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03 August 2026
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced that he has today lodged an intergovernmental dispute ‘as the next crucial step in the fight for expanded powers for Metro Police’
13 July 2026
The Mayor was speaking at the Mitchells Plain Magistrates Court where a suspect arrested by Metro Police in Woodlands
15 June 2026
We deeply appreciate and welcome the Commissioner's support for more policing powers for our Metro police
22 May 2026
The City’s most recent correspondence mirrored similar concerns raised with SAPS in 2025, about the low conviction rates for arrests relating to illegal firearms.
18 May 2026
City’s enforcement agencies made 383 arrests and recorded 70 624 offences
28 April 2026
The City’s enforcement agencies arrested 338 suspects in the past week and issued 64 987 fines.
21 February 2026
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill - Lewis comment on SAPS crime stats
12 February 2026
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the SANDF deployment for short-term stabilisation support to SAPS in gang crime hotspots
09 February 2026
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on President Ramaphosa to commit in SONA to devolving policing powers for City police to investigate gang, gun, and drug crime
24 January 2026
The data shows that mechanical breakdowns and other vehicle-related faults like flat tyres and running out of petrol are what our officers attend to most.
22 January 2026
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia can no longer delay granting more policing powers for City police.
28 November 2025
These latest crime stats make it clear that violent crime continues to plague some of our most vulnerable communities
26 November 2025
We can turn the tables on gang, gun, and drug crime, but this is only possible if we increase conviction rates, which remain extremely low.
10 November 2025
The drivers of the two luxury vehicles - who are friends - were both arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
27 October 2025
On Saturday, 25 October, just before 18:00, Metro Police Neighbourhood Safety Officers were on patrol in Van Riebeeck Road in Bellville, when they spotted a person running away at the sight of the patrol vehicle.
28 September 2025
Prisoners simply do not have the right to communicate freely beyond the prison walls.
19 September 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called for the introduction of cellphone signal-blocking technology at Pollsmoor prison.
09 September 2025
The City of Cape Town today celebrated the graduation parade of over 700 new City police officers.
24 August 2025
Earlier this month, the City filed a game-changing proposal for municipal police to be granted powers to investigate crime and up convictions for gang, gun, and drug offences.
08 August 2025
City has filed a game-changing proposal for municipal police to be granted powers to investigate crime and up convictions for gang, gun, and drug offences
28 June 2025
Statement by the Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith
12 June 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City will ask Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to expand his proposal for more powers.
04 June 2025
Claimed conviction rates of 80-90% are misleading due to how many cases never go to trial
23 May 2025
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced this week that City policing operations are removing over 400 illegal guns from the streets every year
22 May 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says City policing operations are removing over 400 illegal guns from the streets every year
05 February 2025
On 20 October 2024, two suspects were arrested in Belhar while digging up cables
01 September 2024
There was a 34% increase, year-on-year, in the number of firearms removed from the streets by the City's Metro Police and law Enforcement Departments.
19 August 2024
Law Enforcement officers made 171 arrests and issued 4 208 notices for various transgressions.
25 July 2024
Council Speech- 25 July 2024
09 June 2024
Safety escorts saw a 70% increase in the current financial year, compared to the same period the year before.
03 June 2024
Law Enforcement officers made 174 arrests, of which all but two were made by Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers.
25 April 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed plans to expand criminal investigative powers for municipal law enforcement by amending the SAPS Act, as announced by Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee’s end-of-term legacy report. Mayor Hill-Lewis this week wrote to the Police and Justice Ministers calling for three policing power reforms.
22 February 2024
Arrests during enforcement patrols
11 February 2024
City plans to expand CCTV network
06 February 2024
The City is also calling for clear deadlines for devolving passenger rail operations for the metro to run.
01 February 2024
This is a most heart-breaking tragedy of a 12-year-old child killed while simply waiting outside her school for her transport home
20 November 2023
The confiscations resulted in numerous arrests, adding to the overall tally of 396 arrests by the City’s enforcement agencies/
16 November 2023
Media Statement by Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith
18 October 2023
Statement by the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith
28 August 2023
The City's enforcement services arrested 330 suspects and issued 50 978 fines during the past week
17 May 2023
The destruction of illegal firearms is a centralised process which the local SAPS have no control over, as these weapons have to be transported to Pretoria.
04 May 2023
The City of Cape Town is combining gunshot detection technology and drones to pinpoint gun violence flare-ups and rapidly deploy policing resources
29 March 2023
It is about building the future we want for Cape Town. Building a City of Hope for All.
07 March 2023
Cape Town's three-phase procurement for load-shedding protection is already far advanced
06 February 2023
In the past week, the City’s enforcement agencies made 305 arrests and issued 70 666 fines.
11 January 2023
Metro Police officers played a role in the multi-agency joint operation together with SAPS and other roleplayers which led to 10 arrests in total, three of which were made by our officers.
07 December 2022
City enforcement agencies recorded 674 arrests related to firearm and ammunition transgressions over a 22-month period.
23 November 2022
LEAP officers deployed in the City's most crime affected communities have for the second quarter in a row shown the impact they can make on reducing crime
14 November 2022
City's weekly enforcement successes
15 August 2022
Weekly report on the City's enforcement agencies patrols
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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