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16 July 2026
City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will continue investing in critical infrastructure and progressing service delivery from 1 July 2026
31 March 2026
Mayor Hill-Lewis City of Hope Budget Speech
29 March 2026
Cape Town’s approach to smart water management and innovative sanitation solutions took international spotlight this week.
25 February 2026
Cape Town is not in a drought, but the window to avoid water restrictions later this year is narrowing. Based on the current water usage trend, dam storage could drop as low as 40% by May if this year’s rainfall is average.
13 July 2025
City's Disaster Risk Management Centre hosted resiliense programme for learners
26 March 2025
A high-level delegation from the World Bank took time out of the 14th International Water Association (IWA) Conference to visit key water and sanitation facilities in Cape Town.
20 March 2025
To kick off National Water Week, the City of Cape Town is highlighting the proactive clearing of water-thirsty alien invasive plants as one of its interventions to help build a water secure future for residents
16 January 2025
repairs and upgrades to Kuyasa MyCiTi station
26 August 2024
Investing in aquifers is one of the Water and Sanitation Directorate’s strategic interventions, towards introducing new water sources for the future.
12 February 2024
The removal of non-indigenous, water-guzzling plants is an important component of the City's Water Strategy and long-term New Water Programme, which aims to add 55 billion litres per year to the water network by 2026.
02 February 2024
City Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen, hosted a World Bank delegation to the City’s unique Steenbras Hydro Pumped Storage Scheme as the City and the World Bank looks to deepening its partnership.
17 November 2023
Building and investing in load-shedding resilient operations over time at water and sewer pump stations, wastewater treatment works and water treatment plants remains a priority for the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate.
20 September 2023
Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien welcomed international and local guests to the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) 50th Congress.
12 September 2023
The City’s Mayoral Committee has recommended to Council to approve an injection of some R107 million for the provision of professional services for the refurbishment of Steenbras over the next few years.
01 June 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is celebrating the massive strides made by the Greater Cape Town Water Fund to clear alien invasive plants over the past three years
18 April 2023
The City’s Building Hope Budget for 2023/24 proposes continued investment in its Steenbras Hydro Pumped Storage Scheme
02 February 2023
The Steenbras Nature Reserve and the Steenbras Gorge (Crystal Pools) hike are open to the public
It is a great pleasure to share with you today the very first City of Cape Town Infrastructure Report.
26 January 2023
Council Speech by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
18 December 2022
Groundwater is one of the diverse water sources the City is investing in to ensure Cape Town’s water supply remains reliable against future climate shocks.
18 September 2022
The City of Cape Town is working hard to build reserves to enable it to protect customers from two stages of Eskom’s load-shedding over the week ahead, where possible.
28 August 2022
In July 2021, the City of Cape Town and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) which involves a R50 million commitment to clear invasive alien trees in remote mountainous areas to reclaim water losses caused by these trees invading the catchments.
14 August 2022
The City of Cape Town is the first city in Africa to make a significant investment in the rehabilitation of the rainfall catchment areas which feed our water supply dams. The City is contributing R50 million in the 22/23 financial year to a partnership coordinated by The Nature Conservancy, which clears thirsty alien invasive plants (AIPs) so that more water reaches our dams.
25 March 2022
The Steenbras Lower Dam was the first major dam that was built after the initial smaller dams on the top of Table Mountain
20 March 2022
Today kick-starts National Water Week
12 March 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Department will be shutting down the Steenbras Water Treatment Plant from Monday
07 September 2021
The total capacity of dams supplying the Cape Town metro increased by 0,50% in the last week, from 101.3% the previous week to 101,8%.
06 May 2021
The City’s Water and Sanitation Department would like to thank residents of the Helderberg area for their patience while the urgent maintenance work was underway.
28 April 2021
The City’s Water and Sanitation Department is planning to shut down the 840mm water pipeline from Steenbras Dam, between Somerset West and the Bosmanskop area, from Friday, 30 April 2021 at 18:00 until Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 18:00, to urgently fix a leak.
08 April 2021
Mayor Dan Plato hosted representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, hospitality sector and entrepreneurs for a discussion on how the City is charting an economic recovery path and demonstrate how the City is enabling business to navigate the lingering Covid-19 pandemic.
01 April 2021
Cityt invest R62 million to alien invasive plants.
22 March 2021
Projects in the City’s New Water Programme are progressing well, despite the challenges of the global pandemic.
06 August 2020
The City’s Executive Mayor Alderman Dan Plato and Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Waste Alderman Xanthea Limberg yesterday, Wednesday 5 August 2020, launched the first groundwater supply project from the Table Mountain Group (TMG) aquifer, next to the City’s Steenbras Dam, which is now operational.
17 March 2020
The City of Cape Town has noted the key containment and mitigation measures that are being implemented across the world and in South Africa in an effort to reduce the spread of the COVID-19.
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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