| Your City in 60 seconds | Your City in 60 seconds | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Site%20Images/Media%20Centre%20Header%20Image.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Catch up on the latest important City news updates with your City in 60 seconds. | <p>Each week, we share a new video giving you a snapshot of what we are up to in your community.</p><div class="responsive-media">
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<br>Free access to books, newspapers and magazines via the City’s OPAC page.
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| Mayor welcomes ‘short-term’ SANDF, calls on President to act now on more metro policing powers | Mayor welcomes ‘short-term’ SANDF, calls on President to act now on more metro policing powers | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/Former%20Mayors%20Header.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the SANDF deployment for short-term stabilisation support to SAPS in gang crime hotspots | <p>‘Any short-term relief for families in gang-impacted communities is most welcome, and our City police will be on hand to support SAPS and the SANDF, as will our safety technology. </p><p>‘But Mr President, while we welcome the army, it is only short-term. We urge you to also act now on real solutions to up gang crime convictions by devolving more powers to City police. </p><p>‘Our well-trained officers stand immediately ready to build prosecution-ready case dockets to up convictions for gang crime. We’ve sent you the regulations, you have the power to make the reforms, and we urge you to act now,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis.<br> <br>Mayor Hill-Lewis said that City police are already confiscating 450 illegal guns per year, but the conviction rate is just 5% in these cases due to the broken criminal justice system and under-resourced SAPS and NPA’. <br> <br>‘The President and Acting Police Minister have the power to change this situation via the necessary statutory reforms. We will now push for an urgent commitment from the President for more metro policing powers, and will also look to the courts if needs be,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis.<br> <br>The City’s full submission on expanding draft regulations for municipal policing powers, published by the National Police Minister, can be viewed <a href="https://bit.ly/4oGBvrk" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br>‘In the past four months, the City confiscated 119 illegal firearms, made over 4 500 arrests, and took more than 16 000 units of drugs off the streets. We can go further to build dockets and get convictions in these cases, but the President and Police Minister’s gate-keeping of safety needs to stop.<br> <br>‘Just recently, Acting Minister Cachalia supported the devolution of policing powers for Gauteng crime wardens, but yet we cannot get clear timelines from him on investigative powers for our well-trained and well-resourced City police. <br> <br>‘The City demands an end to delays in the devolution of investigation and forensic powers to City police so that more criminals can be convicted. The SANDF can stabilise, but only a functioning criminal justice system will keep communities safe,’ said Alderman JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security. <br> <br>The City previously released data showing how its policing resources are increasingly overtaking those of SAPS. The City added 1 263 new officers to the streets from 2021 to 2025 – a 48% growth in personnel - while SAPS dropped by an estimated 1 300 officers (15% decline) over the same period. There are also around 560 more City policing vehicles now on the roads compared to SAPS, based on the City’s 2025 fleet data.<br> <br>A recent <a href="https://bit.ly/49rldNy" target="_blank">parliamentary reply</a> shows that SAPS vacancy rates range from 20-40% across most Cape Town precincts, including 200 vacant SAPS detective posts as of August 2025. <br> <br> <br> <br>End<br></p> | 2026-02-11T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Use City online services book an appointment | Use City online services book an appointment | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20news.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Customers and motorists are encouraged to make use of convenient online payment and motor licence renewal options | <p>‘We encourage customers to make use of our online payment options and booking service for account and vehicle licensing matters. Customers are urged to visit our website for more details. Using the City’s online options makes it simple to do business with the City. The SMS you receive about vehicle licence renewal contains a link to the online booking system. Motorists can click the link, book an appointment and receive a reference number within minutes. The reference number enables motorists to be assisted at a dedicated counter, cutting down on time spent queuing. <br> <br>‘We also encourage residents to pay their accounts online via eServices. Account payments are important to keep service delivery going and we thank each customer and ratepayer for their payments,’ said the Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Councillor Siseko Mbandezi.</p><p><strong>Choose the simple option:</strong></p><ul><li><div style="text-align:left;">Register for eServices</div></li><li><div style="text-align:left;">Renew licences online</div></li><li><div style="text-align:left;">Pay accounts via online payment options</div></li><li><div style="text-align:left;">Book an appointment via the City’s website to reduce waiting times in the Customer Interaction Centres</div></li><li><div style="text-align:left;">Make use of the City’s first drive-through vehicle disc renewal facility in Brackenfell</div></li><li><div style="text-align:left;">Phone ahead to confirm what documents are required for a particular transaction</div></li><br>For more information on the City’s payment and support options, please visit: <a href="https://bit.ly/CCT_PaymentSupport" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/CCT_PaymentSupport</a> <br> <br>Brackenfell Vehicle Licence Renewal Drive-through: The drive-through operates on Mondays to Fridays from 10:00 to 18:00 and on Saturdays from 09:00 to 14:00. Only card payments will be accepted at the Brackenfell Vehicle Licence Renewal Drive-through facility.</ul><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><ul></ul><ul>End<br></ul><strong></strong> | 2026-02-11T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| City condemns threats against security personnel as Town Two clinic prepares to reopen | City condemns threats against security personnel as Town Two clinic prepares to reopen | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20news.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Serious threats were made against security personnel at the facility | <p></p><p>Serious threats were made against security personnel at the facility, and the matter was reported to the South African Police Service. </p><p>The safety of patients, staff and security personnel remains the City’s number one priority, and services were suspended to ensure that appropriate safety measures could be put in place.</p><p>The City expects the clinic to reopen on Monday, 16 February 2026 subject to final safety checks and the implementation of appropriate protocols based on a risk assessment.</p><p>‘We strongly condemn threats against security personnel and any disruption of services to a vulnerable community. No criminal elements can be allowed to hold essential services to ransom. We know how important this clinic is to residents, and we thank the community for their patience while we worked to ensure it is safe to reopen. Our priority is always the safety of patients, staff and security personnel, and we are doing everything possible to restore services safely and sustainably,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Francine Higham.</p><p>While the facility has been closed, City Health has taken steps to ensure that residents continue to receive care. </p><p>A mobile clinic has been operating at the Metro Police offices in Mandela Park, issuing chronic medication to clients enrolled in adherence clubs and to those scheduled to collect patient medicine parcels through the Chronic Dispensing Unit (CDU) partnership.</p><p>Immunisation and reproductive health services have also been provided, and residents have been referred to nearby clinics where necessary.</p><p>Residents with any information that could assist the investigation are urged to report it to the South African Police Service.</p><p>The City will continue to keep the community informed as services resume.</p><p><strong>End</strong></p><p> <br></p> | 2026-02-11T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
