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07 June 2026
Food safety is a highly legislated space, but the onus is on everyone to help promote it by adhering to basic practices, whether you run a business or are cooking for your household.
17 May 2026
World Hypertension Day is commemorated annually on 17 May.
13 February 2026
14 January 2026
The City's Food Control Unit has a list of easy-to-implement food safety tips for packed school lunches to prevent food spoilage.
05 November 2025
The City is horrified by the brutal poaching of 19 Angulate Tortoises at the Table Bay Nature Reserve.
07 June 2025
Over a 10-month period since July 2024, the laboratory received 4 853 samples that were subjected to 17 759 analyses. The sample results yielded an overall compliance rate of 84,55%.
14 February 2025
The CPBAG will play a crucial role in baboon management on the Cape Peninsula, in particular in ensuring collaboration between stakeholders.
22 January 2025
Most complaints relate to dates of durability (or what people perceive as expired foodstuff), unhygienic conditions at food premises and food quality concerns.
22 November 2024
The City’s Environmental Health Service has received at least one thousand applications for Certificates of Acceptability (COA) this week.
15 November 2024
The City is aware that the discovery of an illegal butchery in Mfuleni this week
07 June 2024
World Food Safety Day is celebrated worldwide annually on June 7.
30 May 2024
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate is pleased to be part of the remarkable success of Khaya Burwana, founder of AgriKey Farming.
27 February 2024
The City of Cape Town is supporting a project to record Living Heritage in the Bo-Kaap for incorporation as part of the proposed redevelopment of the Strand Street Quarry.
02 November 2023
It's critical to know your 'best before' from your 'sell by' and 'use by'.
09 July 2023
Vehicle impoundments and fines have skyrocketed in the 2022/23 financial year.
16 February 2023
Food safety is one of the many responsibilities of the City’s Environmental Health Service.
26 January 2023
This week, Alderman James Vos, the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth joined the City’s tech industry partner for their brand relaunch – from the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) to UVU AFRICA – and the unveiling of their new Cape Town Innovation Hub and BioTech Laboratory in Woodstock.
07 October 2022
National Nutrition Week is all about education, awareness and information sharing on the many benefits of nutrition, and how healthy eating can find a home in your family.
06 October 2022
The City of Cape Town is proposing a brand new public transport interchange in Vuyani
04 July 2022
The City’s Health Department has a number of contingencies already in place to mitigate the impact of load-shedding on primary healthcare services.
06 June 2022
This year’s theme, Safer food, better health, highlights the role that safe, nutritional food plays in ensuring human health.
13 April 2022
The burger’s journey begins at Mzansi Meat’s local farm animal sanctuary
22 December 2021
Over the festive season, residents are asked to bear with us as in some cases there may be unavoidable delays in refuse collection.
10 November 2021
City teams are putting in extra hours and will work over the weekend to clear any backlogs
01 October 2021
Where there are refuse collection delays, residents are asked not to resort to illegal dumping if delays cause refuse to build-up to the point where it cannot fit in the wheelie bins
05 August 2021
Refuse collection delays.
02 July 2021
This week various areas serviced by the Woodstock depot experienced refuse collection delays due to Covid-19 mitigation measures.
01 July 2021
30 June 2021
Various areas scheduled for refuse collection today, Wednesday 30 June, can expect delays in the service
29 June 2021
The disruption to refuse collection services yesterday, Monday 28 June, has unexpectedly continued today.
28 June 2021
Refuse in the following areas will not be collected today, Monday 28 June, due to Covid-19 mitigation measures
21 June 2021
Informal traders gets certificates.
07 April 2021
The City of Cape Town acknowledges that South Africa faces significant challenges relating to food loss and waste, with an estimated 12.6 million tonnes of food wasted in the country per year.
18 September 2020
City invested R1 million into the upgrade of the Khayelitsha Town Two Meat Market to make it a viable trading entity.
19 August 2020
The snares are suspected to be set by people living closer to the nature reserve, or people dealing in the illegal bush meat trade and using illegal and prohibited hunting methods.
03 August 2020
The Safety and Security Directorate has been responding to the land invasions across the City, and more notably Bloekombos, on a daily basis
22 June 2020
Residents who live in Dunoon or in areas serviced by the Woodstock Collections Depot are advised that they can expect delays in refuse collection this week
19 June 2020
Residents who live in areas serviced by the Schaapkraal Collections Depot are advised that their refuse collection scheduled for today, Friday 19 June, will unfortunately not be collected
18 June 2020
There have been delays in refuse collection in recent weeks following staff testing positive for COVID-19
02 June 2020
Residents who live in areas serviced by the Kuils River Collections Depot are advised they can still expect delays in refuse collection this week.
26 May 2020
The City would like to inform residents who live in areas serviced by the Kuils River Collections Depot that their refuse will not be collected this week.
21 May 2020
The City would like to inform residents who live in areas serviced by the Schaapkraal Collections facility that they can expect delays in their refuse collection.
The City would like to inform residents who live in areas serviced by the Collections Depots in Mitchells Plain and Woodstock that they can expect delays in their refuse collection over the coming days.
18 May 2020
The City would like to inform residents who live in areas serviced by the Woodstock Collections Depot that they can expect delays in their refuse collection over the coming days.
15 May 2020
Residents are asked to please bear with us as COVID-19 mitigation measures will have an impact on service delivery from time to time.
06 May 2020
The City has contingencies in place to ensure that operations and service delivery continue as far as possible, while ensuring the health and safety of our staff during this time, as well as the health and safety of the public we serve
16 April 2020
The City of Cape Town has been issuing permits required during lockdown for informal (uncooked) food trading and spaza shops at City facilities in various areas.
08 April 2020
Statement by the Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Management, Alderman Grant Twigg
06 April 2020
The regulations were amended by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, allowing for informal food trading (excluding cooked food) with the proper permit
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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