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Recreation and Parks expands fleet with new cherry pickers

The Department currently operates more than 550 vehicles across the city, including LDVs, tractors, mowing trucks and grab trucks.

The addition of cherry pickers forms part of a broader fleet upgrade. The Department currently operates more than 550 vehicles across the city, including LDVs, tractors, mowing trucks and grab trucks. During the current and next two financial years, further replacements and additions are expected, totalling nearly R70 million. This includes the replacement of some of the older tipper trucks with specialised trucks, to improve efficiency and be more cost effective in the long term. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/DSC_3334.jpg" alt="" style="width:981px;" /> </figure>Together, these investments will strengthen the Department’s ability to address maintenance needs year-round, improving service delivery and ensuring public safety in parks and open spaces.‘Upgrades to our fleet are a direct investment in service delivery. These cherry pickers will allow our teams to safely and efficiently maintain trees across the city, which are difficult to reach using conventional methods. By modernising our equipment, we are improving turnaround times and ensuring that residents can enjoy safe, well-kept public spaces,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Francine Higham.The new vehicles will also help reduce service requests by enabling quicker, more effective responses to maintenance issues. Residents are reminded to log requests through the official service request channels:The City’s Customer Call Centre: 0860 103 089 E-services: <a href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/servicerequests" target="_blank">http://www.capetown.gov.za/servicerequests</a> The City’s mobile app, downloadable from the Apple or Google Play Store <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/DSC_3277.jpg" alt="" style="width:655px;" /> </figure>With its expanding and upgraded fleet, the Recreation and Parks Department continues to make strides in keeping Cape Town’s public spaces green, safe and welcoming for all residents. Caption 1: The newly delivered cherry pickers Caption 2: Cllr Higham with Recreation and Parks officials, Morton Arries, and Daniel Van Jaarsveld End

2025-11-15T22:00:00Z

ShotSpotter areas drive firearm confiscations

MEDIA STATEMENT BY MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, ALDERMAN JP SMITH

The City's Law Enforcement and Metro Police Departments confiscated 57 firearms between April and June this year; 34 imitation and homemade firearms, and 644 rounds of ammunition. Of these, 31 firearms, 18 imitation and homemade firearms and 467 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the ShotSpotter deployment areas of Manenberg, Hanover Park, Nyanga and Steenberg.The data underpins the value of the gunshot detection technology which enables more frequent, rapid, and precise responses. And, by revealing patterns of gunfire, such as time of day or week, and geographic hotspots, it helps law enforcement allocate limited resources more efficiently and effectively.In the past financial year, (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025), ShotSpotter detected 3 893 alerts with a total of 9 223 rounds fired. This is a 30% reduction compared to the previous year when 5 770 alerts and 14 181 rounds fired were recorded. Across the four coverage areas, 40% of all gunfire occurred on just 20 streets per suburb. In Lavender Hill, that figure was at 58%. The narrative that gunshot detection technology can, or should directly prevent gang violence is both unrealistic and counterproductive. ShotSpotter cannot stop a person from pulling a trigger any more than a fire detector can stop a fire from igniting. What it does provide is awareness. And without that awareness, the vast majority of gunfire goes unreported, leaving law enforcement blind. Gunshot detection is just one tool in the public safety toolbox, along with proactive policing, crime prevention technologies, social development programmes, infrastructure investments, job opportunities and learnerships.Yet it remains the low hanging fruit that detractors aim for, instead of asking the more pertinent questions, like what national enforcement and prosecution agencies are doing to: <ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li>stem the flow of guns onto our streets </li><li>address the delays with ballistics and DNA testing to further investigations </li><li>fill critical vacancies in the SAPS detectives branch so that firearm-related cases can be effectively investigated</li></ul>And all the while, the City's offers of assistance and repeated calls for increased policing powers to help address the scourge continue to be met with silence.

2025-11-15T22:00:00Z

Public invited to upcoming Permit Advisory Forum for marine outfalls

The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate invites residents, stakeholders, and interested parties to attend the last quarterly meeting of the Permit Advisory Forum (PAF) for the year on Friday, 21 November 2025. This session will focus on the permit conditions governing the marine outfalls at Camps Bay, Hout Bay and Green Point.

The public forum provides a platform for dialogue with the City on the permit conditions of effluent discharged through these outfalls.Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with City and specialist consultants on their presentations about the latest developments on compliance measures, environmental considerations and ongoing initiatives to effectively manage coastal water quality.Meeting details are as follows:Date: Friday, 21 November 2025Time: 10:00 to 15:00Venue: Council Chambers, 6th Floor, Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape TownRSVP: Email: <a href="mailto:public.participation@capetown.gov.za">public.participation@capetown.gov.za</a>

2025-11-15T22:00:00Z

Final touches underway on two new footbridges on Govan Mbeki Road

This week Councillor Rob Quintas visited two new footbridges being built at the Vygekraal and Duinefontein intersections

‘It is truly encouraging to see the progress and the hard work of our teams on the ground, and I also want to thank our commuters and local communities for their continued support. It is appreciated. With the widening of Govan Mbeki Road we had to build a retaining wall along the Lotus River canal. We used this opportunity to build two new footbridges across the Lotus Canal. If all goes as planned, the bridges will be ready by the end of January next year, with hand railings and all,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas.‘The bridges will make it possible for pedestrians, especially children, to safely cross the canal on their way to and from school. I also want to add that the bridges are aligned with public transport pick-up points and pedestrian crossings, all aimed at keeping Cape Town moving, safely.’The elevated Duinefontein Road bridge at the intersection of Govan Mbeki and Duinefontein Road forms part of the infrastructure for the second phase of the MyCiTi bus service in this area. High resolution images are available <a href="https://bit.ly/4p2P2sy">here</a>.

2025-11-15T22:00:00Z

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