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30 July 2026
The Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for 201 Civic Centres, including Community Halls, Centres, Recreation Hubs and Multi-purpose centres around the metro.
02 July 2026
The City has 76 building inspectors who conduct on average 16 000 inspections per month
25 May 2026
The Soet River CMF received grant funding from the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate to support water pollution reduction.
07 May 2026
The City encourages residents and road users to report blocked stormwater drains ahead of the heavy winter rains
09 February 2026
Recently, the City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate marked an important milestone in strengthening its collaboration with non-profit organisations.
02 February 2026
The Water and Sanitation Directorate’s Water Inspectorate has increased their checks across Cape Town to regulate and enforce local water by-laws and deter excessive water use.
29 January 2026
All work, no play
12 December 2025
The first round of grants demonstrated the power of active citizenry.
14 November 2025
The City of Cape Town is in discussions to encourage people to vacate 40 structures illegally built on top of an 800 mm bulk sewer line requiring urgent maintenance.
11 November 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Alderman Grant Twigg, joined the new Highway Cleaning Unit as they began duties.
10 October 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate continues to intensify its efforts in Samora Machel to improve service delivery and maintain essential infrastructure. The area has faced severe sewer blockages, largely due to illegal dumping of rags, rubble and foreign objects resulting in localised overflows, which require continuous and coordinated operational responses.
16 September 2025
A collapsed sewer pipeline in Tambotie Street, Delft South.
10 September 2025
Upgrading security at sewer pump stations took centre stage in the 2024/2025 financial year.
06 September 2025
The department has just over 2 200 uniformed members who, in the past year, issued 376 113 fines for transgressions across nearly 30 different pieces of municipal and national legislation and attended 312 211 service requests across the metropole.
31 August 2025
High levels of crime in Samora Machel continue to pose a challenge to service delivery.
12 August 2025
The City is pleased to announce that the revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) was Gazetted on Friday, 8 August 2025.
02 July 2025
Bishop Lavis and Bonteheuwel have been flagged as red zones due to the ongoing challenges
27 June 2025
Cape Town’s Council has approved a number of changes to the Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) to make it easier to build and develop in the city.
26 June 2025
Cape Town’s Council has approved a number changes to the Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL)
The amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that we will vote on today will do more than any other programme
19 June 2025
Our streetlight maintenance and infrastructure upgrade work occurs on a daily basis
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.
22 May 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says City policing operations are removing over 400 illegal guns from the streets every year
07 April 2025
In 2024, the directorate compiled a comprehensive Pollution Abatement Strategy and Action Plan (PASAP).
07 February 2025
We are especially encouraged by the President’s emphasis on taking illegal guns off the street to bring down violent crime in our most vulnerable communities.
17 December 2024
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYOR GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
15 October 2024
On average, about 20 sewer blockages are cleared daily in Manenberg, made possible by teams accompanied by Law Enforcement escorts.
26 September 2024
Property owners are reminded to use plumbers who are qualified from an accredited education and training institution under the South African Qualifications Authority.
01 September 2024
Cape Town is one of the fastest growing cities in South Africa and this particular upgrade is essential to future-prep our City
23 August 2024
Rehabilitation of the 900mm diameter Trappies Bulk Sewer pipeline in Strand will address critical structural deterioration of the existing sewer network leading to frequent pipe bursts and overflows.
26 July 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.
12 July 2024
'The storm we have faced this week, the volume and intensity of the rain is what has caused the damage across the metro and in some areas
10 June 2024
From Monday, 3 June, to Sunday, 9 June 2024, Water and Sanitation maintenance teams responded to 2 799 sewer blockages.
27 May 2024
Only 8,2% of the City’s project earmarked to replace 5 120 metres of sewer pipes in Uitsig has been completed following extortion threats and safety concerns that has led to this vital work being put on hold until further notice.
06 May 2024
They launched the Lingomso ‘Our Future’ project aimed to help school children enhance their creativity and improve communication and motor skills.
02 May 2024
The City of Cape Town has deployed 75 EPWP recruits to spearhead an intensive anti-dumping campaign across various neighbourhoods.
02 April 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate hereby advises residents, road users, businesses and the broader public of resurfacing roadworks along Japhta K Masemola Road
27 March 2024
City Council budget speech 2024
18 February 2024
Law Enforceement officers asssiting schools to create a safe environment
14 February 2024
The City welcomes the interdict
31 January 2024
The City's tireless efforts to clear a recurring and stubborn blockage on the 600mm sewer main line in Welcome Zenzile, Khayelitsha
16 January 2024
The City reminds property owners to ensure that they only make use of accredited plumbers to install or modify water systems on their properties to ensure compliance with municipal by-laws.
11 January 2024
Statement by Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith
18 December 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYOR, GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
08 November 2023
City’s Spatial Trends and Implementation Tracking Report, issued today on World Town Planning Day, gives an overview of development and land use patterns in Cape Town from 2012 to 2022.
31 October 2023
City reminds residents about risks associated with fire works and request to abide by the rules
25 October 2023
The majority of the beneficiaries for the BNG component of the project come from the Redhill informal settlement, which is located between Simon's Town and Scarborough and their allocation is in line with housing allocation policies
10 October 2023
The City's Safety and Security Directorate operate in a dynamic and fast changing environment to effectively deliver crime prevention services in communities.
02 October 2023
City invited various community stakeholders from Wards 25, 26, 28, and 42 (Bishop Lavis, Elsies River, Clarke Estate, Uitsig, Ravensmead, Cravenby, Ruyterwacht and Leonsdale) to the Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management site for a tour of the facility,
24 September 2023
The City’s Law Enforcement Department made 12 069 arrests between July 2022 and June 2023
7 August - 11 September 2026, Vasco Estate (Goodwood)
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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