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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
23 January 2026
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate's annual Ocean is a Home Festive Season Awareness Programme concluded last week.
26 September 2025
Our city-wide electrification programme has gained significant momentum, providing quality electricity supply to backyarder and informal settlement residents where feasible
29 August 2025
Foreign nationals were initially relocated to the two sites – Wingfield and Paint City - under Covid-19 Level 5 lockdown emergency regulations, and after the High Court granted their eviction from Green Market Square and the Central Methodist Church.
25 August 2025
The safety of commuters, operators, and the broader public remains our top priority
12 August 2025
The City is pleased to announce that the revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) was Gazetted on Friday, 8 August 2025.
27 June 2025
Cape Town’s Council has approved a number of changes to the Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) to make it easier to build and develop in the city.
26 June 2025
Cape Town’s Council has approved a number changes to the Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL)
The amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that we will vote on today will do more than any other programme
18 June 2025
The City of Cape Town and national Departments of Home Affairs and Public Works are jointly seeking a Western Cape High Court eviction order for the remaining foreign nationals unlawfully occupying two sites in Cape Town
26 November 2024
We remain dedicated to our globally recognised affordable housing programme and ensuring we deliver to those who need it most.
04 October 2024
Keeping urban waterways like the Elsieskraal River clear of pollution is crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems
29 September 2024
The City has kicked off the public participation process for its Woodstock Hospital site.
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.
30 August 2024
Our plans for this site as a mixed use market and affordable housing development will be a game-changer, bringing much-needed affordable housing, and an economic and value boost to this area.
26 July 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.
11 July 2024
Both courts have upheld the right of counter-spoliation – the act of retaking property in the process of being taken away – as lawful and not unconstitutional.
19 June 2024
containers removed from Lakeside
01 March 2024
The City’s Safety and Security Directorate is enhancing its crime prevention capabilities with advanced aerial surveillance technology, further strengthening its already impressive technological arsenal.
14 February 2024
The City welcomes the interdict
18 December 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYOR, GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
01 December 2023
Illegal dumping is an ongoing challenge across many communities in Cape Town. While the City budgets more than R100 million annually in efforts to clear dumping
08 November 2023
City’s Spatial Trends and Implementation Tracking Report, issued today on World Town Planning Day, gives an overview of development and land use patterns in Cape Town from 2012 to 2022.
22 September 2023
The permit office would like to caution residents and visitors that the event has been deemed illegal due to non-compliance with the Events By-Law and the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act.
09 July 2023
Vehicle impoundments and fines have skyrocketed in the 2022/23 financial year.
25 May 2023
Today, the monetary policy committee will announce what most economists say will be a 50-basis-point hike in interest rates.
17 May 2023
The City will follow due process in terms of the Municipal Planning By-law and other applicable policies in assessing the rezoning and development applications
18 March 2023
Every year on 18 March, the world comes together to recognise, and celebrate, the importance of recycling in protecting our resources and securing the future of our planet.
03 March 2023
The UWM Basket of Services Roadshow is planned to run between March and November 2023.
20 February 2023
STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR URBAN MOBILITY, COUNCILLOR ROB QUINTAS
16 February 2023
I want to make it very clear to Santaco: No single stakeholder has a monopoly over public transport in Cape Town.
02 October 2022
In the run up to Diwali and Guy Fawkes, residents are reminded that permits are required for fireworks displays.
31 August 2022
The City is keen to see the Central Line up and running again, as there are hundreds of thousands of commuters in Cape Town who once relied on the rail system for public transport
05 August 2022
The City continues to do all it can to assist residents in vulnerable areas to reduce the risk of flooding
28 July 2022
Council Speech by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis delivered on Thursday, 28 July 2022
24 July 2022
A new drop-off facility for Helderberg Region is on the pipeline
19 July 2022
The court dismissed arguments by the SAHRC and EFF that legal protection begins the moment a person enters a property and begins putting up a structure
26 June 2022
The City of Cape Town is doing what it can to reduce the impact of flooding following recent heavy rains and encourages residents living in informal settlements to also help.
16 June 2022
Councillor Quintas site visit to the Belmont Park Pond.
12 June 2022
The Urban Waste Management Directorate’s Solid Waste By-law Enforcement Unit deals specifically with contraventions of the Integrated Waste Management By-law
02 June 2022
The two-year national state of disaster and related economic impact has led to unmatched levels of homelessness in the city – with many people sleeping in public places, including sidewalks, parks, road reserves, and under bridges.
01 June 2022
The City of Cape Town notes the continued unlawful occupation of the precinct around the Castle in the CBD
27 May 2022
The public participation process forms part of the review of the draft Diep River Estuary Management Plan.
26 May 2022
Accepting sustainable solutions off the streets is the best choice for dignity, health, and well-being.
31 March 2022
Council Speech by Mayor, Geordin Hill Lewis
16 March 2022
The City’s Care Programme to help people off the streets already amounts to around R65 million annually
08 February 2022
The City’s Customer Care Centre can be reached 24/7 on 0860 103 089
07 December 2021
The City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Community Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews, is urging the residents of Asanda Village to assist the City by cooperating and allowing the planned R18 million recreational development and wetland rehabilitation project for the Asanda Village Wetland Park to go ahead.
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.
27 October 2021
Statement by the Executive Mayor, Alderman Dan Plato.
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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