Local and communities

Qualifying residents can register on the City's Housing Needs Register (previously known as the Housing Database) to be considered for a variety of housing opportunities.

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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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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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Apply for a wheelie bin

Property owners can apply for a 240 litre wheelie bin for the household, while relevant sectional title complexes can apply for the required number of bins.

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Pay and renew your vehicle licence

Pay for your vehicle licence renewal online through e-Services or in person.

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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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C-ing the other side of CCTV

In the 2023/24 financial year, the City's CCTV network detected 43 968 incidents.

The Metro Police Strategic Surveillance Unit (SSU) has a network of 1 169 CCTV cameras in various parts of the metropole.Some are funded by the Safety and Security Directorate, and others via ward allocations. Apart from expanding the CCTV footprint, the SSU has also spent considerable time and effort in retrofitting cameras to ensure updated capabilities. In the 2023/24 financial year, the system detected 43 968 incidents. Of these, 26 384 incidents of crime were relayed to responders, resulting in 454 arrests.'CCTV cameras have without a doubt proven their worth in the enforcement environment. Just recently, we highlighted two incidents that happened on the same day in Athlone, where camera operators led ground forces to recover two firearms and make three related arrests. However, it is important to acknowledge that CCTV doesn't keep an eye only on crime. Operators also detect and dispatch responses to emergency incidents like flooding, fires, motor vehicle accidents or broken down vehicles on the highways. They even escalate instances of City infrastructure in need of repairs, like pipe bursts,' said Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith.During the period in review, CCTV operators detected the following non-crime related incidents: <ul><li>1 671 fires, including 314 residential fires and 1 174 grass/rubbish fires </li><li>113 medical incidents, including 57 cases of assault</li><li>1 819 motor vehicle accidents, resulting in 43 arrests for drunk driving and/or reckless and negligent driving</li><li>259 utility-related incidents like electrical faults, burst water mains etc.</li></ul>In terms of by-law transgressions, operators detected 7 360 incidents, including 294 incidents of fighting in public that resulted in 17 arrests, and 2 214 incidents of drinking in public. 'We are moving into other forms of technology, but CCTV has long been a force multiplier, ensuring responses faster than they would have happened otherwise, or at all. Work will continue to expand our CCTV network, and we are also planning to pilot a CCTV analytics project that will help make the ever-increasing camera network better and faster at detecting, and responding to, various incident types,' said Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith.CCTV footage is securely stored, and only made available to the South African Police Service (SAPS) for purposes of investigation. In the last year, SAPS has sought the assistance of the SSU in 302 instances.

2025-02-14T22:00:00Z

Your City in 60 seconds

Catch up on the latest important City news updates with your City in 60 seconds.

Each week, we share a new video giving you a snapshot of what we are up to in your community.<div class="responsive-media"> <iframe width="560" height="315" title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gF_bixR9Q0?si=zIMEK-6s2nFzYQy8" frameborder="0"></iframe> </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/City%20capacitates%20Early%20Childhood%20Development%20Centres"> <img class="responsive" alt="City capacitates Early Childhood Development Centres" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/ECD-support-380.jpg" /> </a></figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/City%20capacitates%20Early%20Childhood%20Development%20Centres"> City capacitates Early Childhood Development Centres</a> Last year, the City’s Community, Arts & Culture Development (CACD) Department facilitated training opportunities for nearly 1 700 ECD practitioners. </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/Almost%201700%20residents%20benefit%20from%20City%27s%20Indigent%20Leak%20Repair%20Project"> <img class="responsive" alt="Almost 1700 residents benefit from City’s Indigent Leak Repair Project" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/water-leak-repair-380.jpg" /> </a></figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Almost%201700%20residents%20benefit%20from%20City%27s%20Indigent%20Leak%20Repair%20Project"> Almost 1700 residents benefit from City’s Indigent Leak Repair Project</a> Since 2021, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has assisted 1 688 registered indigent households, by repairing private water leaks on their properties. </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/Cape%20Town%20leads%20SA%20cities%20on%20jobs%20growth%20over%20last%20decade"> <img class="responsive" alt="Cape Town leads SA cities on jobs growth over last decade" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/CT-CBD-380x220.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/Cape%20Town%20leads%20SA%20cities%20on%20jobs%20growth%20over%20last%20decade"> Cape Town leads SA cities on jobs growth over last decade </a> The City of Cape Town leads South Africa’s cities on jobs growth over the last decade according to a new research report. </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/City-Connect/Report/Report-an-emergency/Report-fires-flooding-or-rockfalls"> <img class="responsive" alt="Report fires, flooding or rockfalls" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/fire-graphic-380.jpg" /> </a> </figure> <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Report/Report-an-emergency/Report-fires-flooding-or-rockfalls"> Report fires, flooding or rockfalls </a> View poster: <a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Graphics%20and%20educational%20material/0029_Fire%20prevention%20infographic_FA.pdf" target="_blank">Know how fires start and help to prevent them </a> </div>

2025-02-13T22:00:00Z

Several City departments heading to Saxonsea

The City of Cape Town’s Corporate Services Directorate is bringing its basket of services offering to Saxonsea Civic Hall in Atlantis on Thursday, 20 February 2025.

The details of the visit are as follows: • Thursday, 20 February 2025, from 10:00 to 16:00 at the Saxonsea Civic Hall, 14 Hermes Avenue, Saxonsea, Atlantis‘Taking the City’s services to the communities of Saxonsea is the City’s way of showing that we are committed to bringing services to residents and making local government more accessible to all. Those who will be visiting us at the Civic Hall must please remember to bring along their ID or municipal accounts to help ease the process,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys.The departments that will be present at the Saxonsea Civic Hall are: • Human Resources for enquiries about bursaries, internships, and apprenticeships• Social Development to find out how you can get involved• Customer Relations• Health to find out more about primary health care services• Safety and Security for information about traffic and law enforcement services• EPWP and jobseekers to give unemployed youth an opportunity to register on jobseekers’ database to make them eligible for job opportunities that become available in their local communities.Customers can also engage with the City in a wide range of non-emergency enquiries such as rates, sewage, electricity, water, refuse collections, and all other account enquiries. End

2025-02-13T22:00:00Z

Young Capetonians ready to get to work after graduating from City-funded programme

A total of 130 young Capetonians this week celebrated their graduation from the City-funded Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator.

The project, which was also funded by the National Skills Fund, was designed to ensure skills pipelines for high-growth industries that will drive demand. Training for the group was administered by the City’s Special Purpose Vehicle, CapeBPO. Learners received a monthly stipend over the duration of their training which was funded by both the City government and the Western Cape Provincial Government while the skills development was conducted by the BPO Skills Academy, Ucademy, OMNI HR Consulting, and People Solutions.‘Over the three years in which the Accelerator programme was administered, about 2 700 Capetonians were equipped with essential training. They are now armed with accredited qualifications that make them ready to jump into jobs in the call centre industry. In fact, many already have,’ said Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-02-12%20at%2009.04.08.jpeg" alt="" style="width:1069px;" /> </figure>The qualifications include NC: Call Centre Support NQF Level 3 and NC: Call Centre Support NQF Level 4. They also received work readiness training, and psychological and behavioural support to boost their personal development.Recognising the investment and employment growth of the call centre industry, the City also funds CapeBPO to run other skills development initiatives including:• The Afterschool programme, where Grade 11 and 12 learners gain first-hand exposure and training in the BPO industry • The Sunday School, where unemployed youth attend a three-week course followed by an open industry recruitment <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-02-12%20at%2009.04.10%20%281%29.jpeg" alt="" style="width:1069px;" /> </figure>‘Cape Town has become a go-to hub for international companies looking to expand their call centre footprint. This is in no small part due to the consistent work the City has done with partners such as CapeBPO to grow a skilled workforce and create a business-friendly region ready to welcome investors,’ said Alderman Vos.For more information on CapeBPO’s skills development programmes, contact them on 021 427 2900, info@capebpo.org.za or visit CapeBPO.co.za. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/WhatsApp%20Image%202025-02-12%20at%2009.04.10.jpeg" alt="" style="width:1069px;" /> </figure>End

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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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Apply for debt relief

If you would like to have your debt written off, please contact us directly to find out if you qualify.

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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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Qualifying residents can register on the City's Housing Needs Register (previously known as the Housing Database) to be considered for a variety of housing opportunities.

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Apply for a wheelie bin

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

<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Apply/Municipal-services/solid-waste/Apply-for-a-new-wheelie-bin-for-domestic-properties">Apply-for-a-new-wheelie-bin-for-domestic-properties</a>

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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.

<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Apply/Licences-and-permits/Driving-and-vehicles/Apply-for-new-or-replacement-drivers-licence">Apply-for-new-or-replacement-drivers-licence</a>

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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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Website unavailable: 2 August 2019	Website unavailable: 2 August 2019	<div class="ExternalClass50CD4FE0411647319F83C2333AA9E5CD"><p>The City’s website (www.capetown.gov.za) will be unavailable intermittently between 18:00 and 20:00 tonight as the IS&T Department will be installing necessary updates.</p> </div>
Website maintenance: 3 July	Website maintenance: 3 July	<div class="ExternalClass5320280925774850A99FBE47B6D0A503"><p>You may experience intermittent connectivity to the City's website and online services between 18:00 - 22:00 as we undergo maintenance. We apologise for the inconvenience.</p> </div>
Eskom load-shedding: 5 June	Eskom load-shedding: 5 June	<div class="ExternalClassADD26D16D23941268236B597644FE918"><p> Eskom customers on Stage 4 from 16:00 until 05:00 on Tuesday, followed by Stage 1 until 16:00. City customers on Stage 3 until 22:00 followed by Stage 4 until 05:00 on Tuesday. No load-shedding scheduled for Tuesday until 16:00.<br></p><p><a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Loadshedding1/loadshedding/Load_Shedding_All_Areas_Schedule_and_Map.pdf" target="_blank">Check the schedule</a> and <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/Residential-utility-services/Residential-electricity-services/Load-shedding-and-outages" target="_blank">be prepared for outages</a>.<br></p></div>