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30 July 2026
The Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for 201 Civic Centres, including Community Halls, Centres, Recreation Hubs and Multi-purpose centres around the metro.
24 July 2026
In the last 12 months, the City’s Law Enforcement Department impounded 247 vehicles used for illegal dumping.
13 May 2026
City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Carl Pophaim, today, 13 May 2026, announced a critical new lease regularisation programme, it allows qualifying residents to become regularised tenants with valid leases.
29 August 2025
Foreign nationals were initially relocated to the two sites – Wingfield and Paint City - under Covid-19 Level 5 lockdown emergency regulations, and after the High Court granted their eviction from Green Market Square and the Central Methodist Church.
01 July 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has handed over the keys to lawful beneficiaries of the City’s Belhar-Pentech housing project after a four-year court process
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
20 December 2024
The Constitutional Court confirmed that the Constitution does not guarantee a person a right to emergency housing at government expense at the location of their choice.
23 November 2024
The City welcomed the latest group of tenants at the massive 1 055-unit Goodwood Station social housing partnership project.
01 November 2024
It is positive for the whole city, positive for this heritage site, and positive for those who were living in indignity at this site for several years
19 September 2024
City social development professionals have assisted the national DPW by documenting the personal circumstances of each of the unlawful occupants via on-site interviews
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
27 August 2024
The City’s Human Settlements Directorate held an open day to discuss plans for a new social housing project in the Lansdowne area that will add value to the area.
16 August 2024
Over 160 people have relocated from the streets to dignified transitional Safe Space shelters
08 August 2024
As at Thursday 8 August, the City had assisted with voluntary relocations for around a third of the 150 respondents who initially accepted the City’s offer of dignified transitional shelter at Safe Spaces.
01 August 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomed new tenants.
31 July 2024
The City will provide assistance for the voluntary relocations to Safe Spaces during the week of 5 – 9 August
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.
21 June 2024
The City of Cape Town has welcomed the national Department of Public Works’ launching of an eviction application.
19 June 2024
The order includes a standing interdict against any further unlawful occupation of these areas and further City-owned public spaces by respondents identified in the application.
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.
14 May 2024
Launch of the See Something? Say Something public housing safety campaign.
10 April 2024
The eviction took place via the sheriff and SAPS, with City social development officials and law enforcement playing supportive roles.
27 February 2024
In 2017, the High Court granted an eviction order to a private owner of a Bromwell Street property.
22 February 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has condemned a major R540m cut in national funding.
The eviction took place today, 22 February, under the court's direction, via the sheriff and SAPS, with City social development officials and law enforcement playing supportive roles.
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.
07 February 2024
Unlawful occupants who have not accepted any offer of shelter are to be evicted under the Western Cape High Court order for this site.
12 December 2023
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 tennis courts in Green Point.
25 October 2023
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), and its implementing agent, the Housing Development Agency (HDA), have submitted land use applications for rezoning of land for human settlements development.
18 September 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis inspected construction progress on Monday 18 September, along with Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Carl Pophaim.
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.
11 September 2023
The City is excited to announce the release of R103 million worth of prime property of approximately 9 000 m² in size along New Market Street, Cape Town CBD.
29 August 2023
The City is required to impartially administer this application process under the Municipal Planning By-Law, and is currently assisting Prasa’s implementing agent, HDA, to pass compliance and completion checks for their submission dated 7 August.
28 August 2023
Social housing opportunities provide families with affordable housing on well-located, accessible land, close to urban areas.
24 August 2023
These pockets of land in Parow are situated near Voortrekker Road, the Tygerberg and Unisa campuses, and many more well-located desirable areas
31 July 2023
Five inner city land parcels totalling over 1 300 social housing units reached critical land release milestones in the first year of our priority programme, and we are aiming for several more by the end of 2023.
27 July 2023
The Problem Building Unit addressing the challenges of problem buildings
09 June 2023
The City of Cape Town has approached National Treasury to approve the use of informal settlement grant funding received unexpectedly from the National Human Settlements Department on the eve of financial year-end.
05 June 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has offered the City’s full support to the national Department of Public Works in urgently resolving the unlawful occupation on nationally-owned land around the Castle of Good Hope in the city’s CBD.
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
11 May 2023
Tenants are currently moving into the City of Cape Town’s well-located Maitland Mews social housing development in central Cape Town
21 April 2023
Social housing is a key pillar of the strategy to deliver more affordable social housing projects, located in well-located areas.
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
17 April 2023
The City and its partner, DCI Community Housing Services, look forward to handing over the housing opportunities
05 March 2023
The sale and development of this well-located site in Salt River forms a part of the City’s Accelerated Land Release for Affordable Housing Programme to unlock development opportunities in areas across the metro
01 March 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced plans to dramatically raise budgets to expand dignified transitional shelter for the homeless in Cape Town.
26 February 2023
The City of Cape Town has advertised a tender for the sale and development of the Parow sub-precinct 1 site.
22 February 2023
We are clearly delivering despite the immense challenges we are facing. The unprecedented large-scale unlawful occupations created 186 new informal settlements, or more than 69 000 new structures (between March 2020 to December 2021).
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.
19 February 2023
The proposed sale and development of the well-located erven forms part of the City’s Accelerated Land Release for Affordable Housing Programme
7 August - 11 September 2026, Vasco Estate (Goodwood)
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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