As the world gears up for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20 Summit in Brazil, the CCID is urging CBD businesses to use World Environment Day as an opportunity to get involved in the green economy and actively participate in adopting sustainable ways of conducting business.

A view of the Cape Town CBD’s skyline will show at least 10 towering cranes at work on various new developments. In spite of a sluggish global economy, business confidence is higher than ever with an estimated over R3 billion currently being invested in the CBD through these developments.

Investments into commercial property developments and refurbishments continue to rise in the Central City of Cape Town.

For more than 60 years, Archbishop Emeritus Tutu and his wife, Leah, have campaigned tirelessly to advance the cause of human rights, justice, reconciliation and the values enshrined in the Constitution.

Today the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) launched the first edition of The State of Cape Town Central City Report.

The country has experienced extreme weather conditions this winter. Cape Town has had a very wet, very cold season that has affected many people, particularly the homeless and the destitute.

With the construction of Portside, Cape Town’s largest office development, and the new offices of one of South Africa’s leading corporate law firms, Bowman Gilfillan, currently underway, Cape Town’s Bree Street is fast becoming a major business hub in the city.