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03 July 2026
The Municipal Planning By-law regulates development and land use in Cape Town
02 July 2026
The City has 76 building inspectors who conduct on average 16 000 inspections per month
17 June 2026
The City’s accelerated land release for affordable housing opportunities programme brings bankable, investment-ready, packaged and rezoned properties to the market
06 June 2026
Service requests and policing-related issues are most common, with NWs in Edgemead and Heideveld accounting for the highest usage statistics.
12 April 2026
The City of Cape Town’s draft budget for the new financial year, starting 1 July 2026, was tabled at the Council meeting on 30 March
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
18 March 2026
City to investigate concerns raised during the public participation process about the draft LSDF for the Big Bay area.
18 February 2026
As part of the City’s drive to enable more access to affordable housing opportunities on well-located land across the metro, it has issued two new tenders
08 December 2025
The closing date for comments, objections and proposals on the draft Big Bay (LSDF) is Friday, 12 December 2025.
27 November 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says more state-subsidised houses have been handed over in Cape Town than all three Gauteng metros combined over the last five years
13 November 2025
The City has approved building plans to the value of nearly R8 billion in the first quarter of the current financial year.
01 October 2025
City of Cape Town’s Council approved several amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that regulates development and land use in the city
30 September 2025
Early childhood development is a cornerstone of lifelong learning and growth.
12 August 2025
The City is pleased to announce that the revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) was Gazetted on Friday, 8 August 2025.
28 July 2025
Online briefing session about the directorate’s budget priorities for the current financial year
25 July 2025
The statutory Public Participation Process (PPP) has begun for the proposed mixed-use development planned on prime land in Green Point, Cape Town.
23 July 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Invested in Hope Budget was approved by Council last month.
17 July 2025
Adoption of NEMA Environmental Management Frameworks, Urban Area for Cape Town to facilitate investment
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)
Mayor’s Council Speech
The amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that we will vote on today will do more than any other programme
10 June 2025
Ocean Rise and Coastal Resilience Coalition launch-City of Cape Town, presented unique challenges, innovative responses
27 May 2025
This appeal concerns an application near to a Masjid that is of profound heritage significance to all of Cape Town
15 May 2025
An exciting opportunity for local informal traders to showcase and sell their products at the City's Tygerberg Nature Reserve.
17 April 2025
The City of Cape Town is calling on residents and interested parties to comment on the land use application for the proposed redevelopment of the Strand Street Quarry site.
18 October 2024
The City of Cape Town wants to remind residents and stakeholders to submit their comments on the proposed revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) within the next six days
16 October 2024
The City published the draft revised MPBL on 22 July 2024 for public comment, and extended the closing date for submissions to 25 October 2024.
15 October 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate held a workshop on Thursday, 10 October 2024, for prospective Water Services Intermediaries (WSI), developers and other interested parties.
11 October 2024
The City of Cape Town is hosting two additional clarification meetings about the proposed revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) that is currently available for public comment
06 October 2024
City encourages public to attend clarification meetings on draft revised Municipal Planning By-law
12 September 2024
City of Cape Town has extended the 60-day public commenting period on the proposed revised Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) with a month, to 25 October 2024
06 September 2024
The City of Cape Town published the proposed revised Municipal Planning By-law on 22 July 2024 for public comment.
12 August 2024
The City of Cape Town is proposing a number of amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that regulates development and land use in the city.
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.
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.
25 July 2024
The City of Cape Town is proposing a number of amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that regulates development and land use in the city.
13 June 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Council has approved applications to establish Eastlake Island and Newlands City Improvement Districts (CIDs) in terms of section 5(1) of the CID By-law.
07 April 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Development Management Department is showcasing its Paper-to-Pixel journey at the Civic Centre in the Cape Town CBD from 17 to 19 April 2024.
04 April 2024
The City is always exploring interventions that will improve our service delivery
20 March 2024
The City of Cape Town welcomes the site visit by Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) at the Stock Road site.
14 February 2024
The City welcomes the interdict
22 January 2024
From today, 22 January 2024, until Thursday, 22 February 2024, residents and all sub-councils are invited to take part in a public participation process
22 December 2023
The City Energy Directorate’s ongoing interventions and efforts to protect streetlight infrastructure on major city routes is paying off.
08 December 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Council approved the new Outdoor Advertising By-law at its last meeting for the year held yesterday, 7 December 2023.
25 October 2023
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), and its implementing agent, the Housing Development Agency (HDA), have submitted land use applications for rezoning of land for human settlements development.
12 September 2023
The City of Cape Town is playing its role as the independent planning authority which must preside over Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the Housing Development Agency’s (HDA) application for the relocation of the Prasa central line unlawful occupants.
29 August 2023
The City is required to impartially administer this application process under the Municipal Planning By-Law, and is currently assisting Prasa’s implementing agent, HDA, to pass compliance and completion checks for their submission dated 7 August.
09 June 2023
The City of Cape Town has approached National Treasury to approve the use of informal settlement grant funding received unexpectedly from the National Human Settlements Department on the eve of financial year-end.
17 May 2023
The City will follow due process in terms of the Municipal Planning By-law and other applicable policies in assessing the rezoning and development applications
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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