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13 May 2026
City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Carl Pophaim, today, 13 May 2026, announced a critical new lease regularisation programme, it allows qualifying residents to become regularised tenants with valid leases.
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
22 January 2026
This bus is about access. It’s about meeting residents where they are and making sure Human Settlements services feel reachable and responsive
12 August 2025
Over the next three years, we will see human settlements delivery against all odds
26 June 2025
Mayor’s Council Speech
The City’s Invested in Hope Budget for 2025/26
15 May 2025
The City recognised 50 of its senior Community Residential Unit (CRU) tenants.
06 April 2025
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate plans to spend approximately R8,3 bn in capital and operational budget.
19 November 2024
The City recognised 50 of its Manenberg Community Residential Unit (CRU) tenants who have consistently paid their rent over the past few years.
03 September 2024
Social Housing has been shown to have numerous advantages for the surrounding area through the provision of clean and safe living spaces contributing to improved surveillance at a neighbourhood scale
06 August 2024
The City's municipal offices, including cash, motor vehicle registration and licensing, Human Settlements offices as well as Driving Licence Testing Centres (DLTCs) and municipal courts will be closed for the public holiday
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.
13 June 2024
The City’s Public Housing maintenance and upgrades investment campaign was launched this year and we are boosting our efforts across the city
19 May 2024
The City is dependent on rental income to create safer and more dignified public housing spaces.
15 May 2024
The City’s Mayco Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Carl Pophaim, today visited a major public housing staircase replacement project in Woodlands, Mitchells Plain as part of the big boost priority investment in public housing maintenance and repairs of more than R1,2 billion over the next three years.
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.
18 December 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYOR, GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
02 June 2023
The City has an annual payment ratio of 97,01% and a monthly payment ratio of 108,62% as at 31 March 2023
29 March 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis today tabled Cape Town’s ‘Building Hope’ Budget for 2023/24,with the draft now open for public participation until 5 May.
08 December 2022
Speech to Council by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
08 November 2022
The City of Cape Town urges residents to make use of its easy-to-use and convenient Walk-In Centre Online Booking System ahead of the busy November and December months.
27 October 2022
Council Speech by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
Two major steps forward in the Land Release for Affordable Housing Mayoral Priority Programme are in the process of being approved by the City Council today, 27 October.
21 October 2022
The City’s Human Settlements Portfolio Committee conducted an oversight visit to Lotus River to have a look at recently completed refurbishment at five City Community Residential Units
13 October 2022
Following Namibia's move...City calls upon National Government to roll out visas to international travellers to boost tourism
12 October 2022
The City’s strong annual payment ratio of more than 97% shows that most residents continue to pay their accounts.
29 August 2022
The ratings agency Moody’s has retained the City of Cape Town's outlook as stable
18 June 2022
Help is available and the City encourages residents to make use of the debt write off incentive opportunity before the end of June 2022.
01 June 2022
It takes a well-run city to manage debt sustainably and ensure that the City remains healthy enough to deliver on its core mandate
17 May 2022
The City has an excellent payment ratio of about 98%, which indicates most ratepayers are able to pay their accounts
12 April 2022
Councillor Booi and officials in the City’s Public Housing Department visited residents in Lavender Hill and handed over sweet treats to a very special tenant
05 April 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Call Centre attends to more than 19 000 calls per year, which equates to 75 calls per day.
18 March 2022
By making small changes, it’s possible to reduce household costs to absorb some of the price increases and reduce the budget crunch.
24 February 2022
The City of Cape Town has a comprehensive suite of financial relief options available for residents
25 January 2022
The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Malusi Booi, visited the Grassy Park and Lotus River areas today, 25 January 2022, to speak to Community Residential Unit (CRU) tenants about the City’s rental sales programme.
14 January 2022
In Cape Town, the City helps more than 40% of our households with free basic services.
‘The City thanks all tenants who have continued to pay their rental diligently during these difficult times
15 December 2021
The City reminds customers of the closure of its housing offices during the festive season.
01 December 2021
The Natis is used for motor vehicle registrations and licence renewal transactions.
10 November 2021
The November and December months are traditionally the busiest times for the City of Cape Town’s customer offices.
13 October 2021
Over the recent months, City staff and the small and medium-size contractors have been hard at work at our affordable rental units across the city
20 September 2021
The City of Cape Town has been offering a debt write-off incentive of approximately R4,1 billion to qualifying debtors
15 September 2021
The City continues to look at ways to streamline processes so that we can deal with the backlog in maintenance and repair work at our rental stock
10 September 2021
Customers are encouraged to make use of e-Services, where possible, or to visit for their urgent business on Monday, 13 September 2021.
15 July 2021
The City of Cape Town’s Public Housing offices are open to members of the public and are operating during their respective normal working hours.
02 July 2021
The City of Cape Town reminds its tenants to pay their rental money owing and to make payment arrangements with the City if they are in arrears.
25 June 2021
The debt write-off incentive action was taken due to the continued impact of Covid-19 on lives and livelihoods and the much slower than expected economic recovery over the past year
28 May 2021
The City of Cape Town has been helping qualifying residents, organisations and businesses impacted by economic pressures and the Covid-19 crisis, by making relief of more than R3 billion per year
27 May 2021
The City of Cape Town has been helping qualifying residents, organisations and businesses impacted by economic pressures.
25 March 2021
The City of Cape Town’s Public Housing Department has spent more than R24 million since June 2019 in vandalism-related repair work at its Community Residential Units (CRUs).
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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