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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.
16 July 2026
City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will continue investing in critical infrastructure and progressing service delivery from 1 July 2026
29 June 2026
In one simple summary: Five years ago, there was much of this City’s infrastructure grid that was under severe strain.
07 June 2026
The Wesfleur Domestic Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) was recently recognised as one of only 14 wastewater treatment works nationally to receive Green Drop Certification.
31 March 2026
Mayor Hill-Lewis City of Hope Budget Speech
24 February 2026
We are calling for no cuts to municipal funding or infrastructure investment in this National Budget
29 January 2026
All work, no play
31 December 2025
Following excessive water usage over the past few weeks, the City is urging Cape Town residents to please be more water-wise and minimise non-essential consumption.
18 December 2025
This project stands as a shining example of what is possible when communities and the City work together
12 December 2025
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be doing planned work in the identified areas, which will result in a water supply disruption.
09 December 2025
Spine Road is extremely congested
20 November 2025
We’re asking our indigent residents and pensioners to apply for help with service and rates costs
30 September 2025
Reach for your Dreams
17 August 2025
This milestone switch-on brings safe and reliable electricity to the households of this emergency relocation site
03 July 2025
We are committed to ensuring our communities have dignified access to basic services by reducing sewer overflows and accelerating the replacement of water and sewer pipes
23 June 2025
Through Ukwindla’s facilitation, 100 young residents were recruited and equipped with personal protective equipment (PPE) to take part in the clean-up operation
28 May 2025
Mayor’s Council Speech
19 May 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to ensure no cuts to municipal funding
30 April 2025
The City is looking to extend rates rebates to more property owners and pensioners.
23 April 2025
The City of Cape Town offers the lowest monthly municipal bill of South Africa’s ‘big five’ metros
15 April 2025
City of Cape Town has tabled the most inclusive social assistance package for indigent relief and rates rebates based on an analysis of the 2025_26 draft budgets for each metro
The City’s first Advanced Water Reclamation Plant (AWRP) is on track with the civil works completed in December 2024.
09 April 2025
The rate-in-rand is a statutory formula used by municipalities to calculate property rates
27 March 2025
“Invested in Hope” Budget 2025/26
24 February 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate would like to advise members of the public of intended roadworks on Valley Road and Westerford Way
15 February 2025
In the 2023/24 financial year, the City's CCTV network detected 43 968 incidents.
10 February 2025
Households who opted in for the programme will be assisted with repairs to leaking internal pipes, taps, toilets, fittings and meter replacements, as determined by individual needs
25 November 2024
The Water and Sanitation Directorate is working earnestly to address the trench reinstatement backlog, emerging from excavations for repairs to water pipes
24 November 2024
The City of Cape Town strongly condemns recent incidents of intimidation, directed at staff while they are executing their duties.
22 October 2024
Informality is a reality in Cape Town, as it is across South Africa and many parts of the world
08 October 2024
The backyarder service programme is a city-wide programme that aims to assist backyarder residents living on City-owned rental property.
30 September 2024
The City held a social support drive in Manenberg to assist qualifying residents.
13 September 2024
The City of Cape Town joined National Treasury and several representatives from other municipalities at the Cape Town International Convention Centre
22 August 2024
Mayor’s Council Speech 22 Aug 2024 – Cape Town spends SA-record R9,4bn on infrastructure
In total, a full 94% of the City's infrastructure budget was spent or contractually committed for 2023/24.
15 August 2024
The Bradwell Spring in Vredehoek was reopened to the public on Monday, 13 August 2024, following refurbishment of its infrastructure.
14 August 2024
With more than 30% of its households receiving free basic electricity and lifeline support, the City of Cape Town stands out by caring for communities with a comprehensive social relief package
30 July 2024
With dams filling up, residents may have questions related to Cape Town's current and future water supply resilience.
23 July 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate provides registered indigent customers with a free water allocation of 15 000 litres (15kl) per month.
16 July 2024
Recently Cape Town has been hard hit by unprecedented heavy rain.
01 July 2024
The agency noted that good governance is enabling the City to fund major infrastructure investments due to the metro's healthy revenue collection rate keeping debt levels relatively low.
The City of Cape Town is funding a record infrastructure investment in communities
31 May 2024
Speech by the City's Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis at a special council meeting on 31 May 2024.
The City of Cape Town has passed the Building For Jobs Budget 2024/25.
23 May 2024
The City of Cape Town has initiated a phased process to close pedestrian and cycle lanes across Mitchells Plain in areas where these are used for criminal activities.
21 May 2024
Cape Town also has the highest proportion of residents benefitting from free basic water and electricity, according to StatsSA's non-financial census data for municipalities released in March 2024.
19 April 2024
The City is proposing some R4,8bn in social support for the indigent and for pensioners who qualify for assistance.
06 March 2024
Census 2022 data shows that Cape Town’s population is now 4 772 846, remarkably 27,6% higher than in 2011.
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.
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.
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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