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07 July 2026
The City of Cape Town has approved an R868 million budget for the Economic Growth Directorate for the 2026/27 financial year
03 July 2026
Through the City of Cape Town’s Economic Growth Directorate, the City supports the work of the GTP
02 June 2026
The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos, hosted a manufacturing sector engagement at Solar MD Richmond Park
01 April 2026
The new Manufacturing Support Policy not only expands its focus to 33 areas around Cape Town
15 March 2026
The City is also teaming up with the Eerste/Kuils River Catchment Management Forum (EKR CMF) to address these challenges and find long-term sustainable solutions for this area
10 March 2026
The Ease of Doing Business programme is a key priority for this administration.
24 February 2026
The most recent jobs data from Statistics South Africa show that the City’s sustained focus on skills development alongside investment promotion of target industries continues to bear fruit.
28 January 2026
A lot has been done to establish Cape Town as South Africa’s city of hope
09 December 2025
Cape Town-based clothing small businesses are closing 2025 on a high note through their participation in Cape Acceler8
23 October 2025
Cape Town is open for business
13 August 2025
These Special Purpose Vehicles and partnerships play a crucial role in our economic growth strategy.
14 July 2025
At the 20th Annual General Meeting of the Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster (CCTC), I had the honour of receiving the Industry Champion Award
07 July 2025
The state-of-the-art AWRP is one of the key facilities in implementing the Water and Sanitation Directorate’s New Water Programme.
08 June 2025
The Jakkalsvlei Catchment Management Forum (J-CMF) was officially established following its inaugural meeting on 21 May 2025 at the Parow Council Chambers.
07 April 2025
In 2024, the directorate compiled a comprehensive Pollution Abatement Strategy and Action Plan (PASAP).
13 December 2024
Over the past year, we have worked tirelessly to drive this growth through targeted investments, workforce development and business expansion initiatives.
18 October 2024
This is an excerpt from a speech delivered on Thursday, 16 October 2024
02 October 2024
The City of Cape Town is calling on Cape Town-based small and medium-sized enterprises in the clothing, textile, footwear, and leather (CTFL) sector to apply now to participate in ‘Origin8
25 September 2024
Launched in March 2024, the programme titled Project Present saw the Cluster partner with 14 leading clothing manufacturers, representing over 6 000 employees
17 April 2024
At R39,7bn, Cape Town’s three-year infrastructure budget is 80% larger than the next metro, Joburg (R22bn), and 98% larger than the third biggest, eThekwini (R20bn)
04 April 2024
One of the clearest indications of a region's economic well-being is its jobs report
27 March 2024
City Council budget speech 2024
In an address to City Council, Mayor Hill-Lewis said the scale of Cape Town's infrastructure spending – worth R120bn over ten years
18 December 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYOR, GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
27 September 2023
The garment manufacturer is a division of the Ivili Group, a South African woman-owned company that is aiming to lead the charge towards increasing locally produced
10 August 2023
These extraordinary aquatic machines will be patrolling the waterbodies for weeds.
27 July 2023
This week, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos, visited the revamped Prestige clothing manufacturing plant in Epping.
20 July 2023
This week, the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos launched the Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) programme in Stikland.
05 July 2023
The City's Fire and Rescue Service notes the increased use of items like inverters and other items, powered by rechargeable batteries, solar installations and the use of generators.
03 July 2023
Public to help City name the weed harvesters for Zandvlei and Rietvlei
26 June 2023
In a boost for wetland environmental management, a specialised weed harvesting boat for Zandvlei is on track for delivery by the end of November 2023
07 June 2023
In Cape Town, monitoring and education around food safety falls to Environmental Health.
01 June 2023
The City's Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth and Acting Mayco Member for Human Settlements, Alderman James Vos tabled the budgets of these two key directorates in Counci
24 March 2023
The event saw the Mayoral Committee Members present their projects and plans to operators who also shared how the energy crisis has affected them
03 October 2022
In another move to protect its customers from some of the impacts of load-shedding
04 August 2022
The City has unveiled two murals, in Mitchells Plain and Gugulethu, as part of its climate change response and resilience campaign, Let’s ACT
15 April 2022
The winners of the seventh instalment of the City of Cape Town’s annual #YouthStartCT Entrepreneurial Challenge were announced last night.
20 January 2022
The country is currently experiencing a chlorine supply shortage, specifically of the liquid gas chlorine used by water boards and large municipalities to treat water to drinking standards.
21 December 2021
Economic Growth Directorate will ensure the efficient and effective management and distribution of public assets
12 December 2021
The recovery from the Covid-19 crisis must lead to a different economy.
07 October 2021
The first of these is the approval of the Inclusive Economic Growth Strategy, a robust action plan that expands on our policies and programmes to boost business and employment prospects
16 September 2021
This week the City's Enterprise and Investment Department Mayoral Committee Member James Vos joined the City’s Special Business Partner, GreenCape, on site visits to several green manufacturing companies
25 August 2021
The simulation comprised six structures in total, including five made from corrugated iron and one from wood to imitate typical real life conditions.
12 May 2021
Statement by the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Management , Alderman James Vos
25 April 2021
The City’s Fifty/50 Wheelie Bin Initiative, led by the Solid Waste Management Department, is using material from broken, past-their-lifespan wheelie bins to produce new ones
16 April 2021
The Philippi Village currently has 90 tenants who operate small businesses, NPOs and NGOs. The facility also consists of a container walk shopping centre, business centre, amphitheatre and various social zones
18 February 2021
Recently the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, Alderman James Vos, invited the French Ambassador, Aurélien Lechevallier, joined by his economic unit, to the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) on a fact-finding mission aimed at building investor confidence and investigating the possibility of future collaborations.
07 February 2021
Statement by the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, James Vos
12 October 2020
One of the visits was to SolarMD, a local manufacturing company that specialises in commercial and industrial Lithium-Ion battery storage solutions.
11 September 2020
The first exhibition of the Baz-Art organisation's grant-in-aid programme opened today
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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