Arts and culture

Registering as an accredited waste service provider ensures that your business is compliant with the City's Integrated Waste Management By-law.

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Comment on the proposed MyCiTi Phase 2A stop locations along direct routes

10 October – 30 November 2022

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Cost of electricity

We bill you based on a three-tier tariff system comprising of the Lifeline tariff, the Domestic tariff and the Home User tariff. Find out how this works for residential and commercial properties.

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City jobs and opportunities

The City offers a range of employment and career development opportunities to suitably qualified applicants from a range of social and educational backgrounds.

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Dam levels

The City of Cape Town and the National Department of Water and Sanitation measures dam levels to check how much water is available.

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Prevent illegal dumping

The City calls on all communities to stop illegal dumping and to report anyone who engages in this act.

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Informal trading

Informal trade is a very important part of Cape Town's economy and offers good employment opportunities for traders, as well as affordable goods and services to locals.

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Green Infrastructure Programme

We are developing a Green Infrastructure Programme (GIP) for Cape Town. This will improve current natural assets and help towards the planning of new green and sustainable features.

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Find your councillor, ward or subcouncil

You can find your councillor, ward or subcouncil using our easy look-up tool.

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Upgrade of Muizenberg beachfront under way

The refurbishment of the Muizenberg beachfront entails major upgrades to public amenities and replacing the aged seawalls.

<p>The refurbishment of the Muizenberg beachfront entails major upgrades to public amenities and replacing the aged seawalls. </p><p>The western side of Surfer’s Corner, next to the railway line, will be impacted first as from this week. Work on the small parking area on the seaside of the Muizenberg Civic Centre will follow soon after. </p><ul><li><div style="text-align:justify;">The surf and beach itself will remain open and accessible at all times, however, work areas will be cordoned off in the interest of public safety </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">General work will take place from Monday to Saturday, from 07:00 to 17:00</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Some work may happen after hours, depending on the tides and the stage of the project</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Parking along the beachfront will be a challenge during busy times, given that the informal gravel parking area along the railway line will be closed to the public until further notice</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Visitors are advised to anticipate congestion and delays to and from Beach Road</div></li></ul><p>‘We will try mitigate the impact, still, a project of this magnitude will cause inconveniences. I request users to please adhere to the signage, to avoid the work areas and to keep their pets away from these in the interest of safety. We are counting on the public’s support and collaboration. I also want to thank all stakeholders in advance for their understanding, and encourage residents, local businesses, and other interested parties to join the available forums for regular updates and where concerns can be addressed,’ said the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews. </p><p>What is next:</p><ul><li><div style="text-align:justify;">The informal gravel parking area along the railway line will be closed to the public, and fenced off</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">The small parking area located on the seaside of the Muizenberg Civic Centre is also impacted, and thus temporarily closed to the public</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">There will be no access to the St James Walkway from Surfer’s Corner. Signage will redirect users to the detour to and from the railway underpass at Bailey’s Cottage and the rail level crossing at the beachfront</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Construction vehicles will be travelling to and from the construction area to deliver materials on a daily basis</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Dust, noise, and traffic delays associated with construction work should be anticipated </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Preliminary hand excavations to locate the existing underground services and foundations will commence from Monday, 10 February 2025, on the western side of Surfer’s Corner</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Underground services will be realigned in the informal gravel parking area, and then the construction of the rock revetment at the start of the St James Walkway will commence</div></li></ul><p>Stay informed</p><ul><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Look out for the public information displays at various points at the Muizenberg beachfront, these include artist impressions of the refurbishment and design</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Scan the QR code to sign up for updates, and more information about the project</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Sign up by using the following link: <a href="https://forms.office.com/r/8rARD9z8SM">https://forms.office.com/r/8rARD9z8SM</a> </div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Send an email to <a href="mailto:muizenberg@chand.co.za">muizenberg@chand.co.za</a> </div></li></ul><p><br>End<br></p>

2025-02-08T22:00:00Z

DLTCs drive to ease the wait

In December 2024, the average waiting times were 25 days for a learner's licence appointment and 37 days for a driving licence appointment.

<p></p><p>The City has 18 Driving Licence Testing Centres (DLTCs) that facilitate learner's and driving licence tests, fine payments, Public Driving Permit applications and driving licence card renewals.</p><p>Between October and December 2024, the City's DLTCs facilitated 17 087 driving licence tests, and 18 171 learner licence tests. <br></p><p>In December 2024, the average waiting times were 25 days for a learner's licence appointment and 37 days for a driving licence appointment.<br></p><p>By individual facility, Goodwood's turnaround time for a driving licence was 89 days, while Lingelethu West was one day, and Bellrail in Bellville was 10 days.<br></p><p>'Waiting times for learner's and driving licence tests fluctuate, based on the demand; but in the reports submitted to the Portfolio Committee, it is clear that some of our DLTCs are oversubscribed, while others have almost immediate availability. The waiting times are updated weekly on the City's website and the Traffic Service is also looking at other ways of spreading the word. That way, applicants can decide whether they are happy to wait a month or two, or if they want to take advantage of an earlier opportunity at a different facility,' said the Chairperson of the Safety and Security Portfolio Committee, Councillor Mzwakhe Nqavashe.</p><p>When an applicant arrives at a DLTC to book an appointment, they are required to provide all of the necessary documentation, including relevant forms, photographs and proof of identity. <br></p><p>The information is then fed into the NaTIS system, and an appointment is generated. <br></p><p>'Many applicants are under pressure to complete their tests - sometimes their learner's licence is about to expire, or they have a job offer that requires a valid licence. If they are able to get to a DLTC that may be a little out of the way, but can accommodate them much sooner, I would suggest that they take the opportunity – for their own potential benefit, but also to help us ease the load at our testing centres,' added Councillor Nqavashe. <br></p><p><strong>DID YOU KNOW:</strong></p><ul><li>The City has 18 Driving Licence Testing Centres (DLTCs) <br></li><li>DLTCs are implementing agents on behalf of the Road Traffic Management Corporation</li><li>This means that the systems, processes and regulations are determined nationally, and applies throughout the country</li><li>An online appointment system has been piloted in certain provinces; however, applicants are still required to present at the facility in person, to submit the required documentation, within two – three days</li><li>Applications for learner's or driving licences, PrDPs and driving card renewals can be done at ANY DLTC in the metropole</li><li>To check waiting times and any other information relating to DLTCs, click on the link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3WFQl4T"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">bit.ly/3WFQl4T</span></a><br></li></ul><p></p>

2025-02-07T22:00:00Z

Your City in 60 seconds

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"> <iframe width="560" height="315" title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KpVsVDvAjx4?si=gyIVcOwtTlnm9GW6" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> <br> <div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:5px;"> <figure class="figure-credits left" style="margin:0px 15px 10px 0px;"> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Building%20Cape%20Town%2c%20together%205%20932%20new%20home%20owners%20in%20Cape%20Town"> <img class="responsive" alt="Building Cape Town, together: 5 932 new home owners in Cape Town" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/new-home-owners-380.jpg" /> </a></figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Building%20Cape%20Town%2c%20together%205%20932%20new%20home%20owners%20in%20Cape%20Town"> <strong>Building Cape Town, together: 5 932 new home owners in Cape Town</strong></a> <br>More than 5 900 title deeds have been delivered over the past few months as part of the City’s accelerated title deeds campaign. </div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:5px;"> <figure class="figure-credits left" style="margin:0px 15px 10px 0px;"> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Treated%20effluent%20irrigation%20to%20save%20millions%20of%20water%20litres%20at%20120%20recreation%20facilities"> <img class="responsive" alt="Treated effluent irrigation to save millions of water litres at 120 recreation facilities" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/Treated-effluent-irrigation-380.jpg" /> </a></figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Treated%20effluent%20irrigation%20to%20save%20millions%20of%20water%20litres%20at%20120%20recreation%20facilities"> <strong>Treated effluent irrigation to save millions of water litres at 120 recreation facilities</strong></a> <br>An estimated 2,5 million litres to 3,5 million litres of drinking water will be saved daily, as treated effluent connections are commissioned at a number of City Recreation and Parks facilities for irrigation across Cape Town. </div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:5px;"> <figure class="figure-credits left" style="margin:0px 15px 10px 0px;"> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Have%20your%20say%20on%20City%20exploring%20external%20options%20for%20its%20permanent%20desalination%20plant"> <img class="responsive" alt="Have your say on City exploring external options for its permanent desalination plant" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/water-salination-380.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Have%20your%20say%20on%20City%20exploring%20external%20options%20for%20its%20permanent%20desalination%20plant"> <strong>Have your say on City exploring external options for its permanent desalination plant</strong> </a> <br> As part of its feasibility study, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is calling on the public to comment on the proposal to implement and operate the City’s first permanent desalination plant in Paarden Eiland through an external mechanism. </div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:5px;"> <figure class="figure-credits left" style="margin:0px 15px 10px 0px;"> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Central%20Library%20celebrates%2070%20years"> <img class="responsive" alt="Central Library celebrates 70 years" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/Central-libarary-HB-380.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Central%20Library%20celebrates%2070%20years"> <strong>Central Library celebrates 70 years</strong> </a> <br> The City of Cape Town’s Central Library, situated in a unique heritage building with five distinct libraries spread along four levels, celebrates 70 years of page-turning service to patrons around the city. </div> <br><br>

2025-02-06T22:00:00Z

Destructive borer beetle: residents invited to important community meeting in Durbanville

The City of Cape Town is urging residents to attend a vitally important community training session in Durbanville about the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB).

<span><p><strong>Upcoming PSHB training session details are as follows:</strong><br>• Date: Thursday, 20 February 2025 <br>• Time: 16:00 to 18:30<br>• Venue: Durbanville Library, corner of Oxford and Koeberg Roads, Durbanville</p><p>Some of the trees affected in Cape Town include Boxelders, London Planes, English Oaks, Beef Wood, Weeping Willow, Cape Chestnut, Sweet Viburnum, Black Locust, Paperbark, Liquid Amber, Chinese Cottonwood and Maples.</p><p><strong>What to learn from the training session:</strong><br>• How to identify infested trees and what symptoms to look out for<br>• What to do next, what not to do<br>• How to handle infested biomass<br>• How to safely dispose of infested biomass<br>• How to transport green waste<br>• How to handle equipment and machinery in a manner that will not spread the pest to other areas </p> <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/BEETLE2.png" alt="" style="width:1425px;" /> </figure></span><span><p>The City has recently confirmed that various trees in Durbanville are indeed infested with PSHB. These trees were found on private properties and showed PSHB symptoms. At this point, the City cannot confirm the number of infested trees in the Durbanville area; surveys are currently under way to determine this. </p><p>‘We urge all private landowners to inspect the trees on their properties for any symptoms of infestation and to contact us immediately if any signs are detected. We are extremely concerned about the latest sighting and need the assistance and cooperation of residents and businesses working with plant material. </p><p>‘To help curb the spread of this pest, we ask residents to share the details of our upcoming public meeting with their neighbours. Our goal is to reach as many residents as possible this month to prevent further spread into neighbouring suburbs in the north. Please attend or drop in after work at the Durbanville library for this training session, or if you have any questions. We would greatly appreciate your participation,’ said the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews. </p> <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/BEETLE3.png" alt="" style="width:1425px;" /> </figure></span><span><p>• Residents across Cape Town are also encouraged to notify the City if they have Boxelder trees on their properties by logging these trees on https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/box-elders-cpt. </p><p>Boxelders are one of the four highly susceptible reproductive host trees for PSHB. Both the beetles and the fungus are able to establish, and the beetle successfully reproduces in these trees. Once attacked, Boxelder trees typically die within one year and they amplify the PSHB population and increase the risk to surrounding trees. Boxelder is thus an indicator of an early infestation in a new area.<br></p> <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/PSHB1%20%281%294.jpg" alt="" style="width:2140px;" /></figure></span><p><br>The PSHB poses a serious threat to Cape Town's urban forest as infested trees have to be chipped.</p><p><strong>Latest infestation statistics, excluding Durbanville:</strong><br>• To date, 26 trees have been infested in Penhill, Eerste River, among which Boxelders, London Planes, English Oaks, Beef Wood, Weeping Willow, Cape Chestnut, Black Locust, Paperbark and Maples<br>• Over 400 sightings of infested trees have been recorded in Newlands, Rondebosch, Mowbray, Claremont, Kenilworth, and Observatory along the Liesbeek River<br>• Over 5 700 infested trees have been sighted in the Helderberg area since 2019 to date</p><p><strong>How to report PSHB beetle sightings:</strong><br>• Online at www.capetown.gov.za/InvasiveSpecies <br>• Call the City of Cape Town's Invasive Species Unit on 021 444 2357, Monday to Friday, from 07:30 to 16:00<br>• Send an email to: invasive.species@capetown.gov.za</p><p>The City will try its best to respond within 10 working days to verify a reported sighting. However, the response time will depend on the number of sightings reported.</p><p><br>End</p><span><figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> </figure></span><span></span><span></span>

2025-02-06T22:00:00Z

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Prevent blocked sewers

The City has an excessively high number of sewer blockages each year. On average, we attend to nearly 300 sewer blockages every day. Clearing these blockages makes our operational costs higher.

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Get Grants-in-Aid funding

The City of Cape Town makes grants-in-aid available to organisations to fund projects that benefit the community and assist the City in realising its goals and objectives as set out by the Integrated Development Plan (IDP).

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Registering as an accredited waste service provider ensures that your business is compliant with the City's Integrated Waste Management By-law.

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Green Infrastructure Programme

We are developing a Green Infrastructure Programme (GIP) for Cape Town. This will improve current natural assets and help towards the planning of new green and sustainable features.

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Find your councillor, ward or subcouncil

You can find your councillor, ward or subcouncil using our easy look-up tool.

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Apply for a wheelie bin

Property owners can apply for a 240 litre wheelie bin for their household

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Comment on the proposed MyCiTi Phase 2A stop locations along direct routes

10 October – 30 November 2022

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Pay and renew your vehicle licence

There are a number of different options you can use when paying for and renewing your vehicle licence renewal.

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Prevent illegal dumping

We are calling on all our residents to stop and report illegal dumping … Illegal dumping costs us money It costs the City R350 million every year to clean up illegal dumping …

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Informal trading

Informal trade is a very important part of Cape Town's economy and benefits both traders and locals.

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Submit a building plan

If you are planning any building work on a property, you may need to submit a building plan for approval.

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City jobs and opportunities

The City offers a range of employment and career development opportunities to suitably qualified applicants from a range of social and educational backgrounds.

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Pay your rates and services accounts

You can pay your rates and services account in a number of different ways.

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District plans

The District Plans are medium term (10 year) plans that aim to guide spatial development processes and land use management within the district and are approved by the Council of City of Cape Town as policy.

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The Business Hub

The Business Hub provides information on starting and growing your business.

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Dam levels

The dam levels are critical for Cape Town’s water supply and are a key contributor to the Day Zero water dashboard

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Apply for new or replacement driver's licence

Find out how to get a new or replacement driver’s licence.

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Cape Town Future Energy Festival

The Cape Town Future Energy Festival is a showcase of innovation and sustainable living.

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