Borer beetle pest confirmed in Cape Town CBD and Hout Bay

15 December 2025

Borer beetle pest sighted in Durbanville

21 January 2025

PSHB sighting in Durbanville

Borer beetle pest sighted in Alphen, Constantia

19 April 2024

The City was first notified of a possible infested tree in Alphen yesterday, 18 April 2024.

Borer beetle pest sighted in Penhill, Eerste River

26 March 2024

​The City of Cape Town wants to inform residents that trees infested with the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle (PSHB) have been discovered in Penhill, Eerste River.

Residents invited to City’s nature reserves next weekend to participate in Bioblitz

19 November 2023

Cape Town is participating in this year’s Great Southern Bioblitz challenge

Solarisation site in South for beetle pest infested plant material

16 October 2023

Solarisation is one of the recommended methods of dealing with infested plant material.

City enlarges Rondevlei section of False Bay Nature Reserve

28 June 2023

The expansion of the City's False Bay Nature Reserve land estate will now create more habitat for wild life in the area, including that of the famous hippos in Rondevlei.

Feasibility studies into permanent desalination making progress

08 October 2021

Council’s support to appoint the National Treasury’s Government Technical Advisory Centre as a Transaction Advisor is a key step in achieving the next objectiv

‘Grow, don’t mow’ spring flowers applications now open

05 August 2021

The warmer weather creates a favourable climate for spring flowers to start blooming.

City’s Winter Readiness Task Team gets to work

11 April 2021

The City of Cape Town’s Flooding and Storms Task Team has already started its annual meetings to ensure various departmental plans are in place and at the ready to assist residents in the event of flooding or other weather-related damages during winter.

Hectares of alien vegetation cleared for endangered Cape Fynbos to flourish

29 March 2021

For months starting in November last year, the need to remove Port Jackson at Bowlers Public Open Space became apparent when the growth spurt of the invasive species started to affect the remnants of the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand

City keeping track of the Shot Hole Borer Beetle in Somerset West

14 December 2020

Although our data has confirmed that PSHB is currently confined within the Somerset West area

COVID-19 and the 10th anniversary of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

15 June 2020

After years of preparation and a few frantic months before the kick-off, South Africa pulled out all the stops to host the world’s biggest sporting event

Residents encouraged to comment on by-law intended to protect nature reserves, visitors

24 February 2020

Residents are encouraged to read the proposed by-law and to please submit their comments.