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10 June 2026
There is incredible progress happening at the MyCiTi bus station construction site in Claremont
26 May 2026
On Friday, 22 May 2026, International Biodiversity Day, the City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management Department held its annual Carbon-Smart Skills Development Programme graduation ceremony
29 January 2026
In commemoration of the day, the City of Cape Town is highlighting the measurable climate and financial benefits achieved through its landfill gas extraction and utilisation projects.
07 October 2025
The City’s home composting initiative is continuing to provide residents with composting bins with new locations announced for October.
25 September 2025
Cape Town’s natural beauty has always been one of the main features of our destination offering
23 September 2025
The City marks the strides made to curb carbon emissions and human-induced climate change through its organic waste diversion pilot projects.
12 September 2025
The City of Cape Town’s commitment to organic waste diversion took another step forward today as residents in Khayelitsha received home composting containers
23 July 2025
The City is pleased to report that our home composting programme continues to create fertile ground for compost culture to take root in Cape Town
22 May 2025
The City has a 25-year plan to retrofit all the streetlight fittings with energy efficient LEDs
17 April 2025
The City’s Recreation and Parks Department marked Earth Day 2025 at Wynberg Park, to honour this year’s global Earth Day theme ‘Our Power, Our Planet’.
02 April 2025
The City currently manages about 2,1 million tonnes of waste annually, with about 31,53% of this waste currently diverted from landfill
19 December 2024
Hotel Verde’s journey to achieving Net Zero Waste was guided by two core strategies - sustainable purchasing policy and waste separation and composting.
18 December 2024
This festive season let’s all work together to not let food go to waste so we can help protect ourselves from its negative effects in terms of climate change.
30 October 2024
Cape Town is set to host the prestigious Earthshot Week beginning Monday, 4 November
27 July 2024
City Health will continue to invest in training and mentoring for clinic staff to expand its breastfeeding advocacy reach.
28 May 2024
With this programme, we are installing newer, brighter energy efficient fittings to streetlights in areas across the city.
03 May 2024
With the alarming rate at which organic waste is filling up landfills and contributing to climate change.
17 April 2024
Carbon Smart Skills Development programme
27 February 2024
A site visit to Coastal Park landfill today showed promise as City officials checked on the progress at the waste-to-energy project on site. Read more below:
05 February 2024
Statistics reveal how the City keeps Capetonians moving.
04 February 2024
The Urban Mobility Directorate's efforts are focused on keeping people, goods, and services on the move with a well maintained and expanding road network, and improved access to public transport services.
28 January 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Waste Management Directorate would like to urge residents to explore composting and food gardening in 2024 to help divert food waste from landfills.
20 December 2023
Recent years have borne witness to an alarming surge in climate-related catastrophes.
19 December 2023
The City of Cape Town is urging residents of Cape Town to join in the effort to reduce food waste during the upcoming Christmas celebrations
24 April 2023
The theme for Earth Day 2023 is "Invest in Our Future", with an emphasis on investing in the local green economy, reducing personal carbon footprint and sustainable livelihoods.
24 November 2022
We are proud to be one of only 122 cities across the world to have been awarded this top honour.
10 November 2022
Biodiversity and climate change are two sides of the same coin, and it is more important than ever for us all to act responsibly to reduce our carbon footprint.
25 September 2022
During the last financial year, the Environmental Health Service attended to 8 356 complaints from the public.
21 September 2022
The City of Cape Town plans to build its first grid-connected solar plant next year as one of its interventions to end load-shedding over
08 September 2022
The newly installed Musco Lighting System is one of the most advanced in the country, with a 15-year warranty and zero maintenance cost to the City for that period.
03 June 2022
The Helderberg Environmental Centre is a success story of how alternative construction methods and sustainable design thinking can be achieved.
29 March 2022
City and Sarebi partner to empower Cape Town businesses for green economy
09 March 2022
As the human population increases and economies worldwide become progressively industrialised, we need to look for ways to maximise the opportunities and minimise the risks
03 December 2021
The compact home is the epitome of the City’s vision for its energy future
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
12 November 2021
The City of Cape Town is encouraging the public to comment on the draft Water Services Development Plan 2022 – 2027 and the Integrated Waste Management Plan 2022 – 2027 which sets out how it intends to achieve its objectives over the next five years.
28 October 2021
The City of Cape Town is encouraging the public to comment on the draft Water Services Development Plan 2022 – 2027 and the Integrated Waste Management Plan 2022 – 2027
12 October 2021
With another round of ‘unplanned’ load shedding, it is the single most urgent crisis faced by our country and the City.
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
18 June 2021
The Recreation and Parks Department set out to plant 2 000 trees in public spaces and has exceeded its target by an additional 203 trees added to parks, verges and public open spaces across the city
07 June 2021
Smart Driver award ceremony.
05 June 2021
In honour of World Environment Day 2021, the City of Cape Town urges residents, neighbourhoods, businesses, churches and communities to support global efforts to tackle climate change
28 May 2021
The compact home is the epitome of the City’s vision for a more climate resilient and carbon neutral future
25 May 2021
Tthe City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Marian Nieuwoudt, visited the recently completed mural painting at the Fish Hoek Beach law enforcement building.
22 April 2021
The City of Cape Town is paying tribute to all the climate action champions and especially our youth, in celebration of Earth Day, 22 April 2021
03 March 2021
The full-colour mural will wrap around several walls of the Fish Hoek beach building depicting the local beach-hill scape and people at different ages experiencing the advancing sea-level
08 December 2020
The My Clean Green Home competition was targeted at students and professionals in the built environment and forms part of the Cape Town Future Energy Festival,
16 November 2020
Cities must be champions for the people when it comes to climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience
06 November 2020
Helderberg multi-purpose centre rises from recycled building rubble and truck tyres
29 September 2020
The City of Cape Town has been praised for its commitment to a cleaner and better carbon neutral future for all Capetonians
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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