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30 May 2026
The Wildland Firefighters are seasonal employees who are employed annually in terms of the Fire and Rescue Service's summer readiness plan, when Cape Town experiences a surge in vegetation fires.
25 March 2026
The City’s festive season safety plan covers the year-end holiday season and the Easter break.
29 January 2026
All work, no play
17 January 2026
Incident statistics are a stark reminder to the public that fire safety and prevention is everyone’s business.
08 January 2026
The Fire and Rescue Service experienced an overall increase in incidents responded to, while alcohol confiscations too showed a marked increase.
22 December 2025
The City’s Public Emergency Communication Centre was the first response to requests for assistance in 1 853 incidents this past weekend.
20 December 2025
The City's Fire & Rescue Services and Shoprite/Checkers are delivering gifts and festive treats to six community social welfare organisations.
26 November 2025
The Festive Light Switch-on, with an anticipated crowd of around 80 000, will usher in the joyous season but it’s just one of many events taking place in Cape Town this coming weekend.
09 November 2025
The City's Fire and Rescue Service is getting ready for the summer season
31 July 2025
Today, 31 July 2025, marks World Ranger Day and as such, the City is recognising and celebrating all of our rangers.
01 June 2025
On average, in winter, 60% of fires happen between 18:00 and 06:00.
15 May 2025
An exciting opportunity for local informal traders to showcase and sell their products at the City's Tygerberg Nature Reserve.
18 March 2025
The boys are back, and geared up, for the Totalsports Two Oceans Half Marathon
14 March 2025
The Disaster Risk Management Centre works to mitigate the risk of weather or man-made impacts, and to drive any response in the wake of such impacts.
22 January 2025
The City will be conducting ecological burns at various nature reserves in February, March and April 2025.
06 January 2025
24 December 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Fire & Rescue Service has completed the handover of hundreds of gifts to eight children’s homes.
23 December 2024
The arrests came about due to good collaboration between agencies, but also drawing on the technology available to us
11 December 2024
The City’s Safety & Security Directorate will have its biggest festive season deployment this holiday season, to ensure public safety.
29 November 2024
Vegetation fires take centre stage during the warmer months.
15 November 2024
The camera network is used to detect criminal acts, medical emergencies, accidents and other road safety challenges, fires and service disruptions like pipe bursts etc.
13 November 2024
Resources will be bolstered by metro police trainee participants in the Project 1000 learnership programme, together with over 4 000 uniformed enforcement and emergency personnel.
29 September 2024
Impact assessments this winter recorded 788 affected areas, just over 52 000 structures and approximately 167 000 persons.
31 July 2024
Today, 31 July 2024, marks World Ranger Day. This year, the City has decided to share the stories of three of our passionate rangers who are taking good care of various City nature reserves across Cape Town.
06 May 2024
In the past week, the City's enforcement agencies made 408 arrests and issued 60 889 fines for various transgressions.
26 April 2024
The celebration comes as the sun sets on one of Cape Town's busiest summer fire periods.
24 March 2024
All enforcement and emergency services will be on high alert to ensure public safety.
21 March 2024
The firefighters hope to raise much-needed funds for the Volunteer Wildfire Service, by running a half marathon in firefighting gear and breathing apparatus sets.
31 January 2024
As 2024 starts to take-off, optimism about our city abounds, and the light of hope is shining bright out of Cape Town.
29 January 2024
Staff from the Tygerberg Nature Reserve are currently attending to remaining hot spots and smouldering vegetation by damping down the areas with water to prevent any new flare-ups.
17 January 2024
The City’s enforcement agencies made 1 977 arrests, recovered 23 firearms and nearly 6 000 units of narcotics, and recorded 376 889 traffic and by-law transgressions.
10 January 2024
While the tourist peak season is not yet over, we can already see a strong tourism recovery in Cape Town.
02 January 2024
Four firearms in 18 hours on New Year's Day.
27 December 2023
More than 1 000 fire incidents and over 400 arrests have been recorded in the past week.
04 December 2023
Last weekend, the Public Emergency Communication Centre (PECC) recorded 2 223 incidents, including 122 fires, 196 cases of assault, 51 cases of domestic violence and 82 road accidents.
30 November 2023
The City's Fire & Rescue Service has finalised its aerial support craft for the summer season.
22 November 2023
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched the City’s Festive Beach Safety plans at Big Bay Surf Lifesaving Club on 22 November.
15 November 2023
The City's Public Emergency Communication Centre (PECC) recorded more than 215 000 incidents between July 2022 and June 2023.
05 November 2023
The current nationally and ministerially-led process does not work for most of our fire-affected residents
23 October 2023
In general enforcement efforts, the City's Traffic Service recorded 73 004 offences in the past week, compared to 44 587 the week before.
13 October 2023
Statement by the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos
09 October 2023
The City’s Traffic Service, Metro Police and Law Enforcement departments arrested 396 suspects and issued 68 860 fines during weekly enforcement operations
29 September 2023
The Events Permit Office had a busy week monitoring 62 permitted events between Friday, 22 September and Thursday, 28 September 2023.
21 July 2023
The City is pleased to announce that 43 more households have been connected to the electricity grid in the Skeem Saam informal settlement in Lotus River
12 May 2023
Cape Town has hosted an array of diverse and exciting events in the Mother City for 2022/23.
04 May 2023
The City of Cape Town's Fire & Rescue Service welcomed young and old to their fire stations earlier today to celebrate International Firefighter's Day.
02 May 2023
The City of Cape Town's Fire & Rescue Service will once again welcome young and old to their fire stations on Thursday 4 May, when International Firefighter's Day will be celebrated.
26 April 2023
The task team comprises of more than 25 City departments and external partners including the SAPS, the NSRI, provincial government, and the SPCA
13 April 2023
City is on track to proactively jet-clean 200 kilometres of sewer pipeline ahead of the winter season
05 January 2023
It has been an incredibly busy festive season, and our staff have stood up to the challenges as well as our resources have allowed
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
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The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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