City expands substance use support for young people in Tafelsig

14 June 2026

​Young people, parents and caregivers who are worried about substance use are encouraged to seek support from the City’s Matrix® treatment programme

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 AIDS Day: City clinics ramp up treatment and prevention measures

30 November 2025

At the end of June 2024, City clinics had 37 357 clients remaining on PrEP; that figure increased to 51 277 by June 2025.

Basic antenatal care top of the class in women's health

09 August 2025

In the last financial year, 75,1% of pregnant clients booked their first antenatal visit before 20 weeks at City clinics.

City Health aims to double up its youth zones

11 June 2025

The youth zones offer dedicated waiting and treatment areas at specificclinics.

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.

City commemorates World Aids Day at Pelican Park Clinic

06 December 2024

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

‘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.

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.

Use of contraception declines

03 October 2023

World Contraception Day was celebrated on 26 September

Thousands access City’s HIV prevention strategy

13 July 2023

City takes hundreds of women and men through its Change programme

09 July 2023

Women for Change and Men for Change programme by City's Social Development and Early Childhood Development Department

Business as usual when Atlantis clinics move to province

12 June 2023

The handover of the two clinics will result in a holistic and integrated primary healthcare service package for the community of Atlantis

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

HIV self-screening takes off

30 November 2022

In the past 12 months, the public health sector has introduced two new measures to encourage HIV testing.

City Health invites men to check their vitals

18 November 2022

According to City Health records for the past three years, men account for only 27% of the overall headcount at primary healthcare facilities.

Sexual health services top the list for young people

15 June 2022

The City of Cape Town’s clinics offer a basket of youth-friendly health services, including contraception, pregnancy testing and antenatal care, family planning and education

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

City launches new layer of HIV testing strategies

01 December 2021

The City of Cape Town today, 1 December 2021, launched two new HIV testing strategies to increase the number of people tested for the virus.

EPWP Women-at-Work repair teams on the road to final year of skills development

23 July 2021

The EPWP Women-at-Work skills development project is a three-year project that started in July 2019

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

Mayor Dan Plato encourages Capetonians to know their status as World Aids Day is marked

01 December 2020

The City of Cape Town is hosting a series of testing and awareness events to mark World Aids Day across the city at taxi ranks and community facilities

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.