Matthew Hirsch

4 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Steve Kretzmann |Matthew Hirsch

More than 4ha of prime land across the boundary of Green Point and Sea Point are to be auctioned off by the City of Cape Town for mixed-use development, including affordable housing. The plan to sell the triangular site between Main Road and Helen Suzman Boulevard, which includes the Sea Point library on the western edge and an electrical substation on the east, was approved during a council meeting in December last year.

1 month ago | bizcommunity.com | Daniel Steyn |Matthew Hirsch |Tania Broughton |Madison Yauger

Advertise your job vacancies 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Two weeks before the hearing, Western Cape Government announced the Sea Point property will include affordable housing. The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp In 2015, the Western Cape Government announced it would sell the Tafelberg School site in Sea Point for R135m.

Jan 15, 2025 | businesslive.co.za | Matthew Hirsch

It is 7am on a Saturday at the Harbour Bridge platform near the V&A Waterfront. Tourists, some in family groups, are brimming with excitement waiting to board the steam train to Elgin in the Overberg. Many passengers are eager to get a takeaway coffee before the train leaves. We are soon shown to our seats. This is a throwback to a bygone era. The check-in and registration are seamless, as is getting to your seat where your name is ticked off a list.

Dec 11, 2024 | brnw.ch | Matthew Hirsch

Vacant plots of land in Cape Town are being converted to indigenous gardens. Young people from SA and Germany work on the projects. Schools are also involved in the projects. Vacant plots of land in Cape Town are being turned into indigenous gardens thanks to a collaboration between South African organisations and a German work exchange programme. As part of the exchange programme, ASA, young people from Germany come to South Africa to work on sustainability projects, GroundUp reports.

Nov 27, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Matthew Hirsch

A dire lack of state capacity, legislative shortcomings, corruption and sky-high unemployment and poverty levels all contribute to a thriving illicit economy