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01 April 2026
Efforts to restore the Milnerton Lagoon are ramping up
20 January 2026
David Kramer was on hand to personally accept the honour, while Taliep Petersen’s posthumous award was accepted by his daughters, Jawaahier, Fatiema, and Aeesha Petersen.
19 June 2025
In celebration of World Accreditation Day, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate hosted a recognition event.
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%.
06 March 2025
The City acknowledges the frustration experienced by residents living near the Milnerton lagoon and is making every effort to find solutions for the negative impact on quality of life.
14 February 2025
The purpose of these interactive sessions is to engage residents and solicit their views on the feasibility of the City providing desalinated drinking water through an external mechanism at the proposed Paarden Eiland site
03 February 2025
The City is calling on the public to comment on the proposal to implement and operate the City’s first permanent desalination plant.
02 December 2024
Cape Town residents can confidently rely on the quality and safety of their tap water
18 November 2024
At a celebratory event on 8 November 2024, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate marked 100 years since the establishment of the Scientific Services branch in Athlone.
20 September 2024
The Digital Vault is an online tool to manage art and heritage objects owned by the City, and to make these accessible to everyone.
02 September 2024
Over R105 million was spent to purchase light motor vehicles, plant equipment and new specialised trucks as well as a mobile laboratory
18 March 2024
The launch was announced at an event at Cape Town's Civic Centre, bringing together City of Cape Town policymakers and researchers from across the world.
29 January 2024
Ten staff members from the City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate are able to analyse insects in the river network in order to assess water quality and ecological integrity.
19 January 2024
New equipment for Scientific Services
24 November 2023
The City of Cape Town is anticipating one of the busiest tourist seasons in recent years
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.
06 August 2023
Call for applications for various City Gaduate and Skills Development Programme
13 July 2023
City of Cape Town’s Corporate Services Directorate has, through the Infrastructure Skills Development Grant Programme (ISDG), helped unemployed engineering and science graduates register with their various professional bodies
05 May 2023
This could be a game-changer for Cape Town's food and beverage sector, the environment, and the economy at large.
26 April 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Council today approved the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the City, SANParks, and CapeNature to pave the way for the sustainable management of the Chacma baboon population of the Cape Peninsula.
04 April 2023
The City of Cape Town has issued a list of 28 recommended trees for those residents who want to replace trees on their properties that are infested with the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) beetle.
10 March 2023
Consecutive sets of sampling conducted by the City's Scientific Services Branch and Environmental Health Service indicates that water is safe to drink.
26 January 2023
Council Speech by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis briefed the City Council today on progress with the three-phase procurement for load-shedding protection
12 October 2022
These objects are the heritage of everyone who lives in or is connected to Cape Town and its people.
25 August 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Graduate Intern Programme(GIP), offers career orientation training which consists of practical and experiential learning exposure in the different career streams including Engineering and Science which are identified as critical and scarce skills for the directorate.
06 August 2022
Sampling shows the water quality complies with national standards for drinking water (SANS 241), and is safe for consumption.
28 July 2022
The City is committed to tackling pollution and protecting the physical integrity of water and sanitation infrastructure and the environment.
The City of Cape Town’s Tactical Response Unit, within the Safety and Security Directorate, responds to incidents of civil unrest.
21 April 2022
The City of Cape Town, rejecting the national government’s draft regulations relating to the Surveillance and Control of Notifiable Medical Conditions
07 April 2022
South African Library Week is a highlight on our calendar for many reasons
28 March 2022
Two City of Cape Town employees shot at the Scientific Services laboratories in Athlone on Monday, 28 March 2022.
17 March 2022
The ISDG programme is crucial in imparting specific scarce skills, abilities and knowledge.
14 March 2022
The City of Cape Town can confirm that the algae currently present in the Milnerton Lagoon is non-toxic green algae.
12 March 2022
The City’s Scientific Services Branch has conducted sample testing for algal identification which seeks to quantify the various algal species present.
21 February 2022
City Health dismisses thyphoid link to municipal water.
11 February 2022
The joint sampling follows the Milnerton Aquatic Club, based at Rietvlei, presenting independent water quality results to the City
09 December 2021
Drinking water in the Lotus River and Grassy Park areas is safe to drink
29 November 2021
Dams supplying Cape Town are close to full for the second year running
22 November 2021
Weekly dam levels' update.
15 November 2021
Weekly dams level update.
08 November 2021
Dam levels' weekly roundup.
02 November 2021
Dams supplying Cape Town filled up completely for the second year running
29 October 2021
Cape Town residents can rest assured that the water that comes out of their taps remains of the highest quality, as the City’s annual Water Quality Report 2020/2021
25 October 2021
18 October 2021
11 October 2021
Dams supplying Cape Town filled up completely for the second year running. Prior to that, dams were last full in 2014
04 October 2021
Dams supplying Cape Town have for the second year running crested the 100% mark
28 September 2021
20 September 2021
Weekly dams' update.
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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