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Mark Lifman (1965–2024) was a South African businessman associated with organized crime in Cape Town.. Known for his involvement in nightclub security and alleged protection rackets, Lifman faced multiple serious charges over the years, including murder, attempted murder, money laundering, gang-related offences, and tax evasion. [1]
Companies behind the development include AFRICA123, Regen Africa (property developers) and communiTgrow (project facilitators) who enlisted the expertise of ARG Design (town planners and urban designers). communiTgrow put forward the plan for Milkwood to deal with the demand for houses in Cape Town. [4] Cape Town’s population is growing yearly.
Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is a news website based in South Africa that serves the online versions of a number of South African newspapers, including The Star, Cape Times, Cape Argus, Weekend Argus, The Mercury, Sunday Tribune, The Independent on Saturday, and The Sunday Independent.
The Beerhouse was a speciality beer hall which opened in Cape Town's Upper Long Street on International Beer Day, Friday 2 August 2013, [1] and closed 11 years later, on 3 August, 2024. [ 2 ] Occupying a two-storey Victorian building , the former premises of Bead Merchants of Africa, [ 3 ] The Beerhouse comprised a long bar, inside lounge ...
Most of the organisation's activities focus on communities within the City of Cape Town. [1] [4] The organisation has been critical of the City of Cape Town's policies and actions on policing the poor [5] and homeless, [6] evictions, [7] and the sale of City property instead of using it for affordable housing.
Stor-Age was founded in 2004 to fill a vacuum in self-storage facilities in the greater metropolitan areas of South Africa. Gavin Lucas, the current CEO of Stor-Age, who was certified as a CA at the University of Cape Town, began working with his father, Les Lucas, his brother, Stephen Lucas, and fellow accountant, Steven Horton, to build a real estate investment trust.
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [4] When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape ...
The 17th century Governor of the Cape Colony, Zacharias Wagenaer, was very concerned about providing regular drinking water to inhabitants and visiting ship crews alike. He ordered a rectangular masonry dam, known as the New Bowl (or also Wagener's Tank ), to be built between the Fort and the ocean.