Rob Kane is CEO of Boxwood Property Fund, and Chairperson of the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID). He is also the former CEO of JSE listed Texton Property Fund Limited which he started in 2006, and then listed on the JSE in 2011. Since inception, Rob grew that fund to an asset value of R5.5 trillion, comprising 350 000m2 of commercial, retail and industrial buildings throughout South Africa. Rob discusses brighter futures for Cape Town’s CBD.

Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank, Cape Town, celebrates its 50th anniversary with an impressive collection of Expressionist art.

Shimmy Beach Club is an unlikely venue for a live performance by veteran gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, but I had wanted to dance with my girlfriends to their classic ‘Start Wearing Purple’, so I decided to accept the subcultural mismatch and just showed up.

Ambition and care will drive Cape Town’s post-pandemic prosperity, believes Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis.

Dr Mpho Phalatse, the Executive Mayor of The City of Johannesburg writes for The Big Issue. She poses the question: is Covid not a call for a truly pro-poor agenda?

Ten young ambitious musicians from Cape Town have been awarded full bursaries to change the tune of their futures with Bridges For Music Academy’s five-month Music MBA programme.

Anton Harber, veteran South African journalist, editor and Professor of Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand wrote So, For the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture. It’s a deep dive into the conduct of the media as mega corruption and state capture engulfed and eventually brought down Jacob Zuma’s administration. Politics Editor Thabo Leshilo asked the author to provide the highlights.

South African institutions are limping, and the media is no exception ...