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Urban Age Award 2012 launches

Nov 26, 2011

The African Centre for Cities has partnered with Deutsche Bank and LSE Cities to present the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award 2012 to a project in Cape Town. The award is presented to a project that has ...

Sanitation Summit Calls for Urgency in Adressing Poor Services

Sep 15, 2011

The Social Justice Coalition (SJC), a Cape Town based advocacy group, held the inaugural Cape Town Sanitation Summit on 15 September in Woodstock, Cape Town. The summit presented an opportunity for NG ...

Professor Ricky Burdett - Director, LSE Cities on "Living in the Endless City"

Sep 21, 2011 — Cape Town

In this ACC public lecture Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age programme, will speak o ...

ACC at the Open Book Festival

Sep 13, 2011

We are proud to announce our collaboration with the Open Book Festival, an annual literary festival, the first of which is happening from the 21st to the 25th September 2011 around Cape Town. The Afri ...

Open Book Festival - CityScapes Magazine Launch

Sep 24, 2011 — Cape Town

A short conversation on this initiative of the African Centre for Cities with the editors Tau Tavengwa, Sean O'Toole and Edgar Pieterse. CityScapes, a biannual magazine style publication, seeks t ...

Open Book Festival: African Cities Reader II Launch - Readings from a reader

Sep 23, 2011 — Cape Town

3 readings and a conversation celebrate the launch of the African Cities Reader II: Mobilities and Fixtures, the second installment of this biennial publication that brings  together contributors ...