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06 August 2026
The City’s Metro Police Department is in its 25th year of operations
13 March 2026
The Metro Police Strategic Surveillance Unit (SSU) is responsible for the management of the CCTV network, including its expansion.
16 January 2026
There were no fatal or non-fatal drownings recorded at municipal swimming pools – a remarkable feat, considering just how popular these facilities were with patrons enjoying a day out.
01 November 2025
In the last financial year, the CCTV system detected 59 526 incidents – an increase of 35% year-on-year.
12 September 2025
The Metro Police Strategic Surveillance Unit had a number of successes in the past week
24 August 2025
Earlier this month, the City filed a game-changing proposal for municipal police to be granted powers to investigate crime and up convictions for gang, gun, and drug offences.
22 August 2025
The City presented the latest performance and environmental monitoring results for the three marine outfalls today, Friday 22 August 2025.
08 August 2025
City has filed a game-changing proposal for municipal police to be granted powers to investigate crime and up convictions for gang, gun, and drug offences
19 June 2025
In celebration of World Accreditation Day, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate hosted a recognition event.
12 June 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City will ask Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to expand his proposal for more powers.
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%.
04 June 2025
Claimed conviction rates of 80-90% are misleading due to how many cases never go to trial
22 May 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says City policing operations are removing over 400 illegal guns from the streets every year
09 May 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate started construction on the Zandvliet Treated Effluent Re-use (TER) Pump Station.
16 April 2025
Seven productions, including a feature film, two short films, two TV series, a reality TV show and an animated short are the first beneficiaries of the Film Fund.
04 March 2025
The Safety and Security Directorate has long wanted to expand the gains by the Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP) to the rest of the city
15 February 2025
In the 2023/24 financial year, the City's CCTV network detected 43 968 incidents.
05 February 2025
On 20 October 2024, two suspects were arrested in Belhar while digging up cables
09 January 2025
The City continues to offer our full support to SAPS, and we welcome the swift arrests made with the intention to pursue murder charges,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis
07 January 2025
The City is ready to assist the SAPS investigation in any way possible, through not only our officers on the ground, but also our safety technology investments in Manenberg and broader precincts, including gunshot detection tech.
12 December 2024
The City is putting out a call to action to Protect Your Power and Save Your Substation.
10 December 2024
Cape Town is a city of peace loving people, where differences of faith and opinion are expressed loudly and fully, but always peacefully.
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.
29 September 2024
Impact assessments this winter recorded 788 affected areas, just over 52 000 structures and approximately 167 000 persons.
26 September 2024
Environmental factors are an ongoing threat to public health
20 September 2024
CCTV cameras have long been a staple in the City's basket of crime prevention tools.
11 September 2024
Replacing manhole covers is essential to ensuring public safety for vehicles, pedestrians and infrastructure integrity.
03 September 2024
Social Housing has been shown to have numerous advantages for the surrounding area through the provision of clean and safe living spaces contributing to improved surveillance at a neighbourhood scale
28 August 2024
We need smarter policing that is driven by intelligence and evidence based.
26 August 2024
The successes of the past week are a timely reminder of the benefits of CCTV in detecting incidents of crime, but also other emergencies or issues affecting public safety.
12 August 2024
The City's enforcement agencies made 399 arrests in the past week. They also issued 41 228 fines for various traffic and by-law transgressions.
31 July 2024
The City of Cape Town in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation and Sea Search, convened an expert scientific workshop last week
07 June 2024
World Food Safety Day is celebrated worldwide annually on June 7.
06 May 2024
The City of Cape Town demonstrated its powerful new crime-fighting aerial surveillance technology during a staged search, rescue and car chase scenario on Monday, 6 May.
25 April 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed plans to expand criminal investigative powers for municipal law enforcement by amending the SAPS Act, as announced by Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee’s end-of-term legacy report. Mayor Hill-Lewis this week wrote to the Police and Justice Ministers calling for three policing power reforms.
27 March 2024
City Council budget speech 2024
In an address to City Council, Mayor Hill-Lewis said the scale of Cape Town's infrastructure spending – worth R120bn over ten years
01 March 2024
The City’s Safety and Security Directorate is enhancing its crime prevention capabilities with advanced aerial surveillance technology, further strengthening its already impressive technological arsenal.
11 February 2024
City plans to expand CCTV network
24 January 2024
Intersections along Jakes Gerwel Drive remain hotspots for smash and grab incidents
18 January 2024
City services at beaches and pools
08 November 2023
The City of Cape Town will deploy its largest ever festive tourism safety operation ahead of expected record-breaking visitor numbers to the Mother City this summer.
20 October 2023
Smash and grabs have increased month on month from April to September this year, while the theft from motor vehicles decreased slightly.
18 October 2023
Statement by the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith
09 October 2023
Monitoring and testing water and air quality in Cape Town is a crucial behind-the-scenes service to help ensure our residents' safety.
10 September 2023
30 August 2023
18 August 2023
City comment on South African Police Service crime stats
17 August 2023
The eight new EH practitioners (EHPs) come from across the country and have been placed at Environmental Health offices across the eight sub-districts in the metro.
14 August 2023
The City’s Traffic Service, Metro Police and Law Enforcement Departments arrested 175 suspects and issued 13 743 fines during weekly enforcement operations.
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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