The City of Cape Town plans to tackle Cape Town’s housing needs in a multi-pronged approach that will deliver housing opportunities to lower income families in an incremental manner. The plan, which has recently been updated, covers a five year period from 2009/10 to 2013/14.In line with international trends, it advocates high density affordable housing solutions in appropriate locations in a sustainable manner – financially, institutionally and socially. (More)
The City of Cape Town is in the process of consolidating its Public Parks by-law, so that a single by-law will apply to all of the city's 3 052 parks. In the past, each municipality which made up the former unicity had its own parks by-laws, which resulted in unnecessary duplication and general confusion. (More)
The World Economic Forum has invited the City of Cape Town to send a delegation to its ‘Meeting of New Champions’ session in Dalian, China next month. The Executive Mayor will speak at the interactive session ‘The promise of smart energy.’ (More)
The numerous construction cranes towering over the Green Point
Stadium construction site that have become a familiar sight over
the last two-and-a-half years will soon be coming down as the
stadium nears completion. At the height of construction there
were 21 tower cranes and 15 mobile cranes dotted around the
stadium...
(More)
Since the City of Cape Town started a programme to test exhaust emissions of diesel-engine vehicles in 2000, there has been a dramatic decrease in the failure rate of diesel vehicles tested. Exhaust emissions are responsible for the unsightly band of thick yellow smog – known as brown haze – that hangs over the False Bay coastline.(More)
Useful links:
- Vacancies: employment online
- The Mayor's diary
- Contacts
- Green Point Stadium construction progress image gallery
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