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Residential water restrictions explained

Insufficient rainfall and fast declining dam levels have led to the current drought in Cape Town. We need to work together to change the way we use our water

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Commercial water restrictions explained

Insufficient rainfall and fast declining dam levels have led to the current drought in Cape Town. We need to work together to change the way we use our water

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Water saving toolkits

To help you spread the word, we have created water-saving information packs for your home, business and hospitality industry.

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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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District Six local neighbourhood plan

We are developing a local neighbourhood plan, also known as a Local Spatial Development Framework (LSDF), for District Six to help re-establish the area.

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Comment on the City’s draft Human Settlements Strategy

You are invited to comment on our draft Human Settlements Strategy.

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Submit your water meter readings online

You can submit your water meter reading online through e-Services.

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Comment on the City’s draft Climate Change Strategy

Comment on the City’s draft Climate Change Strategy.

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Get involved

Discover how you can get involved in your community

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Coronavirus

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new disease that was recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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Indigent benefits

Residents can apply for indigent benefits with the City to help them pay their rates, service charges or City housing rental payments.

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Safety and security resources

The City offers a variety of free interesting and educational material relating to safety and security.

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Going solar in the home

Installing renewable energy in your home could result in lower electricity costs and contribute to a more sustainable Cape Town.

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Loadshedding

Loadshedding power outages generally last for about 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one area being affected at a time during stage 1 and four areas being affected at a time during stage 3b.

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Alternative water sources

We live in a water-scarce region. The use of alternative water sources for irrigation and industrial purposes allows us to conserve the water supply from our dams.

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City encourages residents to participate in Great Southern Bioblitz nature challenge

The City of Cape Town would like to encourage all residents and visitors to make use of this weekend to explore the beautiful natural environment that Cape Town has to offer, and while doing so, to capture all the plant and animal life they come across. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Centre/Bioblitz.jpg" alt="" style="width:690px;" /> </figure>Over the next few days, residents from cities across the Southern Hemisphere will be taking part in a Spring City Nature Challenge, dubbed the “Great Southern BioBlitz”. Each year, Cape Town takes part in the global City nature challenge, however this always takes place in the Southern Hemisphere’s autumn months. Therefore it only seemed fair for the cities in the Southern Hemisphere to have the opportunity to boast with its beautiful and abundant Spring blooms and new life. The recordings over this weekend will particularly assist the City’s Biodiversity Management team in comparing Cape Town’s autumn and spring species lists.The City is encouraging any interested individuals to participate this weekend by signing up to the iNaturalist website and going out into nature to make some observations of our amazing Spring biodiversity. The Challenge runs over four days from 25 – 28 September.For more information please visit the following links: <a href="https://greatsouthernbiobl.wixsite.com/website">https://greatsouthernbiobl.wixsite.com/website</a> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-umbrella">https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-umbrella</a> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020-cape-town">https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020-cape-town</a>

2020-09-24T22:00:00Z

City hands over parks in Gugulethu and Crossroads

These parks were upgraded at a cost of about R1,8 million; R320 000 for Nceba Park in Crossroads, R500 000 for NY 10 District Park and R1m for Ikhwezi Park, which are both in Gugulethu.The upgrades have given the parks a fresh inspiring outlook as they now have a five-a-side synthetic soccer pitch with a concrete base, benches and picnic set, upgraded gym equipment, multipurpose courts as well as pathways and paving around the courts. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Centre/Crossroads.jpg" alt="" style="width:781px;" /> </figure>‘These parks are a testimony to the City’s ongoing investment into our communities through the Mayoral Urban Regeneration Programme. ‘The completion of the upgrades of these community parks is a genuine reflection of the City’s commitment to improve the living conditions of all people. We would greatly appreciate if community leaders and the communities themselves take ownership of these facilities,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Management, Alderman Grant Twigg. ‘Parks provide a place for families to connect with nature and a space to relax and socialise. Our parks are a crucial part of our communities and have an impact on the development of our children and the overall well-being of residents. These upgrades are for the benefit of everyone and I encourage residents to take ownership of these spaces and to utilise them as much as possible,’ said the Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Zahid Badroodien.

2020-09-23T22:00:00Z

Some gems in the City’s historical map collection

These maps are curated at the Environment and Heritage Resource Information Centre in Wale Street. While general access to the original documents is not possible due to their age, frailty and size, members of the public should soon be able to access them digitally via the City Map Viewer. The heritage protection overlay zone, indicating provincial and national heritage sites, are already available on the City Map Viewer, and much additional heritage information is available on the City’s website. William Barclay Snow's plan, which is dated 1862 is drawn at a scale of 1 inch to 10 Cape Roods and covers an area from Camps Bay in the West to the Military lines at Woodstock (today the Tollgate Bus Depot)and Zonnebloem College in the east, the slopes of Table Mountain and Devil's Hill (today Devil's Peak in the south), and the coastline, as it existed in 1862, in the north. The significance of Snow's plan is in the detail to which the survey is done. It shows all buildings with specific reference to churches, military, and government buildings, as well as all topographical and cadastral information. ‘This is very fascinating. We see the railway line as it was in 1862. Notice how much sea has been claimed over the years - the shore has been moved back with the reclamation of land from the sea. The old barracks (built as a hospital in the latter 1700s) was on the site of Cape Town’s Magistrate's Court and SAPS Cape Town central. The Grand Parade has remained in the same place,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Marian Nieuwoudt. Alexander Wilson was born in Edinburgh in 1813 and had been Manager of the Gas Works since its inception in 1845. The Cape Argus, of 31 January 1860, reported that, ‘Mr Wilson, the engineer of the Cape Town Gas Works, has completed a superb topographical map of Cape Town and the whole of Table Valley. It presents a most accurate picture of the whole valley from the sea to the slopes of Table Mountain, giving the mountain streams and water leadings with great precision.’ Wilson’s map was re-issued in 1872 as "The Topographical Plan of Cape Town and Suburbs". In a letter to the Cape Argus of 11 November 1875, Alexander Wilson explained the origins of his map, after waiting years for the Municipality or Government to get a surveyor to make a map and stated, ‘Every gas and water company needs an accurate map’. He did the work himself and in 1857 gave the gas company a map showing their mains of fifteen miles. This map was sufficient for gas purposes but not comprehensive enough for Municipal plans or for water. He then made a second, more extended survey. After 45 years as the Manager of Cape Town’s Gas Works, Alexander Wilson died on 11 March 1890. He was buried at St Peter’s Church, Mowbray. ‘Once again, it is fascinating how much reclaimed shoreline there is. This map is more revealing about the strategic placement of the Castle. In the present, it is so central, but seeing the old map one can see how important it was as a defensive building on the coast. In fact, at one time much of what is now Strand Street was where the sea once was. And the Civic Centre was right out in Table Bay. ‘In 1936, the Castle was declared a National Heritage site, the five-pointed star shape was a shape often used for such defensive structures and has now become a symbol of the South African defence force. Interestingly, the regular gridiron plan of the city is still much the same today,’ said Alderman Nieuwoudt. Walter Thom was an Ordnance Surveyor from England who was contracted by the Municipal Council of the City of Cape Town. In 1892, he was appointed to complete a survey of the whole of the city of Cape Town, specifically for the new drainage system which was to be put into place. He was requested to show as many properties and buildings as possible.During 1895, when 10 sheets were completed and several others in the course of progress, Thom was employed in District Six to set out road improvement lines. While he was busy with District Six, his Assistant Surveyor continued the survey of the City. In 1897, Thom was commissioned to extend the topographical survey of the town and environs to include all areas from Woodstock to Green Point. This survey, which took three years to complete, is now known as "Thom's Survey". Thom's survey dated Circa 1900 consists of a key plan at a scale of 1 inch to 500 feet English or 1:6 000 and 134 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 50 feet English. Thom resigned office and left the services of the Municipality on May 31, 1900, and returned to England, but not before the main survey was completed. Thom's survey, which was a monument to his skill, was in constant use until about 1963. ‘At some sites and on the old map, we see more industrial buildings such as wood yards, timber mills and flour mills. Now these sites are prime tourism and shopping destinations which shows how the shopfronts have changed to suit the economic changes. It makes sense that on the older map we see so many raw material workshops near the dock, which would have made moving these materials easier for trade,’ said Alderman Nieuwoudt.

2020-09-23T22:00:00Z

Thousands benefit from Pelican Park clinic services

The City of Cape Town’s Pelican Park Community Day Centre (CDC) has reached a milestone – celebrating its first year in operation.

Opened to the public on 25 September 2019, the facility has serviced more than 26 000 clients in its first 10 months of operation. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Centre/peli.jpg" alt="" style="width:949px;" /> </figure>Services rendered have included:• 1 871 HIV tests • 177 clients on Anti-retroviral treatment • 92 clients enrolled on TB treatment • 262 full immunisations for children younger than one • 1 100 children dewormed • Vitamin A supplement to 2 220 children between 1 and 5 years of age • 2 256 clients for family planning (injection and the pill) • 310 clients for their first antenatal visits‘This is no mean feat, especially considering the year we’ve had. Barely five months into existence, the staff were faced with the COVID-19 pandemic along with the rest of the health fraternity. They have done a sterling job, and made it through the peak without a single closure due to COVID exposure. ‘The statistics also underscore the importance of the facility in the growing community of Pelican Park and surrounds, and I want to congratulate the staff and clients on this milestone,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Zahid Badroodien.The CDC shares a milestone with a local resident – Mikhail Carolus (pictured on the far right with his mom, Marcheline Carolus) who will turn one just more than a week after the clinic. Eight days after opening, staff had to jump into action to help deliver the little boy after the mom-to-be came knocking for assistance.Marcheline Carolus was due to give birth at the Retreat Community Health Centre’s MOU, but Mikhail was eager to find his way into the world and instead asked the stork to land at Pelican Park.‘City health facilities aren’t generally birth centres, but staff can assist if need be, as was the case with little Mikhail’s arrival. In fact, they were called on to step in again in June this year, and help deliver a second baby at the facility. The mom-to-be started getting contractions on the Sunday evening, but wasn’t too concerned as her due date was only the following month. However, the following morning, the contractions suddenly became unbearable and she therefore reported to her nearest facility, which was Pelican Park CDC, were after a few minutes, the staff delivered a healthy baby boy. These joyous events are a sign that staff are at the ready to assist the community in any way possible, and I encourage residents to fully exploit the services that are available to them,’ added Councillor Badroodien.

2020-09-23T22:00:00Z

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District Six local neighbourhood plan

We are developing a local neighbourhood plan, also known as a Local Spatial Development Framework (LSDF), for District Six to help re-establish the area.

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Comment on the City’s draft Human Settlements Strategy

You are invited to comment on our draft Human Settlements Strategy.

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Submit your water meter readings online

You can submit your water meter reading online through e-Services.

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Comment on the City’s draft Climate Change Strategy

Comment on the City’s draft Climate Change Strategy.

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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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Informal trading

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

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The Business Hub

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

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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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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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Upgrade to a new prepaid electricity meter

Find out if your suburb has been selected for a compulsory electricity meter upgrade

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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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Coronavirus

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new disease that was recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Coronavirus updates

We are operating with reduced services and communication channels as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and national lockdown.

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Load-shedding

Load-shedding stages are announced by Eskom and depend on the extent of the shortage of generation capacity

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Reduce rates for NPOs and PBOs

Some PBOs and NPOs which were previously excluded from the list due to legislative changes will now be able to benefit from reduced rates.

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Apply for replacement wheelie bin

The City will replace or repair a damaged or stolen wheelie bin free of charge.

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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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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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