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04 October 2025
The survey returned an animal count of 32 185 – 1 749 of which were documented during drone flyovers and manual counts.
05 August 2025
Since 2013, 17 876 animals have been sterilised at a cost of nearly R8 million.
13 June 2025
The City’s Animal Control Unit (ACU) has responded to 3 465 complaints during the first five months of 2025.
17 April 2025
In the space of four weeks, the domestic animal survey has yielded 13 037 completed surveys.
08 April 2025
Since 2023, the City’s sewer maintenance team has cleared 629 sewer blockages in Dunoon.
25 March 2025
The domestic animal survey was launched on Monday, 17 March 2025, in collaboration with the animal welfare sector
17 March 2025
The domestic animal survey is the latest in a series of interventions undertaken by the City administration to promote and ensure the welfare of animals in the metropole.
26 September 2024
World Rabies Day on Saturday, 28 September 2024, the City of Cape Town wants to remind residents and visitors that the rabies virus is now considered endemic in the Cape Fur Seal population
26 August 2024
The successes of the past week are a timely reminder of the benefits of CCTV in detecting incidents of crime, but also other emergencies or issues affecting public safety.
31 July 2024
The City of Cape Town in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation and Sea Search, convened an expert scientific workshop last week
29 May 2024
The public is urged to be vigilant and cautious of any unusual changes in behaviour in animals, especially dogs.
11 February 2024
On Friday, 9 February 2024, the City of Cape Town and the Cape Leopard Trust hosted a snare awareness information session and conducted a snare patrol at the Melkbos Corridor and Blaauwberg Nature Reserve. Conservation officials from across the City of Cape Town reserves attended to improve their knowledge and elevate skills on how to mitigate snaring, and to transfer learning back to their reserves.
20 October 2023
WESSA uses 33 criteria across four categories to determine whether a beach meets the requirements for Blue Flag recognition.
09 May 2023
The Community Services and Health Directorate first disbursed Grant-in-Aid funding to the Cape of Good Hope SPCA in 2013 for a pilot mass pet sterilisation project in Dunoon and Brown’s Farm
30 April 2023
During the first three months of 2023, the City’s Metro Police and Law Enforcement Departments made 4 456 arrests
07 October 2022
The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has chosen to exclude animal welfare as a priority for funding in 2022/2023
24 January 2022
The City apologises profusely for the ongoing delay in returning water supply to the affected communities
17 December 2021
The City wants to inform the public that the humane use of paintball markers will remain in place with ongoing oversight by CapeNature and the Cape of Good Hope SPCA.
08 November 2021
Safety and Security weekly roundup.
10 October 2021
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA and the City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Animal Control Unit confiscated four dogs, and various paraphernalia associated with dogfighting was found at the scene.
13 July 2021
Over the coming months, more than 5 000 innovative domestic refuse bins will be installed at households in the Doornbach informal settlement.
08 July 2021
The Recreation and Parks Department received numerous complaints during the past few months of residents ‘dumping’ rabbits at the park in Vredekloof
25 June 2021
Given the support from both CapeNature and the Cape of Good Hope SPCA for the humane use of paintball markers, and in the interest of the safety of baboons and residents alike
24 February 2021
The mass sterilisation campaign was managed by the Cape of Good Hope SPCA on behalf of the City’s Health Department.
15 February 2021
Roaming baboon returned to to his natal Tokai troop.
08 February 2021
The male baboon who roamed the Tokai urban area before he was returned to his natal Tokai troop on Saturday, 6 February 2021.
05 February 2021
The baboon will be captured and returned to his natal Tokai troop and natural habitat as the urban area is unsafe for him.
27 November 2020
The City is pleased to once again receive this recognition. Being able to retain the status of all 10 Blue Flag beaches
14 June 2020
The Gordon’s Bay Midden, also known as Dune 111 or Sandkop, is believed to have formed between 2 700 and 3 200 years ago.
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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