| Mayor tackles new challenge in WP rugby debut | Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is set to make his provincial debut for DHL Western Province in their Currie Cup game tonight. | <div>The City of Cape Town Mayor was a late inclusion on the DHL Western Province replacements bench for the Currie Cup clash against the Windhoek Draught Griquas, which kicks off at 19h15 at DHL Stadium today.</div><div><br></div><div>The match is part of a big double-header at DHL Stadium, with the DHL Stormers in action at 16h00, when they take on Harlequins in a historic Heineken Champions Cup knock-out match.</div><div><br></div><div>Local club players Fazeel Robertson (St Georges RFC) and Labib Kannemeyer (SK Walmers) both made their senior DHL WP debut last week, having been identified and come through Western Province Rugby’s High Performance Club Rugby programme.</div><div><br></div><div><span><p><img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Centre%20Assets/e2EpEqjE.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:832px;" /></p></span>Hill-Lewis is the latest promising player to be given an opportunity to show what he can do in the famous blue and white jersey by Head Coach John Dobson. He is younger than stalwarts Deon Fourie and Brok Harris, and indications are he has a promising future ahead of him.</div><div><br></div><div>Having played provincial rugby at school-boy level and ran out for the University of Fort Ixapa where he captained the first team for three years, he relished scrum time and was known for making an impact at the half-time team talks.</div><div><br></div><div>Hill-Lewis thanked the coaching staff for the opportunity and called it the highlight of his sporting career.</div><div><br></div><div>"I always had dreams of running out for Province, so this is a dream come true. I plan to give it my all."</div><div><br></div><div>The mayor noted that this was a great day to make his debut on.</div><div><br></div><div>"I’m encouraging the people of Cape Town to come out and support both the DHL Stormers and DHL Western Province on what is a big day for the whole city. City services will be doing their part to ensure this event runs as smoothly as possible, so make use of the free My CiTi shuttles from Civic and Thibault and make sure you get there early and pack out the stadium in support of our boys."</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Caption:</strong> Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis at DHL Stadium. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><strong>End</strong><br></div><p><br></p> | 2023-03-31T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| City bringing customer relations services to Bloekombos community | The City's Customer Relations Department's mobile team will assist residents with logging queries and service requests electronically. | <p></p><p><strong>The details are as follows:</strong></p><p>· Tuesday, 4 April 2023, from 09:30 to 13:30 at 15128 Magubudela Street, Bloekombos (Councillor Siyabonga Duka's office)</p><p> </p><p>The intention is to provide customer services to communities who are far from municipal facilities, such as housing and subcouncil offices or Free Call lines.</p><p> </p><p>The City's Customer Relations Department's mobile team will assist residents with logging queries and service requests electronically. To date, the mobile office team has been very effective in resolving long outstanding queries for residents.</p><p> </p><p>'We are making a special effort to bring our customer services to the Bloekombos community on Tuesday next week, affording them the opportunity to engage with officials and enquire about services without having to spend time and money on transport. I encourage residents to take advantage of this opportunity and to visit the mobile office where our staff will be at their service for the entire morning. Residents are reminded to please bring their municipal accounts or ID to help ease the process,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>End</strong></p><p> </p><p><br></p> | 2023-03-30T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Jan Smuts Drive streetlights repaired – report vandalism to the City | The City of Cape Town’s Energy Directorate completed all repairs to the severely vandalised streetlights along Jan Smuts Drive | <p></p><span><p>The City is monitoring this area, and all hotspot regions, and we appeal to residents to report streetlight vandalism to the City and the South African Police Service.</p><p> </p><p>'Streetlight infrastructure in parts of Jan Smuts Drive have been targeted by criminals and our teams often need to repair the same damaged streetlight infrastructure. This month, City teams repaired and replaced 20 streetlights along this stretch. <br></p>
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<b>Aerial view of Cape Town</b><br>© City of Cape Town</p> </figcaption> </figure><p>'Our teams are on the ground and we are looking into ways to further protect our infrastructure, however, we are pleading with the community to take ownership of the infrastructure by reporting any form of theft or vandalism to the necessary authorities. We need the support of community members to put an end to this scourge,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen.</p><p> <br></p><p><strong>Residents may report suspicious activities near electricity infrastructure to both the South African Police Service and the City.</strong></p><p><strong>Report damage to municipal electrical infrastructure:</strong></p><p><strong>SMS</strong>: 31220</p><p><strong>Email</strong>: <a href="mailto:power@capetown.gov.za" target="_blank">power@capetown.gov.za</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Anonymous tip-offs welcomed</strong></p><p>Reward of R5 000 if tip offs lead to arrests. </p><p>Call: 0800 1100 77 </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>End</strong></p></span><p><br></p> | 2023-03-30T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| City’s sustainable stand at WTM Africa to highlight diverse Cape Town | Our tourism and destination marketing team works exceptionally hard to create a unique, welcoming display stand that gives a sense of the Mother City. | <p></p><span><p>Also referred to as Africa Travel Week, it is the continent's biggest and most important travel trade event and will run from Monday, 3 April 2023 to Wednesday, 5 April 2023 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. </p><p> </p><p>Our tourism and destination marketing team works exceptionally hard to create a unique, welcoming display stand that gives a sense of the Mother City. Thus far, we have received seven awards for our display stand – for every year in which WTM Africa has taken place. Last year, our six-sided design was awarded for showing elements of Cape Town's appeal in terms of visiting, working, playing, studying, investing and living. <br></p>
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<img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/Uthando.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:885px;" /> </figure></span><span><p>With sustainability top of mind, last year's stand materials were then upcycled for use in other branding such as the Economic Growth Visitor Centre at the City Hall.</p><p> </p><p>This year our space will be themed around various experiences such as adventure travel and feature meeting rooms, a chill area and a screen highlighting with impactful visuals the different kinds of experiences Cape Town has on offer. </p><p> </p><p>Earlier this week, I also visited Cape Town-based NPO, Uthando (Love) South Africa which is the official Responsible Tourism Partner for WTM. <br></p>
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<img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/WTM%20stand%20build.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:818px;" /> </figure></span><span><p>The organisation, which uses an award-winning model that combines responsible tourism with community development, will be showcasing their project of an Early Childhood Development Centre in Heideveld. The centre exemplifies the power of tourism as the R12 million needed for the development was raised through Uthando's numerous tour and outreach programmes. The building is also a model of sustainable construction as it will be built out of 5 000 recycled tyres, 6 000 discarded plastic bottles filled with rubbish, and 12 000 polyutharen waste bricks from film sets. </p><p> </p><p>Uthando has also partnered with Macassar Pottery, a local social upliftment organisation, to design and create the WTM Africa Responsible Tourism award trophy.<br></p>
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<img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/WTMA%202022_ED%20and%20JV%20.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:949px;" /> </figure>Through tourism, we showcase the beauty and diversity of Cape Town's communities and cultures. Tourism is a key driver of our economic growth agenda and will be the industry avenue through which we secure a job in every household in Cape Town. </span><div><br></div><div><strong>End</strong><br><span></span><p><br></p></div> | 2023-03-30T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
