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20 April 2026
Residents in Cape Town are spoilt for choice with an array of nature reserves and conservation areas right on their doorstep
09 July 2025
The murals were conceptualised through co-design workshops or stakeholder engagements organised by the City's Community, Arts and Culture Development Department.
09 December 2024
The scope of work entails removal of invasive species that have proliferated along a section of the Elsieskraal River, situated at Tafelsig canyon between Jip De Jager and north of the N1.
21 November 2024
The City’s Urban Mobility Directorate can confirm that several processes are under way to ensure the repair work to a section of Kloof Road can commence in 2025
29 October 2024
As the most biodiverse city in the world, we have a responsibility to conserve and protect this unique biodiversity
16 September 2024
As part of the #SpringCleanCT campaign, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg, today, 16 September, hosted a beach clean-up at the Lagoon Beach in Milnerton ahead of International Coastal Clean-up Day, which will be celebrated on Saturday 21 September 2024.
31 July 2024
Today, 31 July 2024, marks World Ranger Day. This year, the City has decided to share the stories of three of our passionate rangers who are taking good care of various City nature reserves across Cape Town.
03 June 2024
City's Recreation and Parks Department hosted a successful youth camp
02 May 2024
The Spaanschemats River spans 5km from Silverhurst Drive to the M3 freeway in Constantia, winding through both public and private land.
24 April 2024
Finally, we have an outcome that will allow us to go ahead and execute a project that we believe will bring huge relief to the community of Masiphumelele
22 April 2024
World Earth Day celebrated at tree planting event
11 December 2023
The annual appreciation event took place on 7 December at the City Hall where various volunteers were awarded with certificates and gifts of appreciation to recognise their efforts and dedication.
01 November 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Blaauwberg Nature Reserve has been awarded Green Flag status again
28 April 2023
Cape Town participants were able to record 66 144 observations and 4 388 species across the city last year.
24 April 2023
The theme for Earth Day 2023 is "Invest in Our Future", with an emphasis on investing in the local green economy, reducing personal carbon footprint and sustainable livelihoods.
22 April 2023
Reminder: City Nature Challenge next week
12 April 2023
The City Nature Challenge is two weeks away
01 February 2023
The theme of this year’s World Wetlands Day on 2 February 2023 is: ‘It's time for wetland restoration’.
07 December 2022
'Volunteering takes you on a journey of unintended consequences, but with each step you are making a difference.
10 November 2022
Biodiversity and climate change are two sides of the same coin, and it is more important than ever for us all to act responsibly to reduce our carbon footprint.
21 October 2022
Cape Town is participating in this year’s Great Southern Bioblitz challenge alongside other cities in the southern hemisphere in an effort to record the local diversity of plant and animal life
14 June 2022
The City would like to inform residents that as a result of the recent wild fire, the Helderberg Nature Reserve will remain closed for the next month
The City of Cape Town would like to inform residents that the recent Rietvlei wildfire at the Table Bay Nature Reserve has not had a negative impact on the Reserve ecologically
16 May 2022
The City would like to inform residents that this closure will affect all water sports in the Zeekoevlei portion of the nature reserve for the next two months.
25 April 2022
The City of Cape Town is calling on all Capetonians to register on the iNaturalist app and to participate in the challenge
13 April 2022
The City Nature Challenge is less than three weeks away and the City of Cape Town is calling on all Capetonians to register on the iNaturalist app and to participate in the challenge over the long weekend
23 March 2022
Before the pandemic, the venue welcomed approximately one million annual visitors
11 November 2021
04 June 2021
300 plants added at Jack Muller Park
22 May 2021
The City of Cape Town recently secured first place in two categories of the 2021 City Nature Challenge
30 April 2021
As Capetonians, we know that we live in a magnificent city, and now it’s time to prove that Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet
16 April 2021
‘As Capetonians, we know that we live in a magnificent city, and now it’s time to prove that Cape Town is one of the most biodiverse cities on the planet
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
17 March 2021
The City of Cape Town’s Recreation and Parks Department has joined hands with non-profit organisation Project Noordhoeked to clear invasive alien vegetation growing in parts of the Noordhoek Wetland
02 February 2021
The Uitkamp Wetland Nature Reserve is one of the City’s nature reserves aimed at protecting and conserving our city’s natural areas and biodiversity heritage
24 November 2020
The City of Cape Town’s Biodiversity Management branch worked hard at conserving the biodiversity and maintaining the natural beauty of its 21 nature reserves
11 November 2020
Park Island closed to dogs after killing of Cape grysbok
16 August 2020
Stories like these warm my heart because they show that we are indeed making progress possible, together
13 July 2020
The City of Cape Town absolutely condemns the repeated attempts to invade the Bosasa homes earmarked for vulnerable beneficiaries from Mfuleni’s Burundi informal settlement and BM Section in Khayelitsha.
15 April 2020
Westlake’s finest caught on camera! Pictured here is a Grey Mongoose; Porcupine; Caracal and Water Mongoose all captured over the past Easter weekend by camera traps recently installed at the City of Cape Town Westlake Conservation Centre
18 February 2020
The dams, many of which are retention ponds to regulate stormwater downstream, are popular outdoor recreational facilities
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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