| Your City in 60 seconds | Your City in 60 seconds | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Site%20Images/Media%20Centre%20Header%20Image.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Catch up on the latest important City news updates with your City in 60 seconds. | <p>Each week, we share a new video giving you a snapshot of what we are up to in your community.</p><div class="responsive-media">
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<br>The School Resource Officers (SROs) started the 2024 school year with 88 members deployed in and around 54 schools in the metropole.
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<br>The City of Cape Town’s Recreation and Parks Department has urged bathers to remain cautious even as the season winds down.
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Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Councillor Rob Quintas, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, visited the Kuyasa MyCiTi Station in Khayelitsha.
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The City thanks residents who have already paid their municipal accounts this month.
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| City’s Mobile Office heads to Langa next week | City’s Mobile Office heads to Langa next week | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20news.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | The City’s Customer Relations Department’s mobile team will assist residents with logging queries and service requests electronically. | <p>The details are as follows:</p><ul><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Thursday, 30 January 2025, from 09:30 to 13:30 at the Langa Administration Building, Cnr. King Langalibalele Drive & Lerotholi Avenue, Langa</div></li><li><div style="text-align:justify;">Friday, 31 January 2025, from 09:30 to 13:30 at the Zone 25 Community Hall, Winnie Mandela Drive, Langa</div></li></ul><p> <br>The City’s Customer Relations Department’s mobile team will assist residents with logging queries and service requests electronically. Customers can engage with the City in a wide-range of non-emergency enquiries such as rates, sewerage, electricity, water, refuse collections, and all other account enquiries. <br> <br>‘We are bringing the City’s services closer to Langa residents to ensure that no time and money is spent on transport. This is a special opportunity to resolve any municipal items that residents have wanted to address. Should you wish to make use of the services on offer, do remember to bring along your ID or municipal accounts to help ease the process,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Corporate Services, Alderman Theresa Uys.</p><p><br><strong>End</strong></p> | 2025-01-23T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| City Nature Reserves move to cashless payment options | City Nature Reserves move to cashless payment options | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/Table%20Bay%20NR.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | We have made the decision in the interest of the safety and security of staff and visitors who will no longer need to handle cash on the Nature Reserve premises | <p>‘We have made the decision in the interest of the safety and security of staff and visitors who will no longer need to handle cash on the Nature Reserve premises. This is in line with many other biodiversity tourism options (e.g. Cape Point) in Cape Town and around the world. I encourage all our residents to visit the many City Nature Reserves and conservation areas in Cape Town, some of which I am sure many are still not aware of. These spaces offer a refreshing break from the hustle of our city lives and are right on your doorstep. Residents can visit the City website for more information on the opening hours and locations of all the City managed reserves,’ said the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.</p><span><div class="image-gallery-slider img-gal-1" id="img-gal-1" data-slides="3" data-slide="1" style="height:493.5px;"><div class="image-gallery-content" style="height:414px;">
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<i class="icon arrow-white-prev"></i></div></div></div></div></span><p>All Digital cards (credit and debit cards) will be accepted. Visitors will also be able to make use of contactless payments by using the tap-to-pay option.</p><p>Residents are reminded that the Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve is free for pedestrian access and entry (for visitors who would like to walk, hike or picnic in the dunes).</p><p><br>End<br></p> | 2025-01-23T22:00:00Z | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Reminder to comment on spatial vision for Sir Lowry’s Pass Village | Reminder to comment on spatial vision for Sir Lowry’s Pass Village | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20news.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Sir Lowry’s Pass Village is located in the Helderberg District, north of the Firlands development area | <p></p><span><p style="text-align:justify;">Sir Lowry’s Pass Village is located in the Helderberg District, north of the Firlands development area. The draft LSDF concerns the area bordered by the N2 highway, including Blue Rock Estate, the railway line, Old Sir Lowry’s Pass Road, Tobacco Lane, Knorhoek Road, Farm 840 and Tre Donne. <br> <br>The City hosted several public engagements and workshops last year, as well as public information days earlier this month. <br> <br>The closing date for comments is Friday, 31 January 2025. <br> <br>‘Once approved, the LSDF will guide development and land use decisions to address current challenges, such as the need for community facilities and open space, to plan for future population growth, and build on the opportunities to the benefit of the local communities. The draft document proposes interventions to address the existing backlog in service provision and accommodation, and identifies opportunities to improve living conditions and economic upliftment.</p><div style="text-align:justify;">
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