Boasting 60% of Africa’s millionaires, South Africa is the only country on the continent with a developed luxury sector. This is according to global management consultancy firm Bain & Company, which predicts that the local luxury goods market will grow between 20% and 30% over the next five years.

People who visit, live and work here believe that the Cape Town CBD is the cleanest CBD in the country. This was confirmed in the 2012 Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) User Survey, where 88.3% of respondents said Cape Town’s CBD is best rated in terms of cleanliness.

We regret to advise you that the CCID’s service provider, Iliso Protection Services, received a strike notice late on Friday afternoon, notifying the employer that the officers would be on strike from 006h00 on Monday 8 April until 07h00 on Tuesday 9 April 2013.

Joule City, a new incubator aimed at supporting up-and-coming creative minds, has just opened its doors in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD.

Cape Town takes nearly 50% of the market share of conventions hosted in Africa, and the estimated annual economic contribution to the national GDP of just six events is almost R2 billion.

The Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) has launched an SMS donation service as part of its GIVE RESPONSIBLY campaign in an effort to help break the cycle of homelessness on the CBD’s streets.

With all the preparations done, event organisers are now counting down the days to what has been dubbed Africa’s grandest gathering, the 2012 Cape Town International Jazz Festival. Cape Town is set to offer festivalgoers a city getaway experience they will never forget.

The Company’s Garden, the oldest garden in South Africa and arguably one of the country’s top tourist attractions, is now under enhanced security.

The greening of 14 Loop St, a recently refurbished 1904 building in Cape Town’s CBD, is paying both commercial and environmental dividends for the owners, the tenants and the City.

The Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) has appointed Gary Fisher, head of public works in the Western Cape Government, and Grant Elliott, regional manager for Redefine Properties in the Western Cape, as board members.