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06 August 2026
The City’s Metro Police Department is in its 25th year of operations
22 December 2025
MAYORAL MINUTE 2025
18 November 2025
The Mayor launched the City’s Safety Plan for the Festive Season at Muizenberg beach on 18 November together with the Safety and Security and Community Services and Health Directorates.
21 August 2025
The motion for the devolution of policing powers was on the agenda for today's Council meeting
04 June 2025
Our communities are plagued by crime at all levels and it is clear that more is needed – from the South African Police Service and the City.
01 September 2024
There was a 34% increase, year-on-year, in the number of firearms removed from the streets by the City's Metro Police and law Enforcement Departments.
25 July 2024
Council Speech- 25 July 2024
25 April 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed plans to expand criminal investigative powers for municipal law enforcement by amending the SAPS Act, as announced by Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee’s end-of-term legacy report. Mayor Hill-Lewis this week wrote to the Police and Justice Ministers calling for three policing power reforms.
19 March 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis joined an integrated crime prevention operation in Steenberg and Lavender Hill on Tuesday evening, 18 March
10 September 2023
14 May 2023
In the current financial year (July 2022 – April 2023), the unit has made 328 arrests of which 45% were drug-related.
17 April 2023
We continue to be faced with massive challenges in the fight against crime
29 March 2023
It is about building the future we want for Cape Town. Building a City of Hope for All.
23 January 2023
The City's enforcement departments made 307 arrests this past week, which means 100 more than last week
08 August 2022
The suspect is among hundreds arrested by the City's enforcement services in the past week
09 May 2022
The City’s Traffic Service, Law Enforcement and Metro Police Departments had another successful enforcement week where officers arrested 256 suspects and issued 72 738 fines
25 April 2022
Suspects caught when they wanted to scam clients at ATM
20 December 2021
06 December 2021
The parade was the first in a series of commemorative events set to take place over the next 12 months.
29 November 2021
A suspected arsonist, a woman in possession of drugs and unmarked casino chips, and a taxi driver who offered officers a bribe
15 November 2021
Officers made 85 arrests during patrols in the past week
18 October 2021
Metro Police officers recovered a firearm in Bonteheuwel early on Sunday morning, after responding to gunshots fired in the area.
27 September 2021
Any amount of alcohol in your bloodstream can impact your driving ability and put you, and anyone else on the road, at risk of an accident, injury or death.
20 September 2021
On Saturday, 18 September 2021, Metro Police officers from the Gang and Drug Task Team confiscated 65 9mm live rounds of ammunition in Bishop Lavis
30 August 2021
The swift action of Law Enforcement Auxiliary officers led to the recovery of a hijacked vehicle on Saturday, 28 August 2021
28 June 2021
Residents are requested to please ensure that there are no loose items laying around their properties that could cause any damage and to check for overhanging tree branches.
27 May 2021
The Brief Intervention programme is aimed at adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, who are using substances, or are at risk of falling into substance abuse
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.
30 June 2020
During the lockdown, we not only prepared our essential services to continue functioning, we also made sure that other services continued to function
27 February 2020
City redirects some of the LEAP officers to Ocean View to support existing City enforcement services and SAPS working in the area.
03 February 2020
City's Enforcement agencies round-up for the weekend of 31 January 2020 to 2 February 2020
27 January 2020
Safety and Security weekend operations round-up
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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