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26 May 2026
On Friday, 22 May 2026, International Biodiversity Day, the City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management Department held its annual Carbon-Smart Skills Development Programme graduation ceremony
16 May 2026
One of the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate’s 2026 grant funding recipients, Bantubanye Community Development, is helping residents in Khayelitsha.
13 February 2026
The City of Cape Town, in partnership with the Atterbury Trust, has started with a community-led house-painting initiative in Uitsig
26 January 2026
The City is calling on Cape Town residents, especially the youth, to help reduce plastic waste as we commemorate World Environmental Education Day on Monday, 26 January 2026.
15 January 2026
As schools reopen, the is encouraging learners, parents, teachers and schools to place waste reduction and environmental responsibility at the centre of school life.
15 December 2025
The My Cape Town Market at the Company’s Garden returns from 16 to 20 December 2025.
26 November 2025
The Festive Light Switch-on, with an anticipated crowd of around 80 000, will usher in the joyous season but it’s just one of many events taking place in Cape Town this coming weekend.
25 November 2025
The City of Cape Town is gearing up for exciting festive light switch-on events in both Langa and Mitchells Plain this December.
04 November 2025
Did you know, home composting has been shown to reduce the prevalence of pests and rats.
17 October 2025
The market will run from 16 - 20 December 2025, between 16:00 and 22:00, at the Company’s Garden in the Cape Town CBD.
16 October 2025
Today on World Food Day, Thursday, 16 October, the City’s Public Empowerment and Development Department and Western Cape Government’s Community Development Worker (CDW) Programme, launched the Food Gardens Project.
07 October 2025
The City’s home composting initiative is continuing to provide residents with composting bins with new locations announced for October.
23 September 2025
The City marks the strides made to curb carbon emissions and human-induced climate change through its organic waste diversion pilot projects.
12 September 2025
The City of Cape Town’s commitment to organic waste diversion took another step forward today as residents in Khayelitsha received home composting containers
28 August 2025
Mamre, Khayelitsha, Plumstead, Tokai and Eerste Rivier residents can claim a compost bin in September. Remember, only 250 bins will be available at each session.
21 August 2025
Organic waste that ends up in landfill contributes greatly to global warming by producing methane gas
25 July 2025
City Health will commemorate World Hepatitis Day on Monday, 28 July
23 July 2025
The City is pleased to report that our home composting programme continues to create fertile ground for compost culture to take root in Cape Town
13 July 2025
City's Disaster Risk Management Centre hosted resiliense programme for learners
25 June 2025
Recently 300 containers were handed out during a Mayor’s Service Blitz event in the Kensington and Maitland communities
30 April 2025
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate has collected over 550 000 kgs of organic food waste through its pilot projects over almost two years, to help protect the environment and free up landfill space.
23 April 2025
This year’s Water Star Rating Awards took place at the Old Mutual Head Office in Pinelands on Thursday, 10 April 2025.
02 April 2025
The City currently manages about 2,1 million tonnes of waste annually, with about 31,53% of this waste currently diverted from landfill
24 March 2025
The better.bellville.together programme
The Cape Town-Aachen partnership is a testament to the power of international collaboration in addressing shared challenges
19 December 2024
Hotel Verde’s journey to achieving Net Zero Waste was guided by two core strategies - sustainable purchasing policy and waste separation and composting.
18 December 2024
This festive season let’s all work together to not let food go to waste so we can help protect ourselves from its negative effects in terms of climate change.
28 November 2024
#SpringCleanCT campaign
06 November 2024
City to host various events during November
02 September 2024
This community-driven initiative is part of the City’s Mayoral Urban Regeneration Programme (MURP) aimed at fostering sustainable and integrated communities.
31 July 2024
To wrap up Mandela Month, the City planted a vegetable garden in Gugulethu with project beneficiaries.
20 June 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will undertake a 72-hour operation from Monday, 24 June, until Wednesday, 26 June, which will affect the Cape Flats. This will result in several areas having no water during this time.
05 June 2024
The City honoured 12 individuals and organisations from various wards in the Southern suburbs for serving their communities with unwavering commitment.
28 May 2024
The better. bellville. together. is a City-funded place-making initiative and a pioneering endeavour dedicated to revitalising the Bellville region.
06 May 2024
They launched the Lingomso ‘Our Future’ project aimed to help school children enhance their creativity and improve communication and motor skills.
03 May 2024
With the alarming rate at which organic waste is filling up landfills and contributing to climate change.
04 April 2024
City hosting a lot of events in April
28 February 2024
The better. bellville. together. initiative, a pioneering effort dedicated to revitalising the region.
28 January 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate would like to urge residents to explore composting and food gardening in 2024 to help divert food waste from landfills.
19 December 2023
The City of Cape Town is urging residents of Cape Town to join in the effort to reduce food waste during the upcoming Christmas celebrations
The City of Cape Town’s Council approved the local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the Philippi Opportunity Area at its meeting last week
11 December 2023
Feel the festive vibes at this year’s My Cape Town Market Company’s Garden happening between 16 and 20 December at the iconic space in the CBD.
29 November 2023
Family event to visit Mitchells Plain
12 October 2023
The My Cape Town Market is set to take place between Saturday 16 December and Wednesday 20 December 2023 in the Cape Town CBD.
06 September 2023
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched the 2023 edition of the Mayor’s Portfolio of Urban Sustainability
04 August 2023
The free Netball World Cup Fan Park outside the CTICC has provided the ultimate spectator experience for both those with tickets to watch the games and those without, for the last six days
29 July 2023
Netball World Cup ceremony and match between SA SPAR Proteas vs Wales
21 July 2023
City host Flag Ceremony for Netball World Cup
13 July 2023
The Fan Park will be the official viewing area for the Netball World Cup Cape Town 2023.
07 July 2023
When sewage is spilled into the street or enters the stormwater system, it ends up in the rivers and wetlands and pollutes our natural waters.
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
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The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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