Targeted plan delivers progress on City’s trench reinstatements

16 January 2026

City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate continues to make steady progress in tackling trench reinstatements.

Council meeting 24 April 2025

24 April 2025

Doing Business in Cape Town Summit Speech

18 October 2024

This is an excerpt from a speech delivered on Thursday, 16 October 2024

Bracken Nature Reserve Visitor Education Centre design gets a 5-star Green Star rating

21 July 2023

The Bracken Nature Reserve Visitor Education Centre has achieved a 5-star rating from the Green Building Council South Africa.

Together we will overcome this Winter of Discontent

26 May 2022

Council Speech by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis

More than R357m to improve water quality at recreational vleis over three years

08 May 2022

City invests millions for the remediation of three vleis and improvement of water quality

New plan drives climate action to protect human, economic and ecosystem health

07 October 2021

A milestone has been achieved for Cape Town and its people with the launch of the City of Cape Town’s Climate Change Action Plan today

Dumping hotspots get a ‘glow up’

03 September 2021

Team work is making the dream work as various City departments, together with community organisations, local residents, and EPWP workers are transforming six spaces that had suffered chronic illegal dumping into healthy green spaces

City of Cape Town and City of Aachen launch joint edition of the Mayor's Portfolio of Urban Sustainability

24 June 2021

The City of Cape Town and the City of Aachen are excited to launch the joint edition of the Mayor’s Portfolio of Urban Sustainability to mark the 20th anniversary of the Aachen–Cape Town LA21 Partnership.

This World Environment Day 2021, Let’s ACT for a stronger Cape Town

05 June 2021

In honour of World Environment Day 2021, the City of Cape Town urges residents, neighbourhoods, businesses, churches and communities to support global efforts to tackle climate change

Comment period for Climate Change Strategy extended by a month

30 September 2020

This strategy is a key step in taking the City towards its vision of ramping up its climate change response

City lauded for commitment to a better, zero carbon future

29 September 2020

​The City of Cape Town has been praised for its commitment to a cleaner and better carbon neutral future for all Capetonians

Bold action and strategies required to tackle climate change

31 August 2020

The draft Climate Change Strategy confirms the City’s commitment to take the necessary action to adapt to the predicted impacts of climate change

Reduced budget, impact of land invasions calls for greater innovation, new plans

31 July 2020

Reduced budget, impact of land invasions calls for greater innovation, new plan

Virtual energy festival shows households how to use less, reduce costs and live sustainably

27 May 2020

For many households, energy is a significant expense.

Our Water Future: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste

19 February 2020

Cape Town has, over the past few years, been in the grip of the most severe and protracted drought in recorded history

City receives its 16th unqualified audit

29 January 2020

Statement by the Executive Mayor Alderman Dan Plato