Although the City of Cape Town makes every effort to prepare for winter rains, it is impossible to actually prevent flooding, particularly in low-lying informal settlements. This is why the City has embarked on a wide-scale public awareness programme...(More)
City endorses draft policy to guide future urban planning
The City of Cape Town has endorsed a draft policy that will guide the way in which the space available for urban growth is used in future. This draft policy will soon be open for public discussion and comment. (More)
The recent fire on Devils Peak has stripped the slopes of their stabilising vegetation, which means that there is a real possibility of flooding and mudslides in the suburbs directly below. When it rains heavily, loose ash and other fire debris may be washed off the slopes into the streams, and then into the intakes and pipes... (More)
The City of Cape Town is reviewing its current air pollution by-law to make it stricter and more effective – and to help attain the City’s vision of becoming ’the city with the cleanest air in Africa’. In South Africa, section 24 of our Constitution gives us the right to clean air, and the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act (2004) makes air quality the responsibility of local government... (More)
The City of Cape Town is doing a sterling job of managing drinking water quality in its area of jurisdiction. Not our words, but the words of new Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Buyelwa Sonjica, in awarding Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department 100% for the quality of its drinking water. (More)
The City of Cape Town’s Roads and Stormwater Department has warned motorists travelling in the Green Point area to expect slower traffic flows, due to the closure of one lane of the Western Bypass. As preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup move into higher gear, construction of the new Granger Bay Boulevard (linking Green Point to the V&A Waterfront)... (More)
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