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14 July 2026
Kraaifontein Wastewater Treatment Works receives second place in the Western Cape for the Green Drop Technical Site Assessment, scoring 94%.
07 June 2026
The Wesfleur Domestic Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) was recently recognised as one of only 14 wastewater treatment works nationally to receive Green Drop Certification.
20 April 2026
The Fire and Rescue Service responded to an alert of persons stuck in a void in a canal in the Pinelands area
15 April 2026
The City’s Urban Waste Management Directorate is intensifying its focus on waste minimisation through recycling, reuse and composting
07 April 2026
An investment of R1,8 million went into improving sanitation in Imizamo Yethu, where ageing, vandalised and misused infrastructure had reached the end of its lifespan
18 March 2026
There is no definitive timeline on when this fire will be extinguished, but the Fire and Rescue Service will continue its efforts.
26 January 2026
The City is calling on Cape Town residents, especially the youth, to help reduce plastic waste as we commemorate World Environmental Education Day on Monday, 26 January 2026.
16 December 2025
MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, CARL POPHAIM
05 December 2025
Over 100 comments were received for each project during the public participation sessions held in 2025 for both Faure NWS and Desalination.
28 November 2025
The programme is part of the City’s commitment to safeguarding the marine environment and monitors water quality at 57 sites, every month
30 October 2025
This financial year, the City has provided 872 new portable flush toilets and attended to 1 790 maintenance activities across informal settlements.
02 September 2025
Residents of 7de Laan informal settlement in Strandfontein are the latest beneficiaries of a high-tech, off-grid sanitation solution
22 August 2025
The City presented the latest performance and environmental monitoring results for the three marine outfalls today, Friday 22 August 2025.
05 August 2025
Councillor Zahid Badroodien joined the City of Cape Town’s Junior City Council (JCC) on a visit to the Faure Water Treatment Plant (WTP).
11 July 2025
During winter, and as a result of heavy and ongoing rains, water seeps into cracks on the road surface
18 June 2025
The repairs and maintenance of the City’s rivers, canals and waterways take place across the City all year round.
13 June 2025
Infrastructure upgrades, enhanced maintenance and improved environmental monitoring will help restore water quality in the Milnerton Lagoon and surrounding areas.
28 May 2025
Mayor’s Council Speech
The City of Cape Town has tabled expanded rates relief measures and other changes to the proposed
03 March 2025
Innovative ‘off-grid’ sanitation technology is now fully operational at Masincedane Informal Settlement in Strandfontein, one of the pilot sites for this City initiative supported by the Water Research Commission and funded by the Gates Foundation. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis visited the site together with partners on Monday, 3 March.
09 February 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Corporate Services and Human Resources Directorate has successfully implemented a number of training interventions that benefited its Service and Sales workers
02 December 2024
Cape Town residents can confidently rely on the quality and safety of their tap water
22 November 2024
Construction of new eco-friendly toilets not connected to the municipal sewer reticulation system is progressing well, at Nyagatisa Informal Settlement in Macassar and Masincedane Informal Settlement in Strandfontein.
As the prices get lower through November, only buy what you really need to help protect the environment and reduce pressure on landfills.
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.
The City's service provider has received extortion threats, forcing a halt to cleaning services of about 300 container toilets in informal settlements in Kraaifontein and Wallacedene since Monday, 11 November 2024.
15 November 2024
The City is aware that the discovery of an illegal butchery in Mfuleni this week
11 November 2024
Environmental Health Practitioners service, on average, 85 000 block-baiting stations in public spaces and informal areas across the metropole annually.
06 October 2024
For more than a week, the City’s Water and Sanitation teams have been battling to clear excessive fat that has blocked a section of sewer pipes in Paarden Eiland.
04 October 2024
Keeping urban waterways like the Elsieskraal River clear of pollution is crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems
02 October 2024
The City currently has 526 informal settlements that receive various levels of basic services in line with national regulations.
13 September 2024
The City of Cape Town joined National Treasury and several representatives from other municipalities at the Cape Town International Convention Centre
03 September 2024
The Faure New Water Scheme, to be constructed at the Faure WTP, will eventually increase and diversify the City's drinking water supply by 70 to 100 million litres per day.
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 July 2024
The City's Permit Advisory Forum (PAF) on marine outfalls will hold its second quarterly meeting on Friday, 2 August 2024.
01 July 2024
It is anticipated that this tender will create over 700 work opportunities in informal settlements across the city.
13 June 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate recently refurbished 20 full-flush toilets in Overcome Heights Informal Settlement near Seawinds. An additional 20 new full-flush toilets and four taps were also installed and another set of 20 full-flush toilets are also planned for the 2024/2025 financial year.
07 June 2024
World Food Safety Day is celebrated worldwide annually on June 7.
26 April 2024
The City’s inaugural meeting which officially establishes the Permit Advisory Forum (PAF) on marine outfalls was held today, with the objective review of the discharge permit conditions for the city's marine outfalls.
20 March 2024
The City of Cape Town welcomes the site visit by Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) at the Stock Road site.
08 March 2024
City's enforcement agencies issued fines for illegal dumping and littering
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
12 December 2023
The City of Cape Town successfully maintained its Blue Drop status, achieving second place nationally, for the best-performing water services institution
24 November 2023
City Services will closely monitor the situation to mitigate any potential impact on infrastructure, and public safety issues.
13 September 2023
In partnership with the Water Research Commission (WRC), the City of Cape Town has entered into an agreement to provide sanitation units that use climate resistant technologies
17 August 2023
The eight new EH practitioners (EHPs) come from across the country and have been placed at Environmental Health offices across the eight sub-districts in the metro.
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
22 June 2023
The City’s Faure and Steenbras Water Treatment Plants (WTP) excelled with above-average quality drinking water according to the Blue Drop Watch Report that was released by the National Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).
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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