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23 December 2025
The Safety and Security Directorate celebrated staff at its annual awards ceremony on Thursday, 18 December
25 October 2025
The Department has been fine-tuning plans over the past few years to provide opportunities to volunteers in a non-uniform capacity
06 September 2025
The department has just over 2 200 uniformed members who, in the past year, issued 376 113 fines for transgressions across nearly 30 different pieces of municipal and national legislation and attended 312 211 service requests across the metropole.
15 June 2025
Volunteers asssiting Law Enforcment officers in communities
10 November 2024
In the three months between July and September this year, the volunteers logged nearly 25 000 hours of service to compliment public safety efforts.
20 August 2024
The City encourages jobseekers to please ensure their up-to-date details are uploaded onto the City’s Jobseekers’ Database to stand a chance of placement in EPWP projects,
04 July 2024
The City of Cape Town’s newest Law Enforcement Deputy Chief is Jason Hamilton.
28 June 2024
Launched by the National Government 20 years ago, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is now in its 14th year of implementation at the City of Cape Town.
04 March 2024
A Good Samaritan ended up in handcuffs, after attacking a hit-and-run suspect
05 February 2024
The successes contributed to the week’s enforcement efforts that resulted in 313 arrests and 53 614 fines issued.
02 October 2023
City invited various community stakeholders from Wards 25, 26, 28, and 42 (Bishop Lavis, Elsies River, Clarke Estate, Uitsig, Ravensmead, Cravenby, Ruyterwacht and Leonsdale) to the Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management site for a tour of the facility,
03 August 2023
The training is just one of the many interventions in the ever-evolving Neighbourhood Watch Support Programme, launched by the City 15 years ago
30 July 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management (UWM) By-law Enforcement officers enjoyed a fruitful two months.
11 June 2023
Dumping and littering is an ongoing problem across our metro, costing the City of Cape Town more than R300 million a year.
13 March 2023
The City of Cape Town’s enforcement departments arrested 401 people.
12 March 2023
The sessions are an opportunity to get Neighbourhood Watches (NWs) into one room, and sharing information pertinent to their mandate.
28 November 2022
Weekly enforcement successes and report back on the Public Emergency Communication Centre
16 November 2022
Statement by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
31 August 2022
The City's performance has shown an overall improvement, despite an approved budgeted deficit.
29 August 2022
The City’s Traffic Service, Law Enforcement and Metro Police officers arrested 312 suspects and issued 71 163 fines during enforcement patrols in the past week
28 August 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Departments is once again recruiting volunteers for its Auxiliary Service.
18 August 2022
Let's take pride in our city and show what's possible when we unite as Team Cape Town.
Below is an extract from today’s Council Speech delivered by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
06 August 2022
Address at the annual Safety and Security Remembrance Day Service
18 July 2022
The City’s Traffic Service, Law Enforcement and Metro Police Departments arrested 266 suspects and issued 55 543 fines during weekly enforcement patrols.
11 July 2022
Metro Police officers made 166 arrests in the past week and issued 4 117 fines for various traffic and by-law offences.
08 June 2022
City's EPWP programme continues to provide work opportunities to the people
02 June 2022
The City of Cape Town last night hosted the annual EPWP awards ceremony.
26 May 2022
Council Speech by Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
15 May 2022
The current crop of 124 volunteers are deployed in the four geographical areas, as well as in the Marine Unit and the Rural Safety Unit.
28 April 2022
Speech by the City's Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
31 March 2022
Council Speech by Mayor, Geordin Hill Lewis
13 December 2021
Auxiliary Law Enforcement officers received a tip off on Saturday, 11 December 2021, of a vehicle suspected to be involved in ATM scamming.
22 November 2021
Safety and Security weekly update.
11 September 2021
Neighbourhood watches (NHWs) are an integral part of our crime prevention strategy in communities
30 August 2021
The swift action of Law Enforcement Auxiliary officers led to the recovery of a hijacked vehicle on Saturday, 28 August 2021
24 May 2021
The Parow Valley Community Neighbourhood Watch was established in 2015 and has been working steadily to address crime prevention
25 April 2021
The Residents Neighbourhood Watch (NHW), Patrol NHW and the Thembelihle NHW walked the streets of Pelican Park, joined by Ward 67 Cllr Gerry Gordon
29 March 2021
During the patrol in the area, a suspect was pointed out who had allegedly just stabbed a resident
23 March 2021
In Ocean View, patrol activities focused on visibility and mobilising members of the community to join the various NHW groups active in the area
15 March 2021
Neighbourhood watch groups shone some light on Delft on Friday evening
07 March 2021
Cape Town Executive Mayor Dan Plato applauded the work of the Sir Lowry’s Pass Neighbourhood Watch and other NHW across the city taking an active interest in the well-being of their communities
28 February 2021
Patrol activities on Thursday evening centred around identifying problem buildings, drug dens, mask-wearing and establishing overall safety visibility.
21 February 2021
Over the past decade, neighbourhood watch groups have grown steadily and now thousands of members have become a key part of crime prevention in communities across Cape Town.
14 February 2021
Cape Town Executive Mayor Dan Plato and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security Alderman JP Smith visited Ilitha Park and Site B in Khayelitsha on Thursday evening as a series of community neighbourhood watch support visits across the metro continues.
07 February 2021
Over the past decade, neighbourhood watch (NWH) groups have grown steadily and have become a key part of crime prevention in communities across Cape Town.
07 February 2020
The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Portfolio Committee is moving forward with the finalisation of the amended Traffic By-law.
23 January 2020
The City of Cape Town's Safety and Security Directorate has completed the training of 160 new auxiliary law enforcement officers who will be deployed across the city.
16 January 2020
The installation of five cameras in Ocean View and refurbishment of a local control room will be a useful tool in the crime-fighting efforts of community structures and the uniformed enforcement services.
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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