The Cape has become a SPAM Culture
Ask anyone in Cape Town what they did with their inbox this morning and you’ll hear the same thing: they deleted, ignored, blocked and reported. Somewhere in that pile there…
Category: Business & Economy
After Every Collapse, We Regulate the Wrong People
South Africa’s construction regulations only ever seem to move after the rubble is cleared. But look closely at what each revision actually does, and a pattern emerges: the more people…
The Debt Collection Industry’s Dirty Secret: Why Are Illegal Practices Still Going Unpunished?
Editorial Every economy depends upon credit. Without it, families cannot buy homes, entrepreneurs cannot build businesses, and ordinary South Africans cannot bridge the gap between one payday and the next.…
How Jane Silberbauer Rail-Roaded Cape Town into the Future
In July 1860, a widowed editor named Jane Silberbauer used her newspaper to spark an infrastructure revolution that permanently altered the face of Cape Town. At a time when women…
From Counter to Skyscraper: The Making of Cape Town’s Furniture Trade, 1860–1929
In 1859, a merchant house called Povall & Stuttaford began trading in Cape Town. By 1868 the business had been reconstituted as Thorne, Stuttaford & Co., in partnership with William…
The House of Fairbridges: A Legal Institution Two Centuries in the Making
Cape Town — In a city where history is etched into every street and sandstone façade, few institutions can claim a heritage as enduring as that of Fairbridges, the legal…
The Property Market of the Cape Continues Its Remarkable Ascendancy
Cape Town, Tuesday, 21st July, 2026. The remarkable vigour exhibited by the property market of this Province has once again attracted the attention of investors, householders, and commercial interests alike.…
Choosing a Home Repair Contractor: What Every Householder Should Know
An Editorial from the Cape Chronicle Among the many vexations which beset the respectable householder, there are few more grievous than entrusting one’s dwelling to the care of an unworthy…