Mother City News

Zeekoevlei activists lock horns with DA’s mayoral candidate over pollution

3 November 202128 October 2021 by Steve Kretzmann

Mayoral candidate Geordin Hill-Lewis promises to end City’s “culture of secrecy”

The DA’s mayoral candidate for Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, was given short thrift by concerned citizens when he suggested Zeekoevlei is polluted with sewage partly due to people blocking sewers with foreign objects.… Read more

Rosé – The wine rookie

8 October 2021 by Sadé Allcock

It is with equal parts excitement and trepidation that I announce that the wine column for Mother City News has moved to Joburg! The big smoke! While it might seem counterintuitive to write a wine column from the heart of Gauteng, fear not.… Read more

‘Superbugs’ breed in City’s polluted waters

28 October 20213 October 2021 by Steve Kretzmann

Children play at Zandvlei mouth as it runs out to sea at Muizenberg. The water has for months been too polluted for recreational use.

The ongoing and widespread pollution of Cape Town’s waterways is contributing to antibiotic resistance, which is a growing and serious global health problem, according to pre-eminent scientists.

Give us more guns: Answers to violence in South Africa

2 September 2021 by Steve Kretzmann

Thousands of police-issue guns – the made-in-South-Africa 9mm Z88 – have been sold to Cape Town gangs since the mid-2000s to early 2015. The flood of guns to gangs saw the murder rate in the city climb from a low of about 41 per 100,000 people in 2009, to about 63 per 100,000 by 2015.… Read more

Gig guide – September

2 September 2021 by Steve Kretzmann

Our artists need us, and, honestly, we need them more. They are capable of doing something else to survive if needs be, but we aren’t capable of distilling our society through a creative lens and communicating our shared humanity like they can.

Fruit from the southern slopes

2 September 2021 by mark

Our wine columnist Sadé Allcock is relocating to Jozi to manage a boutique hotel in Houghton, but don’t worry, this is a brief hiatus, she’ll be back to fill you in on the best plonk to purchase as our world renowned Cape wines are available in the big smoke.… Read more

Steenberg Farm: A rich experience

2 September 2021 by mark

Our efforts to sample the high-end cuisine at Steenberg Farm’s Bistro Sixteen82 were almost stopped in their tracks at the gated entrance to the estate.

Instead of the usual filling out of names and contacts on clipboard, the security guard demanded my driving license.… Read more

Formula E comes to Cape Town: The good, bad, and ugly

2 September 2021 by Steve Kretzmann

In trying to be ‘world-class’, City may be hoodwinked by slick sales pitch.

The electric version of the Formula 1 Grand Prix – Formula E – will be racing around the streets of Green Point and Mouille Point in February next year, and the City is ponying up R48m to make it happen.… Read more

Fresh DA mayoral candidate for Cape Town promises blossoming future

2 September 2021 by Steve Kretzmann

The rosy-cheeked, fresh faced young man who is likely to be Cape Town’s next mayor, looked and sounded out of place as he launched his campaign from behind a blue DA-branded lectern set up in the middle of a frayed street in Bonteheuwel on Sunday 29 August.… Read more

New mayco member takes the wheel for transport in Cape Town

2 September 20212 September 2021 by Steve Kretzmann

We interview Roberto Quintas as he gets into the driving seat.

When City of Cape Town Speaker Felicity Purchase congratulated Councilor Roberto Quintas on being appointed as the new mayoral committee member for transport during the full council meeting of 19 August, she commented that he has big shoes to fill.… Read more