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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.
23 March 2026
Theft, vandalism, and illegal electricity connections remain the primary drivers of electricity infrastructure faults and outages
01 December 2025
The City’s Corporate Services Directorate is proud to share that from January to November 2025, the Customer Relations Department’s mobile team visited communities 88 times and hosted 10 Basket of Services events
20 November 2025
The Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT) has finalised and adopted the Action Plan which details the practical implementation of the Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan
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.
24 November 2024
There were a number of streetlights that were damaged beyond repair and it was truly shocking to see the extent of vandalism and theft in our hotspot areas
05 September 2024
Between 14 and 27 August 2024, City energy teams attended to 6 840 streetlight-related requests across the metro.
22 August 2024
Between 31 July and 13 August 2024, City energy teams attended to 5 810 streetlight-related requests across the metro, bringing the total attended to in a month to more than 13 210
27 July 2024
Electricity staff in all regions attended to18 974 power faults.
12 July 2024
We are working around the clock and prioritising all emergency electricity faults in all areas, as well as all large and prolonged area outages.
24 May 2024
Modulêr's new site has expanded to 4 000m², a significant increase from its initial 700m² when it opened its doors just two years ago.
18 April 2024
The cent-in-rand rate is a statutory formula used by municipalities to calculate property rates.
09 April 2024
Work continues to restore electricity supply in the remaining storm affected areas.
29 February 2024
Westridge and the surrounding suburbs have been hit hard by criminals and this has had a severe impact on residents.
27 February 2024
A site visit to Coastal Park landfill today showed promise as City officials checked on the progress at the waste-to-energy project on site. Read more below:
26 February 2024
Last week the City’s Water was able to quickly repair a significant leak on the Hout Bay Reservoir pipe, thanks to a prompt alert from local residents and the ward councillor.
09 February 2024
The City urges all communities to stand with us in our ongoing fight against electricity infrastructure theft, damage and vandalism.
20 December 2023
Recent years have borne witness to an alarming surge in climate-related catastrophes.
01 December 2023
The BR&E unit, which operates under the Investment Facilitation Branch umbrella, also works in partnership with industrial businesses and various city improvement districts which seeks to assist businesses in these industrial areas.
28 November 2023
More than R3 million has been budgeted for the project.
11 November 2023
Approximately R4 million has been spent on the repair and replacement of damaged infrastructure in the last three months and sadly, many of the incidents are reoccurring where the same infrastructure is vandalise
07 September 2023
Between May and August this year, electricity teams received more than 3 298 streetlight service requests for Mitchells Plain, including Tafelsig, and our teams have thus far attended to more than 1 600 requests
02 August 2023
The City’s Energy Directorate recorded 249 incidents of electricity vandalism, theft and illegal connections in the second quarter of 2023
25 May 2023
Today, the monetary policy committee will announce what most economists say will be a 50-basis-point hike in interest rates.
24 May 2023
The Energy Safety team’s operating regime will further consist of patrolling red-zones in the metro. These are areas, which we have identified as hotspots for electricity infrastructure crimes.
19 April 2023
Residents have about two more weeks to comment on the City of Cape Town’s ‘Building Hope’ budget for the 2023/24 financial year
31 March 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Energy Directorate completed all repairs to the severely vandalised streetlights along Jan Smuts Drive
23 March 2023
Various milestones are being reached this week in the City’s R2,8 billion medium-term human settlements delivery programme.
10 February 2023
All the President said was that SAPS continues with its routine annual national recruitment
08 February 2023
Statement by The City's Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos
01 December 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Electricity Generation and Distribution Department has been hard at work over recent months on a number of its priority projects across the metro.
26 October 2022
The City continues to build on its programme of ending load-shedding over time
20 October 2022
The City of Cape Town has seen a drop in the number of electricity vandalism and illegal connection incidents in the majority of its regions in the metro.
17 October 2022
Help is available and residents are encouraged to attend an upcoming event in their area to see if they are eligible for assistance.
08 June 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Electricity Generation and Distribution Department carried out critical maintenance and upgrades to High Voltage electricity infrastructure in Milnerton
24 May 2022
The City has seen a downward trend in vandalism, theft and illegal connections incidents in some districts of the city.
18 May 2022
The City carries out critical routine maintenance on a daily basis in areas across the metro to ensure reliable supply to residents.
10 May 2022
I was honoured to welcome the 2022 Investing in African Mining Indaba delegates to Cape Town this week
04 March 2022
The Khayelitsha bulk water pipeline project involves six kilometres of new pipelines with diameters varying from 1 200mm to 800mm Installed
29 September 2021
Council speech
14 May 2021
Statement by the Mayoral Committee for Economic Opportunties and Asset Management, James Vos
25 April 2021
Between July 2020 and March 2021, the City of Cape Town has spent more than R15,5 million on repairing and replacing City electricity infrastructure damaged by vandalism
09 April 2021
We thank City electricity teams for their commitment and for working long hours to carry out the required repairs and maintenance in the Helderberg region
02 December 2020
The City of Cape Town has launched its first public electric vehicle (EV) charging station, situated in the parking area of the Bellville Civic Centre
05 November 2020
Frederick Street realigned as a short-term safety measure to reduce the risk of train-vehicle crashes at the Buttskop level crossing in Blackheath.
12 October 2020
One of the visits was to SolarMD, a local manufacturing company that specialises in commercial and industrial Lithium-Ion battery storage solutions.
17 August 2020
Together with councillors from Atlantis and officials from the City’s Investment Facilitation Unit (IFU), Alderman Vos visited the company’s facility
13 August 2020
As we face an unprecedented health crisis, lives and livelihoods are at risk. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing economic and social challenges facing Cape Town as well as South Africa as a whole.
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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