town News
The air of Cape Town is among the most polluted in South Africa, ranking alongside the coalfields of Witbank and Limpopo in the country's northern region.
The findings were presented by experts at...
Cape Town News
Oil leaking from a Turkish bulk carrier that ran aground three years ago off the coast of Cape Town has led to the closure of beaches at Table View, Reitvlei and Dolphin Beach.
It is believed that...
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An enormous sculpture of a man, constructed out of 4,200 empty Coca-Cola crates, has appeared at Cape Town
Cape Town News
Cape Town Bike festival cancelled
The Cape Town Bike Festival (CTBF), scheduled to take place at the Cape Town Stadium from 16-18 December, has been cancelled due insufficient sponsorship and poor ticket sales.
The CTBF
Cape Town News
Cape Town’s Table Mountain among
Table Mountain was listed among the Seven Wonders of the World by the Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation on 11 November. The win was the result of a global competition in which hundreds of millions of...
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South Africa targets pollution
South Africa is to place limits for carbon emissions on the country
Cape Town News
Shark attacks earlier than usual in Cape Town
A British swimmer, who refused to heed warnings about the presence of sharks, was attacked by a Great White Shark off Fish Heok at the end of September. He was saved after two local men, Hugh Till and...
Cape Town News
A thick oil slick has washed up on a one-kilometre stretch of beach at Blouberg in Cape Town on 3 September. The crude oil had leaked from the Seli 1 bulk-carrier ship which ran aground near Table Bay...
Cape Town News
The city of Cape Town has issued swimmers with shark warnings and has drawn attention to the seasonal increase in the presence of Great White Sharks around in-shore areas along the Western Cape.
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