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03 July 2026
The rollout of electricity services is subject to land ownership and service supply arrangements
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
04 February 2026
The City has connected almost 400 homes in its latest informal settlement electrification project in Nomzamo.
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
26 September 2025
Our city-wide electrification programme has gained significant momentum, providing quality electricity supply to backyarder and informal settlement residents where feasible
04 September 2025
Through this outreach tour, our teams are taking Human Settlements directly to the people
22 August 2025
This project holds particular importance as a portion of Greenfields was recently devastated by a fire
17 August 2025
This milestone switch-on brings safe and reliable electricity to the households of this emergency relocation site
14 August 2025
Electrification projects form part of a city-wide programme which aims to provide electricity supply to backyarder and informal settlements residents
26 June 2025
The amendments to the Municipal Planning By-law that we will vote on today will do more than any other programme
12 May 2025
The Water and Sanitation Directorate’s annual Customer Satisfaction Survey will run until Tuesday, 17 June 2025.
06 April 2025
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate plans to spend approximately R8,3 bn in capital and operational budget.
30 March 2025
The Draft total 2025/26 Energy Budget shines the spotlight on enhanced service delivery.
27 March 2025
“Invested in Hope” Budget 2025/26
26 March 2025
The backyarder service electricity programme is a city-wide programme, which aims to provide electricity supply to backyarder residents living on City-owned rental property.
08 November 2024
The City’s second iteration of the Spatial Trends and Implementation Tracking Report, issued today.
08 October 2024
The backyarder service programme is a city-wide programme that aims to assist backyarder residents living on City-owned rental property.
29 August 2024
Dunoon is currently experiencing intensive illegal dumping linked to extreme population density, with knock-on effects on community health and the environment.
27 August 2024
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate held an open day to discuss plans for a new social housing project in the Lansdowne area that will add value to the area.
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.
16 April 2024
The Water and Sanitation Directorate is set to kick off its annual Customer Satisfaction Survey from April 2024, concluding by June 2024.
02 February 2024
The City’s Maroela South affordable housing project in Kraaifontein is making steady progress.
25 January 2024
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate is ready to build on its 2023 momentum and to improve on its performance with key delivery projects this year.
21 December 2023
The City of Cape Town continues to struggle against illegal dumping throughout our communities.
04 December 2023
'Residents in this settlement can now feel more secure with access to the basic electricity services which the City provides
01 December 2023
Illegal dumping is an ongoing challenge across many communities in Cape Town. While the City budgets more than R100 million annually in efforts to clear dumping
15 November 2023
Residents in the Sixth Avenue settlement in the Kensington area are being connected to the electricity grid.
02 August 2023
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate has been lauded for its top performance, spending 99,3% of its more than R880 million capital budget in the 2022/23 financial year.
22 June 2023
Residents in the Khikhi and NY61 areas of Gugulethu are being connected to the electricity grid.
01 June 2023
The City's Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth and Acting Mayco Member for Human Settlements, Alderman James Vos tabled the budgets of these two key directorates in Counci
23 May 2023
The City of Cape Town’s 2022-2027 Integrated Development Plan (IDP) commits to alleviating energy poverty, including exploring Energy Service Innovation for backyarders in the metro
30 March 2023
The City’s proposed R7,6 billion human settlements budget for the next three years focuses on public housing upgrades, affordable housing in well-located areas
23 March 2023
Various milestones are being reached this week in the City’s R2,8 billion medium-term human settlements delivery programme.
07 December 2022
Today, 7 December 2022, 105 households in Overcome Heights in the Vrygrond area were connected to the electricity grid.
11 November 2022
The City’s Human Settlements Portfolio Committee conducted an oversight visit to Valhalla Park to check on the progress of its Breaking New Ground (BNG) housing project.
14 October 2022
This year, about R420 million has been allocated to residents living in informality, and some R30 million of this is allocated to alternative technology.
31 July 2022
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate is hard at work with the roll out of big projects across Cape Town in the new financial year.
19 April 2022
Some R2,8 billion in total has been allocated for the City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Directorate over three years
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
10 September 2021
One leaking toilet can waste between 2 600 and 13 000 litres of water per month, depending on the flow rate of the leak.
03 September 2021
Team work is making the dream work as various City departments, together with community organisations, local residents, and EPWP workers are transforming six spaces that had suffered chronic illegal dumping into healthy green spaces
17 August 2021
The City of Cape Town’s Imizamo Yethu redevelopment programme is under way and progressing well.
13 August 2021
Did you know: More than 673 000 meters are recording the amount of water being used at properties across the city.
15 April 2021
Spike in unlawful land occupations since the start of the Covid-19 national lockdown periods.
31 March 2021
Speech by the Executive Mayor, Alderman Dan Plato
01 February 2021
A court-ordered survey is needed to determine the number of illegal occupants at Woodstock Hospital, their identities, monthly income and eligibility for state-subsidised housing
26 January 2021
The single most important step to take is to apply to register on the City of Cape Town’s Housing Needs Register.
21 January 2021
Statement by the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Malusi Booi
02 November 2020
The City has been informed of massive and pervasive extortion of foreign and locally owned businesses in Khayelitsha
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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