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24 July 2026
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will conduct planned work in the identified areas, which may result in water supply disruptions.
21 July 2026
The City of Hope Budget 2026/27 places the spotlight on unprecedented infrastructure spend for Cape Town over the medium-term (three-year) budget framework.
02 June 2026
Repairs and maintenance of rivers, canals and waterways take place throughout the year across Cape Town, with operations intensifying ahead of the winter season
26 May 2026
Community heroes from across the Helderberg area were celebrated at a Civic Awards Ceremony hosted by the City’s Subcouncil 8 on Friday, 22 May 2026, at the Strand Town Hall.
25 May 2026
The Soet River CMF received grant funding from the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate to support water pollution reduction.
30 March 2026
The City wants to help small-scale developers and landowners in selected areas to build affordable rental flats that are of a better quality, safer, and legally connected to services
13 March 2026
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate has begun a series of road resurfacing projects across Strand, Nomzamo and Gordon’s Bay
04 February 2026
The City has connected almost 400 homes in its latest informal settlement electrification project in Nomzamo.
18 November 2025
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate is bringing recycling closer to home with its mobile Swop Shop trailer.
29 May 2025
Three new litter interceptors are being installed along the Soet River in Strand to trap high volumes of waste causing water pollution.
07 March 2025
More than 1 200 learners attended two career expos recently, hosted by the City’s Community, Arts & Culture Development Department.
06 January 2025
27 December 2024
Statement by the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Carl Pophaim
17 December 2024
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYOR GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
05 December 2024
Council speech – 5 December 2024
08 November 2024
The City’s second iteration of the Spatial Trends and Implementation Tracking Report, issued today.
28 October 2024
The City’s Water Pollution Control unit continues to inspect properties across the city to ensure they do not have illegal sewer to stormwater connections.
08 October 2024
The Soet River passes through Lwandle, Nomzamo and Strand, then enters False Bay, passing through the Greenways Golf Estate.
23 September 2024
Weekly Safety and Security enforcement successes
18 September 2024
To bolster its existing cleaning interventions, the City of Cape Town has collated the Soet River Pollution Abatement Strategy and Action Plan (PASAP), which outlines multi-pronged efforts to help tackle chronic waste in a section of the Soet River flowing through Lwandle and Nomzamo in Strand. Due to ongoing illegal dumping, this section of the river unfortunately remains filled with solid waste, despite cleaning interventions by the City’s Water and Sanitation and Urban Waste Management Directorates.
17 September 2024
We've celebrated with the 214 beneficiaries and their families as they switch on the lights in their homes for the first time.
06 September 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Recreation and Parks Department celebrated Arbor Month at an outdoor event held earlier today at Radloff Park in Somerset West.
14 August 2024
The City handed over title deeds to Wallacedene residents as part of the Human Settlements Directorate’s ongoing title deed-to-door campaign.
08 August 2024
Our mission is to create more homeowners across various communities in Cape Town, providing residents with dignity and secure homeownership
01 August 2024
The City of Cape Town is proposing amendments and new provisions to the Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) that regulates development and land use in the city.
24 July 2024
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate has issued more than 16 000 flood kits to dwellings in informal settlements and other types of housing such especially where water is coming through roofs.
17 July 2024
We have already delivered a whopping 10 000 flood kits to affected residents.
11 July 2024
'With 6 500 flood assistance kits already issued, some relocations done and milling material delivered to soak up the water where possible
10 July 2024
As another round of heavy continuous rainfall is expected to hit Cape Town tomorrow, Thursday 11 July, the public is advised that rivers and canals could fill to their capacity and even overflow. During this time, residents should take the necessary precautions, including using alternative routes where possible, until the rainfall subsides and the stormwater drainage system has had a chance to recover.
09 July 2024
The City's disaster risk management and front line service teams are on the ground to assist the vulnerable residents in the informal settlements which have been severely affected by the inclement weather that has hit Cape Town.
Our frontline teams are out there serving Capetonians with great dedication and pride in these difficult storm conditions.
05 June 2024
Somerset West public transport interchange (PTI)
23 May 2024
The new PTI is located on two different sites in the Somerset West CBD, one behind the Town Hall and another on the Shoprite side.
08 April 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis was on the ground in the Helderberg district on Monday together with City teams working non-stop on the metro-wide storm response.
28 March 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Council has adopted the creation of a Development Charges Fund to support micro-developers building affordable housing in lower income communities.
27 March 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate has commenced a substantial multi-road resurfacing project in Strand and Nomzamo
18 March 2024
The City's Urban Waste Management (UWM) Directorate is happy to report that Bingo, our beloved anti-litter mascot, is having a very productive Global Recycling Day
14 March 2024
The City’s Water Pollution Control (WPC) team is clamping down on illegal connections and discharges to the stormwater system
06 February 2024
The City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee today adopted the creation of a Development Charges Fund to support micro-developers building affordable housing in lower income communities.
20 November 2023
Our Human Settlements Directorate has made excellent progress since the launch of our campaign and we are working hard so that we deliver 1 000 title deeds and keys by the end of the festive season
08 November 2023
The challenge is on to give 1 000 new homeowners their keys and title deeds by the end of December.
01 November 2023
The construction of the Somerset West PTI commenced in January 2022 and is on schedule to be completed in May 2024, provided there are no unforeseen delays.
30 October 2023
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate is moving ahead with its mission to provide dignity and to enable redress to residents in all areas in the metro.
18 September 2023
This week, the City of Cape Town’s Mobile Office will be taking municipal services to Wolwerivier, Nomzamo, Macassar, Lotus River and Blackheath.
08 August 2023
'Protecting commuters is our number one priority, and I was glad to join residents on a bus escorted by law enforcement from Mitchells Plain to Town this morning.
04 August 2023
The ongoing violence and lawlessness associated with the SANTACO strike action is having a severe impact on commuters, as well as City services as some employees cannot get to work, nor attend to service requests in volatile areas.
31 July 2023
Over 760 girls under the age of 13 from these communities competed every Friday afternoon in an adapted five-a-side version of the conventional netball game.
15 June 2023
The Street Netball Programme is an initiative of the Sporting Chance Foundation, and part the build up to the Vitality Netball World Cup.
05 May 2023
The latest 2023 Netball World Cup legacy mural will add colour to the Desmond Tutu Recreation Centre which is in the process of being restored
19 April 2023
It is officially 100 days before Africa’s first ever Netball World Cup is held in Cape Town.
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
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The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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