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19 November 2025
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate has marked yet another meaningful milestone at the historic Dido Valley housing development,
18 June 2025
The City of Cape Town and national Departments of Home Affairs and Public Works are jointly seeking a Western Cape High Court eviction order for the remaining foreign nationals unlawfully occupying two sites in Cape Town
11 July 2024
Both courts have upheld the right of counter-spoliation – the act of retaking property in the process of being taken away – as lawful and not unconstitutional.
07 June 2024
The City has been fighting for over two and a half years in court to gain an eviction order and restore the homes to the rightful beneficiary families.
15 February 2024
The Western Cape High Court has granted a final eviction order in the City of Cape Town’s application regarding the unlawful occupation at the various road reserves and bridges around Culemborg in the Cape Town CBD.
14 September 2023
Two City of Cape Town projects set to deliver 725 social housing units in Woodstock have successfully passed the heritage appeals phase.
12 September 2023
The City of Cape Town is playing its role as the independent planning authority which must preside over Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the Housing Development Agency’s (HDA) application for the relocation of the Prasa central line unlawful occupants.
17 May 2023
The City will follow due process in terms of the Municipal Planning By-law and other applicable policies in assessing the rezoning and development applications
19 April 2023
The City welcomes any constructive engagement on our well-publicised plan to increase dignified transitional shelter and help more people off the streets, with court assistance where necessary
20 February 2023
Eviction notices are to be served at unlawful occupation hotspots along Buitengracht Street, FW De Klerk Boulevard, Foregate Square, Taxi Rank and Foreshore, Helen Suzman Boulevard, Strand Street, Foreshore / N1, Virginia Avenue and Mill Street Bridge in the city.
11 January 2023
The final eviction order follows efforts over time by the City’s SDECD officials to offer social assistance to those persons unlawfully occupying the public space at Baxter Street, including access to dignified transitional shelter at NGO-run night shelters and City-run Safe Spaces.
25 November 2022
The City has committed to dealing with any application by Prasa in this matter in an expeditious and cooperative manner, but it can only do so within the ambit of the law.
01 June 2022
The City of Cape Town notes the continued unlawful occupation of the precinct around the Castle in the CBD
08 February 2022
The City’s Customer Care Centre can be reached 24/7 on 0860 103 089
08 September 2021
These by-laws will help us protect land and buildings against unlawful occupation, and ensure the humane and constitutional enforcement of the prohibition on sleeping in public places
01 September 2021
The bylaws are amendments to the Traffic Bylaw, Animal Keeping Bylaw and the Bylaw relating to Streets, Public Places and Prevention of Noise Nuisances
27 July 2021
The City of Cape Town, as with other metros in South Africa, has seen an unprecedented increase in unlawful occupation since the start of the Covid-19 national lockdown in March 2021.
24 March 2021
The City is opposing an application in the Western Cape High Court to be heard from 25 to 26 March
24 February 2021
The City has a clear commitment to enabling more affordable housing opportunities, especially the social housing model.
04 February 2021
20 August 2020
The City of Cape Town is today opposing the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) court application for the right to protect property from illegal occupation to be declared unlawful
15 August 2020
The City of Cape Town has since referred four Law Enforcement officials for disciplinary proceedings to be independently chaired and initiated.
28 July 2020
Recent spate of violent land invasions in Cape Town that has seen several pieces of land illegally invaded and occupied
15 July 2020
Those who attempted to illegally occupy the units, and continue to do so, are not the rightful beneficiaries
06 July 2020
All video and photographic evidence has been handed over to investigators, who will further conduct their own interviews regarding the incident between Law Enforcement officials and Mr Bulelani Qolani.
15 April 2020
Since the national lockdown started on 26 March 2020, including over Easter Weekend, there have been at least 16 known attempted land invasions in total.
11 April 2020
There has been a number of attempts within the City of Cape Town to illegally occupy land
27 February 2020
City warns residents about consequences of illegal occupation.
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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