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What's on in the Cape Town CBD
Winter in Cape Town has its own special magic. Wrap up warmly and head to town to enjoy a wealth of heart-warming shows,…
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CCID reflects on lockdown
Like many city centre businesses, the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) has had to grapple with operating in…
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Cape Town Together: making it happen
A group of resourceful and enterprising individuals from the Cape Town Central City are rolling up their sleeves to help…
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Special Report: How Covid-19 has crippled tourism to Cape Town
Covid-19 has wrought havoc on leisure and business tourism to Cape Town, with most of the CBD's 40-odd hotels closed. This…
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Don Paul's covid chronicles
Don Paul, Cape Town media consultant, content producer and storyteller, made sense of the nationwide lockdown by producing…
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Kitchen confidential: Guy Bennett
For the past three months, Guy Bennett, executive chef at the Cape Town CBD’s hip-and-happening Gorgeous George hotel, has not…
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The CTICC becomes a beacon of hope
From Africa’s leading conference venue to the continent’s largest field hospital – the Cape Town International Convention…
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Crime in the CBD set to increase
Opportunistic crime in the Cape Town CBD is expected to increase "marginally" when the nationwide lockdown eases…
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Back to business for Cape Town retailers
Retailers in the Cape Town Central City have begun to resuscitate (and even reinvent) their businesses following the easing of…
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Ladles of Love feeds the masses
In the space of a few short weeks, Ladles of Love transformed itself from an efficient organisation doing its bit to feed the…
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Central City Events: 19 May 2020 to 17 June 2020
We’re still in lockdown but there’s plenty of fun to be had online! Here’s a fabulous selection of local and international…
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Cleaning an empty CBD is still dirty work
Cleaning the streets of a deserted Cape Town Central City is still dirty work — even during the nationwide lockdown in…
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Helping the Cape Town CBD's homeless community
Cape Town City Centre NGOs, businesses and residents have joined forces to offer an extraordinary lifeline to the CBD’s…
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Covid-19 relief for small businesses
There is help at hand. Several financial schemes to alleviate the devastating economic impact of Covid-19 on an SMME…
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The Power of Social Media in a Pandemic
The show must go on, even in a pandemic. Amid global cancellations of performances, the world's performing artists have…
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Covid-19: Its impact on the Cape Town CBD
As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the global economy, Cape Town developer, property owner and CCID chairperson Rob…
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Living in a lockdown
As South Africans, we relished our freedom of movement and took it for granted until we were faced with a five-week…
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The role of the CCID in a pandemic
In times like these, when everything is uncertain and our very existence is threatened, city improvement districts like the…
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Cape Town CBD crime rate plummets during lockdown
Despite a spate of opportunistic incidents, crime in the Cape Town CBD has dropped dramatically during Lockdown. Only 35…
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Open for business - Autumn 2020
The CCID wishes these new businesses all the best in the Central City. We also chatted to the manager of one of them in our…
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CBD FACILITIES OPEN DURING LOCKDOWN
Certain city centre medical facilities, supermarkets and pharmacies, as well as petrol stations…
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First Thursdays: The word on the street
First Thursdays, an initiative started in 2012 by Thursdays Projects, has become an institution in the Cape Town CBD,…
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