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02 February 2026
DFFE and the City of Cape Town celebrated World Wetlands Day at the Rondevlei section of the False Bay Nature Reserve.
29 October 2025
The City is building a pipeline of practically skilled conservation practitioners who strengthen the City’s operational capacity through the River Warden Skills Development Programme
18 September 2025
The City is inviting residents to visit any of our nature reserves on Heritage Day, 24 September 2025, and to enjoy free access to these beautiful natural and recreational areas across the city
11 September 2025
Nearly 200 learners attended the workshops from five high schools in Pelican Park, Steenberg, Bernadino Heights, Saxonsea and Robinvale.
08 September 2025
We pledged to restore the City’s waterways and it is a joy to witness critical milestones at two of our recreational vleis today.
27 July 2025
Cape Town, one of the most biodiverse cities in the world, also includes False Bay Nature Reserve, which is declared an individual Ramsar Site for its important wetland habitats.
27 June 2025
In a proactive effort to protect communities during the winter rainfall season, the City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has been conducting direct engagements
12 May 2025
The City’s Urban Mobility Directorate is proposing road infrastructure upgrades in Muizenberg to increase the capacity of the local road network and improve public transport operations and active mobility
02 May 2025
The public is encouraged to peruse the proposed Muizenberg road infrastructure upgrades and comment by 2 June 2025
11 July 2024
The decision to close off public facilities such as our nature reserves is not an easy one to take, but under the current weather conditions,
12 May 2024
The City of Cape Town wants to remind organisations with an interest in the City’s nature reserves to apply for membership of the Protected Area Advisory Committees
10 May 2024
The City of Cape Town has delivered a new specialised weed harvester for Rietvlei in a major boost for the environmental management of this waterbody.
15 April 2024
The Protected Area Advisory Committees play a crucial role as they ensure that our communities have the opportunity to get involved and play an advisory role with regards to the management of the City's nature reserves.
10 April 2024
Budget 2024/25 prioritises improving the water quality of our vleis, strengthening the resilience of our coastline against the impact of climate change and rising sea levels, and the preservation of our nature reserves.
02 February 2024
World Wetlands Day 2024
03 November 2023
Alderman Eddie Andrews, visited the Table Bay Nature Reserve’s Rietvlei section to observe the impact of the Mayors Priority Programme (MPP) River Wardens work.
29 October 2023
City of Cape Town’s Council on Thursday, 26 October 2023, supported the proclamation of six new City managed nature reserves across Cape Town, and the extension of various nature reserves.
10 August 2023
These extraordinary aquatic machines will be patrolling the waterbodies for weeds.
03 July 2023
Public to help City name the weed harvesters for Zandvlei and Rietvlei
30 June 2023
The Cape Bird Club (CBC) is sponsoring the purchasing of locally indigenous Strandveld plants for the restoration of the dunes in Westridge Park.
11 June 2023
The City of Cape Town's budget for the new financial year, starting 1 July 2023
24 April 2023
Spatial Planning and Environment Directorate’s operational and capital budget for the next three financial years
18 April 2023
This is a huge honour and recognition of the best-practice work that the City has undertaken in implementing innovative policies and plans to ensure Cape Town's wetlands are protected,
23 March 2023
The City of Cape Town has received the final assessment reports from specialist consultants on the proposed remediation interventions for Zandvlei
06 March 2023
The intention is to educate private businesses on how to identify infested trees, and manage and transport beetle infested biomass to prevent the spread of the pest as far as possible.
28 February 2023
The City of Cape Town is offering free training sessions about the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB) to formal and informal businesses
29 December 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management Branch staff will conduct the annual ecological burns at various nature reserves in February, March and April 2023.
30 November 2022
The City of Cape Town has awarded the tender for a new weed harvester for Zandvlei in the Far South.
29 November 2022
Tackling pollution to improve inland water quality and health of waterbodies in a set of priority river catchments – including the Sand River Catchment - is a key focus for the City
08 May 2022
City invests millions for the remediation of three vleis and improvement of water quality
19 April 2022
the City of Cape Town will not be charging any entrance fee at its Nature Reserves across the city this coming Friday, 22 April (Earth Day)
23 March 2022
Partnerships between the City of Cape Town and the community, stakeholders and industry are key to addressing chronic pollution in our waterways and working together towards becoming a water sensitive city
11 February 2022
The joint sampling follows the Milnerton Aquatic Club, based at Rietvlei, presenting independent water quality results to the City
14 December 2021
The City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management Branch staff will conduct the annual ecological burns at various nature reserves in February and March 2022.
01 October 2021
The City closed Zandvlei to the public on 25 May 2021 as a precautionary measure following water quality concerns.
12 September 2021
Visitor numbers at these two reserves still remained high, although the picnic areas were closed at times during the year, or had visitor numbers limited due to Covid-19 health and safety protocols
28 June 2021
The nature reserves and protected areas in Cape Town concern all of us
16 June 2021
The first phase of the restoration effort is taking place along Promenade Road in Muizenberg. Driving past, residents will see bulldozers on site
06 June 2021
Organisations with an interest in nature conservation to please nominate representatives to serve on these committees.
04 June 2021
The City of Cape Town took water samples at several points along Muizenberg beach on Friday, 28 May 2021
02 June 2021
Cape Town’s coastline and nature reserves are pristine destinations
28 May 2021
The City can confirm that the enterococci results for all five single samples are within the National Guidelines for recreational activities.
25 May 2021
The closure of the waterbody is a precautionary measure following water quality concerns
11 November 2020
Park Island closed to dogs after killing of Cape grysbok
30 July 2020
This diversity of conserved habitat and the widely spread net of conservation areas is extremely important in continuing to maintain the unique biodiversity of the City of Cape Town.
21 July 2020
We are overjoyed that so many residents started utilising the City’s open spaces over the past weekend.
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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