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15 June 2026
City Health is aware of the recent increase in food safety-related complaints received and allegations made regarding foodstuffs purchased
07 June 2026
Food safety is a highly legislated space, but the onus is on everyone to help promote it by adhering to basic practices, whether you run a business or are cooking for your household.
18 February 2026
During the colder months, more rough sleepers and vulnerable people seek shelter and assistance.
31 January 2026
A Certificate Of Acceptability (COA) is a legal document confirming that a food business meets basic hygiene and food safety standards
14 January 2026
The City's Food Control Unit has a list of easy-to-implement food safety tips for packed school lunches to prevent food spoilage.
27 November 2025
As part of the City of Cape Town’s summer readiness efforts, the Water and Sanitation Directorate has intensified inspections of grease traps at restaurants and food businesses to prevent sewer blockages and overflows.
02 July 2025
Scammers posing as City health inspectors are once again targeting businesses, demanding payment for fake 'health certificates'.
07 June 2025
Over a 10-month period since July 2024, the laboratory received 4 853 samples that were subjected to 17 759 analyses. The sample results yielded an overall compliance rate of 84,55%.
13 May 2025
In the nine months between July 2024 and March 2025, the City's Environmental Health Practitioners serviced 44 121 block baiting stations.
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.
22 January 2025
Most complaints relate to dates of durability (or what people perceive as expired foodstuff), unhygienic conditions at food premises and food quality concerns.
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.
22 November 2024
The City’s Environmental Health Service has received at least one thousand applications for Certificates of Acceptability (COA) this week.
15 November 2024
The City is aware that the discovery of an illegal butchery in Mfuleni this week
25 September 2024
The City is urging the public to have their say on 142 proposed mobile business trading areas in Cape Town
07 June 2024
World Food Safety Day is celebrated worldwide annually on June 7.
30 May 2024
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate is pleased to be part of the remarkable success of Khaya Burwana, founder of AgriKey Farming.
18 February 2024
Registered non-profit organisations have only a few weeks left to submit their applications for the City’s Winter Readiness Programme.
02 November 2023
It's critical to know your 'best before' from your 'sell by' and 'use by'.
01 November 2023
Recently 17 businesses and organisations were recognised for their remarkable efforts in implementing good water management practices, during a special Water Star-Rating Award Ceremony.
14 October 2023
International E-Waste Day, recognised on 14 October, serves as a platform to raise awareness about the importance of safely disposing e-waste.
17 August 2023
The eight new EH practitioners (EHPs) come from across the country and have been placed at Environmental Health offices across the eight sub-districts in the metro.
07 June 2023
In Cape Town, monitoring and education around food safety falls to Environmental Health.
05 April 2023
Registered non-profit organisations that offer accommodation to vulnerable groups have until 14 April to apply for aid to sustain their operations through winter
17 February 2023
STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT, ALDERMAN GRANT TWIGG
16 February 2023
Food safety is one of the many responsibilities of the City’s Environmental Health Service.
14 November 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Health Department is warning against fake health officials trying to scam business owners.
25 September 2022
During the last financial year, the Environmental Health Service attended to 8 356 complaints from the public.
21 August 2022
Businesses in the City urged to submit waste management plans by 31 October 2022.
15 March 2022
The City’s Environmental Health Service services thousands of baiting points across the metropole each year, focusing on public spaces and informal residential areas
21 February 2022
City Health dismisses thyphoid link to municipal water.
16 March 2021
The threats, levelled against Environmental Health Practitioners in some areas, are bedevilling efforts to ensure continued Covid-19 compliance.
19 January 2021
The City of Cape Town's Health Department, in conjunction with a number of other departments, have visited shopping malls, food premises, flea markets pharmacies and funeral undertakers to highlight concerns about COVID-19 non-compliance at many of these places.
14 September 2020
An Ideal Clinic is a health facility with good infrastructure, adequate staff, adequate resources
29 July 2020
The City is aligning with guidance from the World Health Organisation around food control, which includes mandatory regulation of enforcement by both national and local authorities
09 June 2020
The City of Cape Town will deploy 490 Expanded Public Works Programme workers on 15 June 2020 to support the efforts of Environmental Health Practitioners
05 June 2020
I had the pleasure of visiting Stripform Packaging in Atlantis to see first-hand how its health and safety protocols have allowed operations to continue
19 May 2020
The City’s Environmental Health Practitioners are working their way through informal settlements and workplaces, among others, to advance health and safety protocols to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
09 March 2020
The team of city staff carried out an onsite inspection and identified a number of health and safety risks and has advised the property’s manager
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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