Cape Town seeks funding to control baboons

Cape Town's city authorities plan to go to court to seek funding to establish a control programme for its baboons, known for their aggressive behaviour and vandalism of residential property and cars. The city's mayor Dan Plato said his department...

Cape Town’s Desmond Tutu to retire from public life

Desmond Tutu, Anglican archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and 1984 Nobel peace laureate, has announced that he will be withdrawing from public life starting later this year in order to spend more time with his family. The dynamic 78-year-old bishop has...

Amazon to open customer service centre in Cape Town

Amazon to open customer service centre in Cape Town United States on-line retail giant Amazon has announced that it is to open a customer services centre in Cape Town later this year, five years after establishing a software development centre in...

South African National Gallery reopens

The IZIKO South African National Gallery (SANG) re-opens to the public on 15 April with an exhibition on the country’s contribution to modern and contemporary art. 1910-2010 From Pierneef to Gugulective, curated by Riason Naidoo, covers the period during which...