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21 July 2026
The City of Hope Budget 2026/27 places the spotlight on unprecedented infrastructure spend for Cape Town over the medium-term (three-year) budget framework.
07 May 2026
This programme is about building stronger communities from within
10 April 2026
The City’s AET programme has been empowering staff for over 25 years and attracts participants aged between 25 and 65 years
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
02 February 2026
Metro police officers recovered a brand new truck and some of its R2 569 847 alcohol cargo, hours after it had been hijacked in Grabouw last week.
16 November 2025
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, ALDERMAN JP SMITH
30 October 2025
This financial year, the City has provided 872 new portable flush toilets and attended to 1 790 maintenance activities across informal settlements.
23 October 2025
The City’s Public Emergency Communication Centre has recorded decreases in complaints related to the illegal sale of fireworks
04 October 2025
The survey returned an animal count of 32 185 – 1 749 of which were documented during drone flyovers and manual counts.
25 September 2025
The six kilometre run was the second such event hosted by the Law Enforcement School Resource Officers (SRO) unit.
15 September 2025
The suspects were among 264 arrests made by the City’s enforcement agencies in the past week.
08 September 2025
Law Enforcement officers recovered six firearms in the past week in Lavender Hill, Eastridge, Manenberg, Lentegeur and Atlantis.
18 July 2025
Next week, the City’s Mobile Office will be heading to Lavender Hill Community, Du Noon and Philippi.
City of Cape Town’s Mobile Office will be heading to the Lavender Hill Community Centre, Du Noon Recreational Centre and the Ward Councillor’s Office in Philippi
26 May 2025
Traffic calming measures enhance pedestrian safety, particularly around schools where the highest concentration of vulnerable road users is usually found.
19 May 2025
The City’s Metro Police officers confiscated cocaine with an estimated street value of R35 000
09 May 2025
02 May 2025
Comment on traffic calming measures for the Southern, Northern, Central and Eastern regions until Monday, 2 June 2025
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.
07 March 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruption. This critical maintenance work is done on our water supply infrastructure to benefit customers.
23 December 2024
The arrests came about due to good collaboration between agencies, but also drawing on the technology available to us
17 December 2024
Energy teams have been hard at work ensuring that some of the main travelling routes in the metro are as well lit up as possible for residents and those flocking to the Mother City at this time of the year
05 December 2024
The City’s Energy teams are attending to vandalised energy infrastructure across the city and the teams are prioritising all vandalised streetlights as a matter of urgency.
04 October 2024
The Lavender Hill Community Centre was bustling with residents interacting with 55 City officials from departments
27 September 2024
The City is bringing its basket of services offering to the Lavender Hill Community Centre on Wednesday, 2 October 2024.
25 September 2024
STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR ENERGY, ALDERMAN XANTHEA LIMBERG
11 September 2024
The City treats the emerging threats against City staff and contractors performing their official duties in these areas as unacceptable
22 August 2024
The City notes the protest in Lavender Hill related to disputed electricity meter tampering incidents.
13 August 2024
The City has 96 School Resource Officers (SROs), deployed at 45 schools to assist with scholar safety, crime prevention and by-law enforcement in the areas around schools.
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.
01 July 2024
The number of physical assault calls received by the PECC this past week is the highest for the weekends in June.
27 June 2024
The City's Water and Sanitation Directorate has replaced six valves along the Cape Flats water network
25 June 2024
The proactive essential maintenance on the Cape Flats water network is progressing well as the City’s transversal efforts are more than 38 hours into the three-day operation
21 June 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in water supply disruptions.
20 June 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will undertake a 72-hour operation from Monday, 24 June, until Wednesday, 26 June, which will affect the Cape Flats. This will result in several areas having no water during this time.
14 May 2024
Launch of the See Something? Say Something public housing safety campaign.
25 April 2024
The City of Cape Town's annual Urban Mobility Awards seek to recognise and reward outstanding performance and achievements.
22 April 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has turned the final nuts and bolts on a new section of water pipe that was successfully installed in Parkwood. The team has been working tirelessly to replace this section of water pipe that leaked because of a vandalised valve on the 915mm diameter bulk reticulation water main in Blackbird Avenue. This emergency work has resulted in a water supply disruption to areas in the south.
21 April 2024
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has been alerted to a leak on the 915mm diameter bulk reticulation water main in Blackbird Avenue, Parkwood. Read for more details including the list of affected areas.
15 April 2024
The confiscations bring the total number of firearms recovered in April to at least 14, as well as a zip gun and two imitation firearms.
02 April 2024
The City's Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded 2 725 incidents over the Easter long weekend - a near 20% increase from 2023's 2 294 incidents.
28 March 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Council has adopted the creation of a Development Charges Fund to support micro-developers building affordable housing in lower income communities.
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate invites community members in the southern region of Cape Town to comment on proposed traffic calming measures in their respective areas.
19 March 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis joined an integrated crime prevention operation in Steenberg and Lavender Hill on Tuesday evening, 18 March
27 February 2024
The City has budgeted more than R11m for repair and maintenance work at its Community Residential Units (CRUs) in the Ocean View area.
06 February 2024
The City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee today adopted the creation of a Development Charges Fund to support micro-developers building affordable housing in lower income communities.
14 December 2023
About a year ago we launched a unique programme to enable qualifying beneficiaries to take ownership of their own homes at no cost.
27 November 2023
A crowd of over 70 000 gathered on the Grand Parade, Darling Street and Adderley Street.
22 November 2023
The graduation marks four years of partnership between the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) and the City of Cape Town's Social Development & Early Childhood Development Department (SD&ECD).
16 November 2023
The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Carl Pophaim, today 16 November 2023, unveiled a large R30 million boost for the City’s staircase upgrade programme in Lavender Hill, Lotus River and Ocean View.
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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