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20 April 2026
Residents in Cape Town are spoilt for choice with an array of nature reserves and conservation areas right on their doorstep
09 April 2026
The City of Cape Town is excited to announce the beneficiaries of the 2025/26 film fund.
09 February 2026
During the past week, our enforcement officers on patrol issued close to 85 000 notices and arrested 392 suspects for various offences
20 November 2025
The Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT) has finalised and adopted the Action Plan which details the practical implementation of the Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan
13 June 2025
The City’s Animal Control Unit (ACU) has responded to 3 465 complaints during the first five months of 2025.
29 May 2025
The Cape Baboon Partnership has taken over the responsibility for certain operational tasks
23 May 2025
The Deputy Mayor emphasised the complexity of sustainable development in the context of a rapidly growing city with globally significant biodiversity.
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.
31 July 2024
Today, 31 July 2024, marks World Ranger Day. This year, the City has decided to share the stories of three of our passionate rangers who are taking good care of various City nature reserves across Cape Town.
01 July 2024
The City of Cape Town proposes the redevelopment and upgrade of the weirs at Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei that are located within the False Bay Nature Reserve.
26 June 2024
The City of Cape Town proposes the redevelopment and upgrade of the weirs at Zeekoevlei and Rondevlei that are located within the False Bay Nature Reserve
05 June 2024
The City honoured 12 individuals and organisations from various wards in the Southern suburbs for serving their communities with unwavering commitment.
24 November 2023
We are appealing to members of the public, tour operators, tour guides and all our visitors to work with the City and DFFE to put an end to this abuse and cruelty that seals endure during training
25 October 2023
Traditionally, October and November see an increase in complaints related to fireworks, particularly in relation to Guy Fawkes on 5 November.
28 April 2023
Cape Town participants were able to record 66 144 observations and 4 388 species across the city last year.
22 April 2023
Reminder: City Nature Challenge next week
12 April 2023
The City Nature Challenge is two weeks away
26 January 2023
Property valuations are determined by professional registered valuers based on the market value of properties at a certain date. For GV2022, the valuation date is 1 July 2022.
09 January 2023
The seal had to be humanely euthanised due to the severity of the injuries that it sustained during the stoning.
07 October 2022
The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has chosen to exclude animal welfare as a priority for funding in 2022/2023
02 October 2022
In the run up to Diwali and Guy Fawkes, residents are reminded that permits are required for fireworks displays.
25 September 2022
During the last financial year, the Environmental Health Service attended to 8 356 complaints from the public.
21 August 2022
The City of Cape Town has created the Urban Watercourse Guideline as part of its Green Infrastructure Programme. This free resource is now available to all residents
10 August 2022
The City of Cape Town is once again partnering with animal welfare organisations in the interest of pet health.
31 July 2022
World Ranger Day-City taking the opportunity to celebrate and recognise the important role the Biodiversity staff play
14 June 2022
Every one of our teams are out on the road dealing with localised flooding issues
06 June 2022
This year’s theme, Safer food, better health, highlights the role that safe, nutritional food plays in ensuring human health.
03 June 2022
The Helderberg Environmental Centre is a success story of how alternative construction methods and sustainable design thinking can be achieved.
25 April 2022
The City of Cape Town is calling on all Capetonians to register on the iNaturalist app and to participate in the challenge
13 April 2022
The City Nature Challenge is less than three weeks away and the City of Cape Town is calling on all Capetonians to register on the iNaturalist app and to participate in the challenge over the long weekend
22 February 2022
The recently promulgated Animal Keeping By-law regulates the number of pets that any one person may keep, and the conditions under which those pets must be kept
02 December 2021
The setting of the reserve on the slopes of the Helderberg, overlooking False Bay, makes it an ideal location to teach communities in and around Somerset West about the Western Cape’s plant and animal kingdom and our impact
15 October 2021
Persons wishing to host fireworks displays can apply for a permit to do so
19 May 2021
The City’s Invasive Species Unit started removing Madeira Vine and American Bramble from the Kirstenhof Wetland on 13 April 2021. The operation is now nearing completion.
11 May 2021
The City of Cape Town has been declared as the official winner of two categories in the 2021 City Nature Challenge.
30 April 2021
As Capetonians, we know that we live in a magnificent city, and now it’s time to prove that Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet
16 April 2021
‘As Capetonians, we know that we live in a magnificent city, and now it’s time to prove that Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet
01 March 2021
Cape Town is well known for its chacma baboons
01 October 2020
The City of Cape Town has appointed a new service provider, NCC Environmental Services, for the Urban Baboon Programme
21 September 2020
The City of Cape Town decided to support and highlight the great work being done by local organisations and individuals who strive to help save our beaches and marine life
02 September 2020
September falls towards the end of Cape Town’s rainy season. Cape Town has a unique climate where specific species of trees grow. Traditionally, tree planting is best throughout the winter months.
The number of baboons has increased from 248 in 2006 to 445 today.
17 August 2020
A number of City of Cape Town nature reserves blossom with flowers but the City reserves are truly worth visiting
30 July 2020
This diversity of conserved habitat and the widely spread net of conservation areas is extremely important in continuing to maintain the unique biodiversity of the City of Cape Town.
24 June 2020
City supports animal welfare
14 June 2020
The Gordon’s Bay Midden, also known as Dune 111 or Sandkop, is believed to have formed between 2 700 and 3 200 years ago.
27 April 2020
The City of Cape Town Biodiversity team earmarked for essential services during the lockdown period identified the City’s Tygerberg Nature Reserve as the best suitable location for the replanting of the Drimia elata
21 April 2020
The lockdown version of the City Nature Challenge will run from Friday, 24 April until Monday, 27 April 2020.
04 March 2020
City Nature Challenge 2020.
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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