Work to link Blouberg Road into the city's new Integrated Rapid Transport system is progressing well following the closure of the controversial Bayside taxi rank.

The city has called on developers to get involved in the frinancing of the redevelopment of the popular Eerstesteen area north of Big Bay.

Cape Town is getting its own world-class “CSI”. The multi-million rand mega forensic science complex is being built right here in Plattekloof and the facility promises to become the leading forensic science laboratory on the African continent.

Estate Agents are furious over the municipality’s “excessive” registration fees and “dragonian” rules that regulate the placing of ‘On Show’ boards on municipal land around the city. Some agents believe these rules unfairly limit their constitutional rights to earn a living – particularly in the current difficult recessionary times.

Speeding cars and buses that fail to stop at pedestrian cossings  on Marine Drive above Table View Beach has turned this part of the road into a deadly dice with death for people wanting to cross the road to go for jogs and walks along the beach.

Polluters who "defile" our air and endanger the health of the city's residents face heavy fines and could even go to prison, writes Willem Steenkamp.

 The greater Blouberg area is set to become home to a huge social housing development. Council officials are in the process of identifying land for the mega-million rand project that will be partly funded by the developers of Big Bay. Willem Steenkamp has the details: