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21 July 2026
The City of Hope Budget 2026/27 places the spotlight on unprecedented infrastructure spend for Cape Town over the medium-term (three-year) budget framework.
03 July 2026
The rollout of electricity services is subject to land ownership and service supply arrangements
17 June 2026
The City’s Energy Directorate has completed an electrification project in Langa’s Special Quarters informal settlement.
04 February 2026
The City has connected almost 400 homes in its latest informal settlement electrification project in Nomzamo.
24 October 2025
These accolades affirm the City’s commitment to excellence in Energy infrastructure development.
15 October 2025
The City’s Energy Directorate shines bright at the City’s Annual Engineering, Project and Contract Management (EPCM) Excellence Awards.
08 October 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos, officiated at the opening of a facility in Paarden Eiland for Everlectric.
26 September 2025
Our city-wide electrification programme has gained significant momentum, providing quality electricity supply to backyarder and informal settlement residents where feasible
22 August 2025
This project holds particular importance as a portion of Greenfields was recently devastated by a fire
17 August 2025
This milestone switch-on brings safe and reliable electricity to the households of this emergency relocation site
14 August 2025
Electrification projects form part of a city-wide programme which aims to provide electricity supply to backyarder and informal settlements residents
25 June 2025
The City of Cape Town Energy Directorate’s R1,7 million electrification project in Gugulethu’s Khikhi informal settlement
30 March 2025
The Draft total 2025/26 Energy Budget shines the spotlight on enhanced service delivery.
26 March 2025
The backyarder service electricity programme is a city-wide programme, which aims to provide electricity supply to backyarder residents living on City-owned rental property.
26 February 2025
The City’s Energy teams connected a further 20 informal homes to the electricity grid in Great Dutch Street, Nyanga.
19 February 2025
City officials attended a sod-turning ceremony to relaunch its well-located Edward Avenue housing project.
31 October 2024
City energy teams fixed 4 098 streetlight-related requests between 9 and 22 October 2024 as part of the streetlight focus initiative
17 September 2024
We've celebrated with the 214 beneficiaries and their families as they switch on the lights in their homes for the first time.
12 June 2024
Council Speech
26 May 2024
In City-supplied areas and on City-owned land, 99% of older existing informal settlements in the metro have been connected to the grid.
15 April 2024
The City is investigating solar powered lighting solutions for more informal settlements in the metro and this month visited the PJS informal settlement in Khayelitsha
04 April 2024
Our draft Budget is one of shifting gears and finding solutions for the South African and Cape Town housing context
27 March 2024
City Council budget speech 2024
In an address to City Council, Mayor Hill-Lewis said the scale of Cape Town's infrastructure spending – worth R120bn over ten years
12 February 2024
Cape Town has become the first city to enable residential households to earn cash for power from their solar PV generation systems.
11 February 2024
As part of the City’s Urban Energy Poverty Programme, alternative energy solutions are being investigated in informal settlements where grid-connected electrification is not possible.
15 November 2023
Residents in the Sixth Avenue settlement in the Kensington area are being connected to the electricity grid.
12 October 2023
A business case for the electrification of municipal vehicle fleets was recently developed by the City’s partner GreenCape, who has done a case study on the three year Electric Vehicle (EV) pilot project.
21 July 2023
The City is pleased to announce that 43 more households have been connected to the electricity grid in the Skeem Saam informal settlement in Lotus River
22 June 2023
Residents in the Khikhi and NY61 areas of Gugulethu are being connected to the electricity grid.
13 June 2023
The City’s draft Energy Strategy is out for public comment until 31 July 2023.
26 April 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that Cape Town will outpace all other cities on infrastructure investments.
COUNCIL SPEECH: 26 April 2023
20 April 2023
In City-supplied areas and on City-owned land, where it is possible to do so, almost all older existing informal settlements in the metro have been electrified.
29 March 2023
It is about building the future we want for Cape Town. Building a City of Hope for All.
23 March 2023
Various milestones are being reached this week in the City’s R2,8 billion medium-term human settlements delivery programme.
09 March 2023
Today, 9 March 2023, the City switched on the electricity to the first 140 households in the Dontse Yakhe informal settlement in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay.
02 February 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched the City’s R120 billion infrastructure portfolio, which is set to form the foundation for economic growth in the city over 10 years
It is a great pleasure to share with you today the very first City of Cape Town Infrastructure Report.
07 December 2022
Today, 7 December 2022, 105 households in Overcome Heights in the Vrygrond area were connected to the electricity grid.
12 August 2022
The City has attended to hundreds of faults in recent months and disconnects illegal connections to City infrastructure in Mfuleni
06 July 2022
Some 237 households in the Pholile B informal settlement in Nomzamo were connected to the electricity grid today, 6 July 2022.
30 March 2022
This City celebrated with residents in Masiphumelele who were connected to the electricity grid for the very first time
10 March 2022
Ms Sophia Dlamini and Mr Lungile Libali were some of the first beneficiaries of the electrification project.
17 February 2022
Work to reconnect 17 households to the grid has started and is foreseen to be completed in about a week’s time
11 June 2021
The City thanks the residents of the Mangaung informal settlement for their patience during the completion of the project.
18 May 2021
The City switched on the electricity to 40 households in the Chris Hani and Tembisa informal settlements in Samora Machel, Philippi.
06 May 2021
Our teams have worked extremely hard over the recent months to complete this electrification project ahead of schedule
29 March 2021
The City is supporting the uptake of eMobility and is developing initiatives to help enable the growth of this technology in Cape Town
25 February 2021
The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy and Climate Change, Councillor Phindile Maxiti, together with residents and dignitaries celebrated as they switched on the electricity to 461 households in the Nomzamo: Pholile A5-A10 informal settlement on 24 February 2021.
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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