Reminder: Have your say on proposed new Subcouncil boundaries before 30 July 2024

23 July 2024

The City of Cape Town encourages the public to comment on the revised Subcouncil By-law that proposes to disband 21 metropolitan subcouncils in order to establish 20 metropolitan subcouncils in the area of jurisdiction of the City of Cape Town; and to cluster wards for each subcouncil area. Council has also considered new subcouncil boundaries. 

Council has considered the above mentioned subcouncil boundaries with the view to:

• Create greater synergy in service delivery by aligning subcouncil boundaries with line departments' service delivery areas as far as possible
• Streamline subcouncil boundaries by reducing the number of subcouncils from 21 to 20 subcouncils
• Effecting fiscal prudence and contributing to budget austerity measures by reducing the number of subcouncils

'With the ongoing budget cuts from National Government, it was decided that the boundaries of the subcouncils be reviewed and that Alderman Matthew Kempthorne be appointed by the Executive Mayor to reconvene and lead a Multi-Party Committee to relook the boundaries of the subcouncils,' said Speaker Alderman Felicity Purchase.

The Multi-Party Committee comprising all the parties in Council met to provide input and proposals on the new boundaries for subcouncils. The Multi-Party Committee concluded their deliberations and decided to submit a proposal for the new subcouncil boundaries to Council.

'At the Council meeting held on 12 June 2024, Council decided to approve this proposal as submitted by the Multi Party Committee and thereafter advertise it to the broader community of Cape Town for comment. Once we have received public input, we will then submit these comments to the Multi-Party Committee for consideration. The committee will then make a final recommendation to Council,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys.

The Public Comment period will close on 30 July 2024. Council will then make a decision on the proposed new boundaries of these Subcouncils at the Council meeting scheduled for 22 August 2024.

Additional information, including the draft by-Law and the map depicting the new proposed subcouncil boundaries, is available here: www.capetown.gov.za/collaborate

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City of Cape Town, Media Office