As always, we’re keeping you in the loop and making sure that you never miss a Cape Town moment. Here are our Top 10 stories of the week:
10. The City of Cape Town has passed the Building For Jobs Budget 2024/25. In his City Council address, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the budget includes South Africa’s largest ever infrastructure investment by a metropolitan municipality, with a 75% pro-poor spend directly benefitting lower-income households in 2024/25:
Cape Town approves SA’s biggest pro-poor infrastructure investment
9. Three Cape Town beaches have made the Golden Beach Award 2024 list, which consists of the 100 best beaches around the world that have been selected:
8. According to the May 2024 report compiled by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD) for the Household Affordability Index, certain foods are cheaper to buy in Cape Town than in Durban and Johannesburg:
7. A FlySafair flight bound for Johannesburg was grounded at Cape Town International Airport on Thursday evening following a bomb threat:
FlySafair flight grounded at Cape Town Airport after bomb threat
6. The world’s best universities have been named in the QS World University Rankings list, published by Quacquarelli Symonds. Can you guess which South African institutions took first and second place in the country?
5. A major pirate internet streaming service was nailed with the help of Western Cape police investigators last week:
MultiChoice and Western Cape police bust pirate streaming service
4. Cape Town’s high-end real estate market has shown unexpected growth, with sales nearly reaching R800 million during the first quarter of 2024:
Cape Town’s luxury property market booms as sales near R800m
3. The decomposed body which is believed to be that of a City of Cape Town staffer, that was implicated in a fraud scandal, was discovered at Silvermine Nature Reserve by the SAPS on Tuesday, 4 June:
Alleged body of wanted fraudster found at Silvermine Nature Reserve
2. Last month, frustrated business owners expressed that they had lost up to 25 percent of their turnover due to the damage caused by the sinkholes:
Final phase of main road repairs underway in Montague Gardens
1. Recently, a survey published by Rough Guide drew on reader votes around the globe to determine the most beautiful countries in the world:
South Africa ranks as 10th most beautiful country in the world
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