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21 May 2026
Cape Town has in excess of 600 scrap dealers and bucket shops
14 July 2025
On Saturday, 12 July 2025, Metro Police officers were on patrol in the Steenberg area where they arrested three suspects on drug related charges
28 June 2025
Statement by the Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith
05 February 2025
On 20 October 2024, two suspects were arrested in Belhar while digging up cables
30 September 2024
One of two hijackers were caught by an off duty traffic officer over the weekend as they attempted to start the vehicle they had taken.
15 September 2024
Metal confiscations weighed in at 1 839,41 kilograms, while the amount of confiscated cable clocked 54 kilometres.
09 September 2024
The increase in arrests bears testament to the efforts of our staff on the ground
28 August 2024
The City’s Energy Directorate has implemented a number of interventions to tackle the scourge of energy infrastructure theft and vandalism.
21 August 2024
The City of Cape Town’s Metal Theft Unit has apprehended a person in connection with the tampering of the City's electricity metering infrastructure.
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.
05 February 2024
The successes contributed to the week’s enforcement efforts that resulted in 313 arrests and 53 614 fines issued.
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.
14 August 2023
The City’s Traffic Service, Metro Police and Law Enforcement Departments arrested 175 suspects and issued 13 743 fines during weekly enforcement operations.
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.
22 May 2023
Our arrest rate has increased significantly in recent years, as the number of resources within Safety and Security has grown.
06 March 2023
'The theft of cables and other critical infrastructure is simply not letting up.
13 February 2023
The hot weather the past few days did not deter criminals, who also made use of the opportunity to take their crime to the beach.
28 November 2022
Weekly enforcement successes and report back on the Public Emergency Communication Centre
10 November 2022
The unit has already confiscated 2 489kg of mixed copper and 252,5m of cable this year.
29 August 2022
The City’s Traffic Service, Law Enforcement and Metro Police officers arrested 312 suspects and issued 71 163 fines during enforcement patrols in the past week
26 July 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate has already invested R43 million to upgrade and repair 33 vandalised sewer pump stations across the city between July 2021 and June 2022. Going forward, the City has budgeted to spend over R70 million over the 2022-2023 financial year, which started on 1 July, on upgrades/refurbishment of more sewer pump stations.
22 June 2022
Today, I went to see first-hand the City’s efforts to curb the burgeoning metal theft trade
27 May 2022
Today the City of Cape Town and National Government's Department of Water and Sanitation launched a joint campaign to raise public awareness about the impact that the theft and vandalism of water and sanitation infrastructure have on essential services to communities. It also aims to highlight the valuable role all stakeholders, including spheres of government and the public, have to help protect this critical infrastructure and staff who deliver this essential service. Read more below:
24 May 2022
The City has seen a downward trend in vandalism, theft and illegal connections incidents in some districts of the city.
19 May 2022
Large quantities of stolen City metal covers found in Morningstar, Durbanville by City Metal Theft unit and police. Suspects arrested.
16 May 2022
The City’s Metal Theft Unit (MTU) tripped up a group of suspected cable thieves bright and early this morning
12 March 2022
The City’s Metal Theft Unit continues to see an increase in the number of arrests, and confiscations related to the theft and vandalism of critical infrastructure
28 February 2022
The efforts of officers attached to the LEAP initiative, and their Metro Police counterparts saw the recovery of half a dozen firearms.
07 February 2022
On Saturday, 5 February 2022, Metro Police officers conducted a crime prevention patrol in Macassar when they received information of suspected copper cable thieves who were hiding in the area.
06 September 2021
Earlier today, members of the Law Enforcement Metal Theft Unit conducted an inspection on random vehicles conveying scrap to a scrap metal dealer in Wetton
12 August 2021
Law Enforcement stats
05 July 2021
City’s enforcement agencies made 198 arrests in the last week, and issued 40 972 fines for various transgressions.
24 June 2021
The fight against cable theft is ongoing and the impact is far reaching. Criminals do not see the families who are left without electricity
07 June 2021
On Sunday, 6 June 2021, Law Enforcement officers on patrol in the Salt River area were stopped by a group of children appealing for help as a woman was about to give birth
20 May 2021
The unit’s dogged determination has seen it being targeted on successive days.
17 May 2021
Safety and Security weekly roundup.
10 May 2021
06 April 2021
27 August 2020
The unit also recovered over 2 000 meters of stolen copper and aluminium cables. The Memorandum of Agreement between the City, PRASA, and the Western Cape Government came to an end on 30 June 2020.
13 February 2020
Apart from being deployed on rail lines to assist with crime prevention, the Law Enforcement Officers are also supporting the South African Police Service
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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