The City of Cape Town has commenced a project to upgrade a section of the M3 in Newlands to improve traffic flow. The project, which forms part of the City’s congestion relief programme, began this …..
Read More: Big upgrade for one of Cape Town’s busiest roads.
The Cape Town Convict Crisis (1849): When the British government attempted to turn the Cape Colony into a penal settlement by sending the convict ship *Neptune* to Table Bay in 1849, local Capetonians staged a massive civil resistance movement. Citizens organized a total boycott, refusing to supply the ship or British garrison with food or services. The 5-month standoff made international headlines across the British Empire, forcing London to abandon the plan and accelerating Cape self-governance.
