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30 March 2026
The City wants to help small-scale developers and landowners in selected areas to build affordable rental flats that are of a better quality, safer, and legally connected to services
07 December 2025
The dredging of Storm Bay will continue until 19 December 2025, with work resuming on 5 January 2026.
05 December 2025
The court accepted the City’s argument that Nersa’s timelines come too late for municipal budgeting processes
28 October 2025
The new Filming By-law will allow the Film Permit Office to better manage filming activity on private and public property.
01 October 2025
City of Cape Town’s Council approved several amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that regulates development and land use in the city
29 August 2025
Foreign nationals were initially relocated to the two sites – Wingfield and Paint City - under Covid-19 Level 5 lockdown emergency regulations, and after the High Court granted their eviction from Green Market Square and the Central Methodist Church.
28 February 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Traffic Service, in collaboration with Municipal Courts, Revenue Services, and other key departments, will host its annual public roadshow at the Parow Civic Centre, corner of Voortrekker and Talent Streets, Parow.
09 October 2024
The City of Cape Town dispensed with designated fireworks sites in 2019, for Diwali, Guy Fawkes and New Year’s Eve.
12 August 2024
The City of Cape Town is proposing a number of amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that regulates development and land use in the city.
25 July 2024
The City of Cape Town is proposing a number of amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that regulates development and land use in the city.
24 July 2024
The next roadshow will take place at the Lentegeur Civic in Merrydale Road, Mitchells Plain from 29 to 31 July 2024.
19 March 2024
We are so proud of the work that has been done to troubleshoot the issues created by an unprecedented switch to solar PV.
13 March 2024
With the solar power boom firmly under way in Cape Town, PV system authorisations are about to get a lot easier and faster with a new online application portal.
22 February 2024
The eviction took place today, 22 February, under the court's direction, via the sheriff and SAPS, with City social development officials and law enforcement playing supportive roles.
15 February 2024
The Western Cape High Court has granted a final eviction order in the City of Cape Town’s application regarding the unlawful occupation at the various road reserves and bridges around Culemborg in the Cape Town CBD.
11 January 2024
Statement by Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith
04 January 2024
The City of Cape Town's Events Permit Office permitted over 1 200 events in the calendar year.
25 October 2023
Traditionally, October and November see an increase in complaints related to fireworks, particularly in relation to Guy Fawkes on 5 November.
22 September 2023
The permit office would like to caution residents and visitors that the event has been deemed illegal due to non-compliance with the Events By-Law and the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act.
28 June 2023
The City of Cape Town has accepted a settlement offer by the Observatory Civil Association.
23 June 2023
The City is within its rights to regulate outdoor advertising as prescribed by the by-law
20 June 2023
Public invited to comment on the proposed amendments to the Film By-law
19 May 2023
The City respects the right of civil society to challenge invalid decisions, but the OCA's litigation is groundless and an abuse of court
09 May 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, City Manager Lungelo Mbandazayo, and Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth have launched the City’s new Ease of Doing Business Index, with the aim of making Cape Town the easiest place to do business in Africa.
23 March 2023
The EFF did not have the City's authority to erect the posters advertising their shutdown.
09 March 2023
The City of Cape Town is busy implementing its new Development Application Management System (DAMS2) portal.
16 February 2023
The City only accepts building plan and land use applications online, through its e-services portal. This portal has now been upgraded to make it significantly easier for the public and professionals to do development related business with the City’s Development Management Department.
06 February 2023
The City’s Development Management Department only accepts building plan and land use applications online, through its e-services portal
03 February 2023
The City's Development Management Department only accepts building plan and land use applications online, through its e-services portal.
26 January 2023
Council Speech by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
02 October 2022
In the run up to Diwali and Guy Fawkes, residents are reminded that permits are required for fireworks displays.
21 June 2022
The job shadowing will take place over a period of up to five days
08 April 2022
The City of Cape Town has noted concerns raised by churches and other organisations about the Two Oceans Marathon taking place on Easter Sunday, which will affect congregants attending services on the holy weekend.
17 March 2022
Since the end of the hard lockdown, there has been a steady increase in weddings, markets and commercial events at our parks, without seeking permission first
15 October 2021
Persons wishing to host fireworks displays can apply for a permit to do so
07 September 2021
The City of Cape Town will soon publish a draft map demarcating the reduced off-street parking requirements for developments in areas with good access to the MyCiTi service
03 March 2021
The full-colour mural will wrap around several walls of the Fish Hoek beach building depicting the local beach-hill scape and people at different ages experiencing the advancing sea-level
09 February 2021
We are aware that many business owners have or still plan to start operating from home to cut costs and that some entrepreneurs have started new home-based businesses
27 January 2021
The Swiss-based artist completed three land art projects: one at the Sea Point Promenade, one at Philippi Business Village and one at an open park at Bunga Square, Langa.
23 September 2020
As was the case in 2019, fireworks displays will only be allowed where a permit has been applied for in terms of the relevant legislation.
7 August - 11 September 2026, Vasco Estate (Goodwood)
The Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for 201 Civic Centres, including Community Halls, Centres, Recreation Hubs and Multi-purpose centres around the metro.
The City of Cape Town today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA), establishing a multi-year strategic partnership to expand skills development
See all tenders received by the City of Cape Town.
The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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