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19 April 2026
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruptions.
31 March 2026
Mayor Hill-Lewis City of Hope Budget Speech
24 March 2026
The Strandfontein Pavilion Refurbishment project is a multi-year capital injection aimed at transforming this day resort, originally constructed in the 1980s around the largest tidal pool in the southern hemisphere.
29 January 2026
All work, no play
20 January 2026
The programme, implemented by the City’s Community Services and Health Directorate, is aimed at keeping young children safe on beaches.
06 January 2026
Llifeguards and other emergency services were kept busy, but drowning statistics are lower compared to the previous season.
30 December 2025
Since 1 December, there have been 19 non-fatal drownings at Cape Town’s beaches.
17 December 2025
The free Identikidz child safety programme kicked off at Cape Town beaches on Monday, 15 December and in just two days, more than 11 998 children were tagged
03 December 2025
Identikidz is coordinated by the Community, Arts and Culture Development Department (CACD).
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.
23 November 2025
The facility was originally constructed in the 1980s as a day resort and includes the largest tidal pool in the southern hemisphere.
16 July 2025
The Community Services and Health Directorate is planning a range of projects over the next 12 months
13 January 2025
The Identikidz programme assisted in tagging more than 123 000 children on City beaches
08 January 2025
The City has established that ‘Project Blue’ falsely claims to have used SANAS-accredited laboratories to analyse coastal water quality.
06 January 2025
Cape Town’s popular beaches showed consistently high water quality over the festive season.
30 December 2024
Nearly 20 000 children were tagged and eight were separated from their parents or caregivers this past weekend
27 December 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Identikidz programme saw 25 770 children tagged over the past two public holidays.
18 December 2024
City of Cape Town’s Identikidz programme saw more than 14 000 children tagged
11 December 2024
The City’s Safety & Security Directorate will have its biggest festive season deployment this holiday season, to ensure public safety.
03 December 2024
The City of Cape Town is pleased to announce that Cape Town’s most popular beaches show world-class water quality results ahead of the summer festive season
The Identikidz programme is coordinated by the City’s Community, Arts and Culture Development Department.
23 January 2024
The City's Recreation and Parks Department recorded 12 fatal drownings between 5 December 2023 and 22 January 2024, and 25 non-fatal drownings.
22 January 2024
Identikidz has shown incremental growth each year, post pandemic.
15 January 2024
The programme, implemented by the City’s Social Development and Early Childhood Development Department, has tagged more than 120 000 children.
08 January 2024
City's Identikidz project assisting children to enjoy the beach in a safe environment
03 January 2024
Beaches along the False Bay coast between Muizenberg and Strand have recorded the highest number of children being tagged since the project started
27 December 2023
Lifeguards and ancillary services have had a busy few days in spite of the very windy conditions around the peninsula.
21 December 2023
The City's roads, facilities, beaches and pools will be busy in the run up to and during the extra-long Christmas weekend.
18 December 2023
Identikidz bolted out of the starting blocks in its first weekend, with 21 864 children tagged at 15 beaches, and 38 reunited with their families.
14 December 2023
The City's enforcement and rescue services are priming for a busy weekend.
13 December 2023
The latest round of coastal water sample results once again confirms excellent water quality at Cape Town’s most popular beaches this festive season
03 December 2023
The project, aimed at promoting child safety at the City’s beaches, has grown to be trusted by thousands of parents and caregivers as an additional layer of protection while enjoying a day at the beach.
24 November 2023
The City of Cape Town is anticipating one of the busiest tourist seasons in recent years
14 November 2023
The City's Recreation and Parks Department expects an increase of visitors to beaches and other public recreational facilities, amid the heat advisory issued by the South African Weather Service.
31 October 2023
City of Cape Town is happy to announce that the upgrade of the Fisherman’s Lane precinct at Strandfontein Pavilion is complete
20 October 2023
WESSA uses 33 criteria across four categories to determine whether a beach meets the requirements for Blue Flag recognition.
26 September 2023
Those hoping to be lifeguards can still apply during the second round of applications which are currently open and will close on 2 October 2023.
11 July 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Coastal Management branch has made great progress with the upgrading of the Fisherman’s Lane precinct located at the Strandfontein Pavilion
11 June 2023
The City of Cape Town's budget for the new financial year, starting 1 July 2023
24 April 2023
Spatial Planning and Environment Directorate’s operational and capital budget for the next three financial years
18 April 2023
This is a huge honour and recognition of the best-practice work that the City has undertaken in implementing innovative policies and plans to ensure Cape Town's wetlands are protected,
05 April 2023
The message is simple – take common sense with you wherever you go this Easter weekend
24 March 2023
Alderman Eddie Andrews visited the Fisherman’s Lane precinct located at Strandfontein Pavilion yesterday, to see the progress the team has made with the refurbishment of the area
01 December 2022
The City’s Social Development and Early Childhood Development Department (SD&ECD) is all set to implement the annual Identikidz programme to create a safer environment at 16 beaches
11 November 2022
The City does not carry out maintenance from load-shedding Stage 3 and above.
04 November 2022
The City thanks customers for their patience as we do necessary ongoing critical routine maintenance on our electrical infrastructure in various areas of the metro
28 October 2022
The City of Cape Town will be upgrading the Fisherman’s Lane precinct located at Strandfontein Pavilion
05 August 2022
The City advises residents that water in the distribution system coming from Faure water treatment plant over parts of the city is currently discoloured.
07 June 2022
These iconic artworks invite us to enact the values of these two great South Africans while going about our daily lives
03 June 2022
The City of Cape Town thanks customers for their patience as we do necessary ongoing routine maintenance on our electrical infrastructure next week in various areas of the metro
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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