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Steve Kretzmann

New by-law puts the brakes on ‘Airbnb effect’

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Some short-term letting properties could pay three times as much when subject to commercial rates

A new by-law seeks to regulate short-term rentals in Cape Town by enforcing registration and imposing commercial rates on properties let out on a short-term basis for 183 days or more per year.… Read more

CPUT agrees to some student demands

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Violent protests related to the NSFAS funding cap, among other demands, have rocked Cape Peninsula University of Technology campuses over the past month

Some of the demands made by protesting Cape Peninsula University of Technology students have been met by the university management.… Read more

PRASA denies paying gangster-linked companies in Cape Town

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But amaBhungane disputes “straw-man” findings

  • PRASA says an independent investigation found no evidence it contracted with or paid alleged gang boss Ralph Stanfield or his wife, Nicole Johnson, or their linked companies.
  • But amaBhungane says the investigation failed to address the allegations in its reporting and lacked access to key evidence, including PRASA’s former security chief’s devices.
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Buckland takes on the techbros

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You can’t escape the bastards. They’ve inserted their insidious fingers into so many aspects of life that it is almost impossible to earn a living without being smeared by their grimy greed.

You can run an open-source Linux operating system on your computer, have no social media accounts, and use one of the many alternative browsers to Google, but you’re making a billionaire richer the moment you buy something online.… Read more

Oude Molen: Province forges ahead despite heritage report rejection

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Tenants and objectors are concerned about how required heritage report was ignored in adjacent massive River Club development

The provincial government plans to allow five-storey buildings and more than 1,300 housing units to be built within the Oude Molen Eco-Village alongside the Black River, but their required Heritage Impact Assessment has been turned down.… Read more

The beauty of small things

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In a world scarred by ecocide, Lizzie Gaisford’s finely crafted debut solo album calls us to attend to what remains

There’s got to be a word for that specific kind of grief, sings Lizzie Gaisford on the fourth track of her debut solo album Love the Land, which is a poem, almost a requiem, for nature, for ecosystems, and for things lost and things broken.… Read more