The Getaway leads the return home to libraries

23 July 2025

The holiday is a fine (free) time to bring back overdue library material

21 June 2025

City libraries to offer another fine free week duirng the school holiday

Cape Town receives upgrade from Moody’s ratings

02 May 2025

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the City’s credit rating upgrade announced by ratings agency Moody’s Investor Services on 2 May.

"Invested in Hope"

27 March 2025

“Invested in Hope” Budget 2025/26

Cape Town gets Moody’s Credit Rating Upgrade

01 July 2024

The agency noted that good governance is enabling the City to fund major infrastructure investments due to the metro's healthy revenue collection rate keeping debt levels relatively low.

City libraries write new chapter in technology

23 February 2024

City libraries initiatives to be more resilient against load shedding

City libraries revert to original borrowing privileges

09 January 2024

Libraries extended the number of items that patrons could borrow, as well as the borrowing period, during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Durbanville Library: 100 not out

26 May 2023

What makes the milestone even more special, is that Durbanville is an incredibly popular library, with the highest membership of the City's 101 libraries and one satellite library

President Ramaphosa can help us end load-shedding with this 10-point plan

11 July 2022

The power situation in South Africa is now a fully-fledged socio-economic crisis

Langa Library alive with the sound of music

11 February 2022

Langa is a small library in Cape Town’s oldest township, which for years provided an extremely limited music service

City library a comfort during COVID-19

17 June 2021

Brackenfell Library holds a special place in the hearts of the patrons, with the staff of 15 sharing their passion for learning through books.

City library a hive of learning and opportunity

02 June 2021

Wynberg Library was opened in 1958 as a hub of knowledge for the young and not-so-young, with school children and adults,

City library offers learning and upliftment

25 March 2021

Study spaces, books, magazines, audio visual material and access to the free internet service via SmartCape, are available for the benefit of residents in this community

Celebrate South African Library Week with the City’s libraries

05 March 2021

The very nature of our libraries as gateways to knowledge, communal spaces and curated collections of information was upended the last year

City libraries are community knowledge centres

18 February 2021

A series of library visits to highlight the services available to the public at these facilities

City libraries join marathon reading project

01 February 2021

Despite not being able to host the usual exciting events that libraries do on World Read Aloud Day, 102 City of Cape Town libraries are taking up the challenge

City availed R2,1 billion of internal funds to cushion residents from COVID-19 impacts

28 January 2021

STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE DEPUTY MAYOR AND MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR FINANCE, ALDERMAN IAN NEILSON.

Libraries back in business with browsing service

09 November 2020

The City’s Library Service is gradually returning to a full service offering

Libraries to start offering limited study and SmartCape access

01 October 2020

​The City of Cape Town’s Library and Information Service will expand its service offering from 5 October 2020 at some of its facilities.

Cape Town Council expands indigent relief, passes SA’s lowest rates increase

27 May 2020

The City of Cape Town council approves lowest rates increase of all metros

City advises on further service impacts and mitigation measures to tackle COVID-19

18 March 2020

In addition to the measures announced on Tuesday, 17 March 2020 about the City’s efforts to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 through the closure of some of its facilities

City’s adjustment budget tabled at Council

29 January 2020

Statement by the City's Executive Deputy Mayor, Alderman Ian Neilson