Power Guzzlers Data centre deal — Cape Town forced back to the drawing board 5 min 6 By Lindsey Schutters
RUBBER-STAMPED Zero deviations — the record of Cape Town’s planning tribunal in 1,328 rulings 6 min 10 By Kevin Bloom
By Bas Zuidberg and Tracey Davies Cape Town planning officials must listen to residents, drop the ‘take us to court’ attitude 4 min 3 24 August 2026
MINDING THE CHILD Missing link in urban development: Cape Town’s future depends on giving children a voice 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
REGULATORY REFORM Breaking the compliance deadlock holding back early learning centres in Cape Town 7 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
CLEAN BREAK (PART 1) Members for life — The capture of Cape Town’s planning tribunal 11 min 8 By Kevin Bloom
POLLUTED WATERWAYS Neglect turns Cape Town’s Diep River Canal into a stinking sewage trap 5 min 1 By Kristin Engel
PHOTO ESSAY Tree replanting starts in Cape Town’s Newlands after devastating beetle infestation 6 min 4 By Kristin Engel
EASTER CAMPAIGN ‘The most beautiful country in the world’ — De Lille punts local tourism 3 min 0 By Suné Payne
RIGHT OF REPLY Cape Town’s coastal water quality — the facts versus the hype 6 min 21 By Eddie Andrews
BUSH AND SHOVE Local conservation groups feel ‘undermined’ by Cape Town’s biodiversity management branch 7 min 1 By Kristin Engel
PRIMATE CONTROL Activists welcome bid to extend Urban Baboon Programme, but red-flag budget and resource problems 3 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
BEACH SEWAGE REPORT Latest round of Cape Town coastal closures affects Hout Bay and Dalebrook Tidal Pool 2 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
TOXIC TIDES Cape Town sees 10 beach closures in two months during bumper holiday season 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
GROUNDUP Diver takes deep sewage plunge to stem pollution flow into Zandvlei 3 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
