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28 May 2025
Officials placed a wildlife trailer and attempted to 'walk' the animal into the trailer
23 May 2025
The Deputy Mayor emphasised the complexity of sustainable development in the context of a rapidly growing city with globally significant biodiversity.
24 April 2025
Cape Town residents and visitors are reminded to take part in this year’s City Nature Challenge by capturing photos of any plants or animals on their smart phones or cameras.
17 April 2025
Cape Town residents and visitors are invited to participate in this year’s City Nature Challenge by capturing photos of any plants or animals on their smart phones or cameras
28 February 2025
The CPBMJTT welcomes the Shark Spotters who will be implementing selected operational tasks under the banner of the Cape Baboon Partnership
20 December 2024
SANParks and CapeNature as parties to the CPBMJTT are committed to initiating their own discussions with the Shark Spotters who will be assisting with the implementation of the Baboon Strategic Management Plan on the Cape Peninsula.
05 December 2024
Council has approved the proposed partnership with the Shark Spotters to assist with the implementation of the Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan.
20 November 2024
17 October 2024
The City would like to remind residents and visitors that it is against the law to approach any whale or dolphin within 300m of the shoreline.
31 July 2024
The City of Cape Town in partnership with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation and Sea Search, convened an expert scientific workshop last week
29 May 2024
The public is urged to be vigilant and cautious of any unusual changes in behaviour in animals, especially dogs.
25 April 2024
The City of Cape Town is participating in the 2024 City Nature Challenge and is inviting Capetonians and visitors to the City to participate
18 April 2024
The City of Cape Town is participating in the 2024 City Nature Challenge and is inviting Capetonians and visitors to the City to participate and show people around the world that Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet.
11 February 2024
On Friday, 9 February 2024, the City of Cape Town and the Cape Leopard Trust hosted a snare awareness information session and conducted a snare patrol at the Melkbos Corridor and Blaauwberg Nature Reserve. Conservation officials from across the City of Cape Town reserves attended to improve their knowledge and elevate skills on how to mitigate snaring, and to transfer learning back to their reserves.
24 November 2023
We are appealing to members of the public, tour operators, tour guides and all our visitors to work with the City and DFFE to put an end to this abuse and cruelty that seals endure during training
21 June 2023
The Table Bay Nature Reserve’s Rietvlei section is closed to the public for all land based recreational activities
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.
09 January 2023
The seal had to be humanely euthanised due to the severity of the injuries that it sustained during the stoning.
01 November 2022
The signage warns visitors to keep a respectful distance from marine wildlife at all times
20 October 2022
We are blessed in Cape Town to have a coastline that is still rich in biodiversity and home to many wild marine and coastal animals including seals, otters, penguins and many more
12 August 2022
The City of Cape Town will, as from next week, meet with residents and businesses from baboon-affected areas to discuss a suite of more sustainable proposals
26 July 2022
The City proposes that under the new programme, communities will become directly involved in devising and implementing solutions that are suitable to their unique circumstances
21 June 2022
The new wildlife warning signage was recently installed along five roads in the South
15 June 2022
JOINT STATEMENT BY CAPENATURE and CITY OF CAPE TOWN
14 June 2022
The City would like to inform residents that as a result of the recent wild fire, the Helderberg Nature Reserve will remain closed for the next month
The City of Cape Town would like to inform residents that the recent Rietvlei wildfire at the Table Bay Nature Reserve has not had a negative impact on the Reserve ecologically
09 June 2022
The City will meet with residents and businesses from baboon-affected areas to discuss a wide range of proposals, many of which will be community driven and sustainable in the long-term
18 March 2022
Joint statement by CapeNature, Cape of Good Hope SPCA and City of Cape Town
03 March 2022
CapeNature, the CGHSPCA, and the City are calling on residents, the general public, and stakeholders to please not follow, or interfere with SWB12 in any way
23 February 2022
Joint statement by CapeNature, Cape of Good Hope SPCA and City of Cape Town
21 January 2022
JOINT STATEMENT BY CAPENATURE, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE SPCA and CITY OF CAPE TOWN
21 December 2021
Young dispersing was captured and released on City-owned land, in the vicinity of the Da Gama troop
17 December 2021
The City wants to inform the public that the humane use of paintball markers will remain in place with ongoing oversight by CapeNature and the Cape of Good Hope SPCA.
10 December 2021
11 October 2021
The City was informed of an incident on Strand Beach on Saturday, 9 October 2021, where a teenager was bitten by a seal
25 June 2021
Given the support from both CapeNature and the Cape of Good Hope SPCA for the humane use of paintball markers, and in the interest of the safety of baboons and residents alike
11 May 2021
The City of Cape Town has been declared as the official winner of two categories in the 2021 City Nature Challenge.
30 April 2021
As Capetonians, we know that we live in a magnificent city, and now it’s time to prove that Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet
16 April 2021
‘As Capetonians, we know that we live in a magnificent city, and now it’s time to prove that Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet
15 February 2021
Roaming baboon returned to to his natal Tokai troop.
11 October 2020
Kataza involved in a fight with another male baboon.
01 October 2020
The City of Cape Town has appointed a new service provider, NCC Environmental Services, for the Urban Baboon Programme
02 September 2020
September falls towards the end of Cape Town’s rainy season. Cape Town has a unique climate where specific species of trees grow. Traditionally, tree planting is best throughout the winter months.
The number of baboons has increased from 248 in 2006 to 445 today.
01 July 2020
In November last year, the staff from the City’s False Bay Nature Reserve spotted a dispersing hippo in Rondevlei
21 April 2020
The lockdown version of the City Nature Challenge will run from Friday, 24 April until Monday, 27 April 2020.
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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