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07 July 2026
The City Energy teams attended to a massive 15 286 streetlight-related service requests.
03 July 2026
The rollout of electricity services is subject to land ownership and service supply arrangements
17 June 2026
The City’s Energy Directorate has completed an electrification project in Langa’s Special Quarters informal settlement.
12 June 2026
The City’s project to convert overhead electricity cables to underground infrastructure in Kensington is progressing well.
10 June 2026
The City’s Area East recorded the highest number of streetlight-related service requests attended to, with a total of 5 149
04 June 2026
The City’s Energy Directorate carried out electricity infrastructure upgrades in Lwandle, in the Strand where electricity kiosks and pole mounted sub stations were installed in the area
31 May 2026
The City’s continued investment in underground infrastructure is also important to protecting valuable assets.
27 May 2026
Between March and April 2026, the City recorded and resolved a total of 29 526 electricity related service requests
06 May 2026
The City’s Energy teams are actively carrying out infrastructure upgrades and repairs across the city as part of our winter readiness programme.
30 April 2026
The City of Cape Town’s Energy Directorate has intensified efforts on the ground to repair and upgrade critical electricity infrastructure in Langa and Bonteheuwel.
15 April 2026
The City’s Energy teams attended to 8 532 streetlight-related service requests between 26 February and 25 March 2026
09 April 2026
The City’s streetlight and high mast repair and maintenance interventions form part of our broader strategy to improve service delivery and to protect our essential infrastructure in high risk areas
31 March 2026
The City of Cape Town’s Energy Directorate is exploring a series of research pilot projects in hot spot areas across the metro as part of the City’s broader strategy to combat ongoing theft and vandalism
25 March 2026
City Energy and Eskom’s joint efforts in Dunoon are making significant progress.
23 March 2026
Theft, vandalism, and illegal electricity connections remain the primary drivers of electricity infrastructure faults and outages
18 March 2026
Dunoon falls within an Eskom supply area, however, the City’s public lighting responsibilities cover the entire Cape Town metropole jurisdiction.
15 March 2026
The City continues to be plagued by ongoing electrical infrastructure theft and vandalism.
12 March 2026
Macassar forms part of the City of Cape Town’s streetlight infrastructure maintenance and upgrading programme aimed at ensuring that infrastructure is repaired, maintained and upgraded where necessary.
19 February 2026
I am immensely proud and grateful for the hard work and dedication of our technical teams throughout the busy festive peak period.
04 December 2025
The City’s Energy Directorate recently visited Delft to assess public lighting challenges.
24 November 2025
As Cape Town prepares for the peak summer and holiday season, our teams remain dedicated to fixing streetlight requests as fast as possible
21 October 2025
Over the past year, we have invested a significant amount of resources to make streetlight repair and maintenance a stronger priority.
19 October 2025
The City’s R9 million underground electricity cabling project in Hazendal is expected to be completed mid-November.
27 May 2024
City policing operations recovered over 1 700 kilograms of stolen metal in nine months between July 2023 and March 2024, including over 53 000 metres of stolen cabling.
10 May 2024
The City of Cape Town is repairing and replacing stolen cables and vandalised street lights at record pace, with 1 120 street lights cable replacements in April 2024 alone.
28 January 2024
Staff conducted 404 autonomous operations, 1 260 scrapyard inspections, 1 777 hotspot patrols, and responded to 277 complaints from the public.
17 September 2023
The unit increased its hotspot patrols by 42%, recorded a 23% increase in notices issued to scrapyards and issued 3 253 fines for various by-law transgressions.
10 November 2022
The unit has already confiscated 2 489kg of mixed copper and 252,5m of cable this year.
20 May 2021
The unit’s dogged determination has seen it being targeted on successive days.
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
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The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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