City urges safer sex and regular STI testing during Awareness Month

23 February 2026

STIs remain common, and early testing and treatment are essential to prevent complications and protect partners

World Contraception Day: City calls on women to make informed choices for their futures

22 September 2025

Some of the most common myths are that contraceptives cause infertility, are only for older women, are all the same and that they can cause serious illness.

Safe lifestyle practices and good hygiene habits can prevent viral hepatitis

25 July 2025

City Health will commemorate World Hepatitis Day on Monday, 28 July

City rehabilitates 2km of sewers in Uitsig

24 April 2025

Work on the Water and Sanitation Directorate’s pipe replacement programme is accelerating with a number of sewer and water pipe replacement projects under way.

No love for STIs this month

04 February 2025

Annually, there is an education and awareness drive to highlight the importance of condom usage and to raise awareness around the signs and symptoms of STIs, as well as prevention and treatment.

Efforts to restore water quality highlighted during oversight visit

28 January 2025

Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Sello Seitlholo, concluded the Western Cape leg of his anti-pollution oversight visit in Cape Town.

City celebrates 20 years of ART this World Aids Day

30 November 2024

City support World Aids Day - celebrating 20 years of ART and increasing awareness and education

Disa River Pump Station exposed due to ongoing misuse of sewer network

28 November 2024

With the festive season fast approaching, the City urges residents to help prevent sewer blockages by disposing of waste responsibly.

‘Tis the season to be healthy

21 November 2024

This time of year is when most of us let our hair down and overindulge because we’ve worked hard and deserve a break.

Up to 6 000kg of waste removed from sewer pump station screens monthly

09 September 2024

Large amounts of solid waste consisting of rags, condoms, sanitary pads, wet wipes and nappies are extracted from screens that are installed at some of the City’s sewer pump stations.

City invests R8,1 million in mechanical filtration screens at sewer pump stations

22 May 2024

​The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate continues to improve its sewer pump station infrastructure.

Teen pregnancy in the spotlight as numbers spike

19 February 2024

Last year between July 2022 and June 2023, the number of teenagers aged between 12 and 17 who visited a clinic for their first antenatal visit were 632, compared to 355 the previous corresponding year.

Teens the focus during Pregnancy Awareness Week

11 February 2024

The City of Cape Town’s Health Department will observe Pregnancy Week, from 12 to 16 February.

Thousands access City’s HIV prevention strategy

13 July 2023

Sexual health should be focus year round

28 February 2023

Your sexual health can affect, and is affected by other aspects, such as your physical, mental, emotional, and social health

City well on its way to recruiting 2 000 janitorial staff

30 September 2022

​The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate wants to encourage people from across the city to register on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) jobseekers database

New HIV prevention strategy launched

14 February 2022

City launches Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).

Condom use drops, STI cases rise

07 February 2022

February is Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)/Condom Month and women and men alike are encouraged to have health checks and take charge of their reproductive well-being

Lifting the lid on sanitation challenges for World Toilet Day

19 November 2021

The City of Cape Town’s Informal Settlements Basic Service branch continues to provide essential water and sanitation services to registered informal settlements.

Take charge of your sexual and reproductive health

05 February 2021

The number of women who visited a clinic for a cervical smear jumped from 690 in June to 2 424 in November last year

City’s water and sanitation teams clear 122 000 sewer blockages

04 February 2021

Animal carcasses, food waste and hardened cooking fats are among the items that are found illegally dumped into our sewer system, which is causing the majority of about 300 sewer overflows city-wide a day.

City provides approximately 50 000 toilets in informal settlements

19 November 2020

The City of Cape Town’s Informal Settlements Basic Service branch provides essential water and sanitation services to registered informal settlements.

Strict conditions of COVID-19 trading permits still apply until further notice

07 May 2020

Statement by the Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Management, Alderman Grant Twigg

Love is ‘self-care’ this Valentine’s Day

13 February 2020

February is synonymous with the ‘month of love’, but also happens to be the time when sexual and reproductive health awareness features on the national health calendar.