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03 August 2026
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced that he has today lodged an intergovernmental dispute ‘as the next crucial step in the fight for expanded powers for Metro Police’
20 April 2026
The new Safety and Security functionality on the City App allows the public to log certain categories of by-law and policing incidents
31 March 2026
Cape Town is SA’s one city that works, and with these investments we are building a city of hope for all, in line with our long-term vision
06 March 2026
March includes several signature annual events that deliver a significant economic injection and reinforce the city’s position as a leading global events destination.
24 January 2026
The data shows that mechanical breakdowns and other vehicle-related faults like flat tyres and running out of petrol are what our officers attend to most.
11 November 2025
Alderman Theresa Uys attended the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona to share City tech advances
04 October 2025
The survey returned an animal count of 32 185 – 1 749 of which were documented during drone flyovers and manual counts.
02 October 2025
The City’s beefed-up N2 safety presence forms part of the broader Integrated Freeway Safety Plan targeting various priority freeways, including the R300, N1, N7, M3 and M5
09 September 2025
The City of Cape Town today celebrated the graduation parade of over 700 new City police officers.
24 August 2025
Earlier this month, the City filed a game-changing proposal for municipal police to be granted powers to investigate crime and up convictions for gang, gun, and drug offences.
08 August 2025
City has filed a game-changing proposal for municipal police to be granted powers to investigate crime and up convictions for gang, gun, and drug offences
24 July 2025
Cape Town’s 700 new City police officers will be ready for deployment this Spring
12 June 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City will ask Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to expand his proposal for more powers.
11 June 2025
Successes and challenges of the City's Problem Building Unit explained
04 June 2025
Claimed conviction rates of 80-90% are misleading due to how many cases never go to trial
23 May 2025
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced this week that City policing operations are removing over 400 illegal guns from the streets every year
22 May 2025
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says City policing operations are removing over 400 illegal guns from the streets every year
18 May 2025
The Emergency Policing Incident Control (EPIC) system records all incidents reported to Safety and Security, and monitors resources that are dispatched.
06 April 2025
City support Neighbourhood Watches with information session
03 December 2024
The 206 events hosted in Cape Town this November saw around 400 000 people attending.
22 October 2024
Major events taking place in Cape Town this week and over the weekend
21 August 2024
Three years ago, the Public Emergency Communication Centre logged just over 2 000 incidents for domestic violence.
08 May 2024
City support ABSA Cape Town 10K event
06 May 2024
The City of Cape Town demonstrated its powerful new crime-fighting aerial surveillance technology during a staged search, rescue and car chase scenario on Monday, 6 May.
25 April 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed plans to expand criminal investigative powers for municipal law enforcement by amending the SAPS Act, as announced by Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee’s end-of-term legacy report. Mayor Hill-Lewis this week wrote to the Police and Justice Ministers calling for three policing power reforms.
21 April 2024
27 March 2024
City Council budget speech 2024
In an address to City Council, Mayor Hill-Lewis said the scale of Cape Town's infrastructure spending – worth R120bn over ten years
13 March 2024
This Saturday, 16 March 2024, over 1 400 performers from across the city will take over Green Point for an extravaganza like no other at the Cape Town Carnival.
01 March 2024
The City's Events Permit Office anticipates permitting more than 60 events of varying sizes for the month of March.
11 February 2024
City plans to expand CCTV network
31 January 2024
Comic Con Cape Town is the mother of all pop culture events
18 December 2023
MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYOR, GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
12 November 2023
Between July 2022 and June 2023, the City's Traffic Service executed 95 710 warrants.
28 October 2023
Sixty female gamers are competing for the chance to represent Africa in the GirlGamer World Circuit Finals in Spain.
30 August 2023
23 July 2023
Between April and June 2023, the SSU detected 7 339 incidents, including crime, vandalism, motor vehicle accidents, fires and other miscellaneous incidents
10 May 2023
Over 10 000 participants will take to the road for the event.
04 May 2023
The City of Cape Town is combining gunshot detection technology and drones to pinpoint gun violence flare-ups and rapidly deploy policing resources
23 April 2023
With the 2023/24 budget allocation, the Directorate plans to procure more advanced dashboard cameras, and introduce body cameras.
29 March 2023
It is about building the future we want for Cape Town. Building a City of Hope for All.
26 March 2023
After a seven-day journey that took riders from Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville and all the way to Hermanus, the riders arrived in Somerset West yesterday
12 March 2023
The sessions are an opportunity to get Neighbourhood Watches (NWs) into one room, and sharing information pertinent to their mandate.
01 March 2023
Cape Town capped a stellar month of events
16 December 2022
The annual awards ceremony recognises staff in a number of categories.
20 October 2022
The City's Public Emergency Communication Centre (PECC) was established at the turn of the century and recently marked its 22nd year in existence.
24 August 2022
100 new Law Enforcement officers deployed in the Central Business District to make the Cape Town safer
18 August 2022
Let's take pride in our city and show what's possible when we unite as Team Cape Town.
Below is an extract from today’s Council Speech delivered by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
11 August 2022
Today, the City of Cape Town and Western Cape Government marked the milestone of 1 100 LEAP officers.
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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