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Cost of electricity

We bill you based on a three-tier tariff system comprising of the Lifeline tariff, the Domestic tariff and the Home User tariff. Find out how this works for residential and commercial properties.

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City jobs and opportunities

The City offers a range of employment and career development opportunities to suitably qualified applicants from a range of social and educational backgrounds.

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Submit your water meter readings online

You can submit your water meter reading online through e-Services.

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Arrange a payment plan

We offer payment plans for property owners and tenants who have outstanding payments on their municipal accounts.

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Dam levels

The City of Cape Town and the National Department of Water and Sanitation measures dam levels to check how much water is available.

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Apply for a wheelie bin

Property owners can apply for a 240 litre wheelie bin for the household, while relevant sectional title complexes can apply for the required number of bins.

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Pay and renew your vehicle licence

Pay for your vehicle licence renewal online through e-Services or in person.

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Prevent illegal dumping

The City calls on all communities to stop illegal dumping and to report anyone who engages in this act.

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Informal trading

Informal trade is a very important part of Cape Town's economy and offers good employment opportunities for traders, as well as affordable goods and services to locals.

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Submit your electricity meter readings online

You can submit your own electricity meter reading or let the City read your meter for you.

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Find your councillor, ward or subcouncil

You can find your councillor, ward or subcouncil using our easy look-up tool.

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Registering as an accredited waste service provider ensures that your business is compliant with the City's Integrated Waste Management By-law.

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How to read your water meter

You can submit your water meter reading by calling 0860 103 089 or entering it online via your municipal account on our e-Services portal.

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Comment on the proposed MyCiTi Phase 2A stop locations along direct routes

10 October – 30 November 2022

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Spring into holiday programmes

The September holiday may be shorter, but that doesn't mean there's not much to do

Schools close this Friday, 20 September and reopen on Tuesday 1 October.'The September holiday may be shorter, but that doesn't mean there's not much to do. Our facilities are gearing up with a busy line-up of activities that cater for all age groups, whether you prefer to be inside, or out and about in the sun. I want to encourage our learners to enjoy the break and visit our libraries and recreation centres,' said Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Patricia van der Ross. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/20161007_110801%20%282%29.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:800px;" /> </figure>Activities at libraries include an obstacle course, arts and crafts, presentations from various City departments, Iziko Museum and the National Sea Rescue Institute. At the City's recreation centres children can play indoor and outdoor sports, indigenous and board games.To see what's on at your library or recreation centre, check in at the front desk or go to: <a href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/holidayprogrammes" target="_blank">www.capetown.gov.za/holidayprogrammes</a>Programmes are subject to change. Contact the programme coordinators listed in the link for further details about activities at your recreation centre. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/IMG-WA0012_Giant%20Ludo%20Game.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:967px;" /> </figure><figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"><img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/DSC_522417.jpg" alt="" style="width:872px;" /></figure>End

2024-09-16T22:00:00Z

Have your say on Cape Town’s strategy to tackle waste

Tackling illegal dumping, reducing waste that ends up at landfill, encouraging recycling and driving partnerships are among the topics addressed in the commitments and actions articulated in the strategy.

<table cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:100%;"> Cape Town's waste in numbers<ul><li>The City currently manages about 2,1 million tonnes of waste annually, with about 31,53% of this waste currently diverted from landfill.</li><li> Every day, Cape Town generates about enough waste to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.</li><li>In 2023/24, illegal dumping totalled about 15 000 tonnes of waste collected per month.</li><li>Cape Town's population is projected to expand to 5,8 million by 2040, which will increase pressure on waste management systems. </li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/clean-up-5.jpg" alt="" style="width:1048px;" /></figure> The City of Cape Town has collated its first Waste Strategy to navigate the significant challenges it faces in managing waste due to rapid urbanisation, population growth, and increasing consumption patterns. The Waste Strategy includes key actions that respond to these challenges– such as developing a plan for an additional landfill site, collaborating innovatively with producers and the formal and informal recycling industry, and extending waste services to backyard tenants on non-City land. The vision for Cape Town is to deliver a clean city for all, where residents and businesses have access to quality, sustainable, and affordable waste services. The draft Waste Strategy is built on three commitment pillars: <ol><li>Optimising existing services – improving efficiencies within existing services</li><li>Minimising waste to landfill – making waste reduction easy and part of the culture of Cape Town </li><li>Maximising the basket of service offerings – expanding services through partnerships and tailoring </li></ol> <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"><img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/Coastal_Park_MRF_122.jpg" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:949px;" /> </figure> 'The future of Cape Town's waste is in our hands. Sustainably managing waste in Cape Town is a shared responsibility, and residents, businesses and civil society are essential partners in realising the vision of a clean city for all. 'The City is encouraging all Cape Town stakeholders to provide input to the draft Waste Strategy, which covers various types of waste and existing services. Waste is part of our daily lives as we buy and consume products, or experience the effects of illegal dumping. It's a good time for us to reflect on our relationship with waste and how we manage it and what can be done to improve our systems, so we can all work together to keep Cape Town clean and sustainable. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"><img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/image_ws6483441%20%281%29.JPG" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:949px;" /> </figure> 'This strategy is important because it aims to create a cleaner, healthier environment for all residents and ensure that waste management services are accessible, affordable, and sustainable. Ensuring that all residents, including residents living in informal settlements, backyard dwellings and small-scale rental units (SSRUs), have access to quality waste services is critical in transforming the waste sector to be as circular as possible. 'This Strategy also emphasises that the collaboration between the City, residents, and the private sector is important to achieve the City's ambitious waste diversion targets and create a sustainable urban environment for all Cape Town residents. In this regard, we would love to hear suggestions for topics on which we need to raise greater awareness. 'Waste is everyone's business. This is your chance to be part of helping to create a cleaner Cape Town so please submit your comments. We want to hear from you,' said Alderman Grant Twigg, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management. Public participation period From Wednesday 11 September 2024 to Friday 18 October 2024. View the draft Waste Strategy: <ul><li> Online: <a href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay" target="_blank">http://www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay</a></li><li> In-person at sub-council offices and at libraries. Submit comments:</li><li> Online: <a href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay" target="_blank">http://www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay</a></li></ul> <ul><li> Email: <a href="mailto:WasteStrategy.PP@capetown.gov.za" target="_blank">WasteStrategy.PP@capetown.gov.za</a> </li><li> In writing: post it to Urban Waste Management 19th floor, Civic Center, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Foreshore, Cape Town, 8001 Special assistance for people who are unable to submit written comments: Contact Mbuthokazi Kubashe at 021 400 9808 or <a href="mailto:Mbuthokazi.Kubashe@capetown.gov.za" target="_blank">Mbuthokazi.Kubashe@capetown.gov.za</a> General enquiries about the draft Waste Strategy Contact the Urban Waste Management Directorate on 021 400 1902 or email: <a href="mailto:WasteStrategy.PP@capetown.gov.za" target="_blank">WasteStrategy.PP@capetown.gov.za</a> </li></ul> End

2024-09-16T22:00:00Z

Celebrate our natural heritage with free entry to City nature reserves during the Great Southern BioBlitz

In celebration of Heritage Month the City of Cape Town is offering four days’ free entry to its nature reserves during the coming Great Southern Bioblitz weekend from Friday, 20 September to Monday, 23 September 2024.

The Great Southern Bioblitz is a citizen scientist event that takes place annually during springtime, and is aimed at encouraging people to record and identify wildlife in the southern hemisphere. Anyone can participate by uploading their nature observations onto the iNaturalist app. 'Much like the popular City Nature Challenge, cities in the southern hemisphere compete against each other to see who can record the widest range of plant and animal species during the course of the challenge. With a wide array of nature reserves, I am certain Cape Town will come out tops and I encourage residents to take along their smartphones or cameras and snap as many unique sightings as they can at the reserves,' said Alderman Eddie Andrews, the City's Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment.Residents are encouraged to join by simply entering their plant and animal sightings on the iNaturalist app or website. Each observation taken on one of the four challenge days will automatically be included in the challenge. To join in and also see how Cape Town is doing, visit the <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-cape-town" target="_blank">Cape Town project page</a> on the iNaturalist website. To view your nearest nature reserve, visit <a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/See-all-city-facilities/Our-recreational-facilities/Nature%20reserves" target="_blank">this page</a> on the City's website. End

2024-09-16T22:00:00Z

City progresses with plans for permanent desalination plant

The study will be undertaken by a suitably qualified transaction advisory team, who have been appointed as approved by Council resolution.

In the face of climate change, unpredictable rainfall and a growing population, the City's plans for a permanent desalination plant is a key project in the City's New Water Programme (NWP) and Water Strategy, which aims to diversify drinking water supply resources. The desalination project is expected to produce 50 to 70 million litres of water a day by 2030.Overall, the City aims to add an extra 300 million litres of water per day from various sources, including desalination, water reuse, groundwater and clearing of alien invasive species. <figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"> <img src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/Intake%20options%20%20investigated%20for%20proposed%20desalination%20site.png" class="responsive" alt="" style="width:828px;" /> </figure>Progress made on desalination to date<ul><li>An independent advisory panel (IAP) of 12 esteemed international and local desalination experts, consisting of scientists, engineers, public health and social science practitioners, was established to guide the City in making informed decisions regarding the establishment of a permanent seawater desalination plant. </li></ul><ul><li>The National Treasury's Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) appointed a Transaction Advisor on behalf of the City to investigate the most appropriate approach to deliver the desalination project. </li><li>The City together with the Transaction Advisor evaluated the viability of the proposed site for the desalination plant, comparing it with other locations identified. </li><li> The findings of the Section 78(1) assessment were presented to Council in March 2024. Council granted approval in terms of Section 78(2) of the MSA, to proceed with detailed feasibility studies of alternative options for the implementation and operation of the City's first Permanent Desalination Plant and as well as Faure New Water Scheme (FNWS) (in compliance with Section 78(3) of the MSA). </li></ul><ul><li>These detailed studies will explore various implementation options, including the potential for external mechanisms such as a Public Private Partnership (PPP), and will include among others a value assessment and due diligence assessment of the considered options. </li><li>Through published public notices, the City announced its plans, under Section 78(3) of the MSA, to explore implementing and operating a permanent Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant at Paarden Eiland and a water re-use scheme at Faure (FNWS) through external mechanisms; encouraging the public to submit any enquiries for clarification.</li></ul><ul><li>An environmental impact assessment is under way.</li></ul>Commitment to expertiseThe IAP reviewed the technical, scientific, socio-economic, and regulatory aspects of the project, emphasising the long-term benefits of their input. To continue benefiting from this expert guidance, the City is pursuing a long-term phase 2 of the Memorandum of Agreement with the Water Research Commission. This will ensure the Scheme development continues the journey with the IAP.'We are committed to advancing our water security by developing a permanent desalination plant, among all other interventions which comprise the New Water Programme. 'By leveraging on a diverse pool of expertise and exploring all feasible options for implementation, we are confident that Cape Town will establish quality technologies in water treatment from diverse sources, which meet safety, technical and regulatory standards,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien. End

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Prevent blocked sewers

The City has an excessively high number of sewer blockages each year. On average, we attend to nearly 300 sewer blockages every day. Clearing these blockages makes our operational costs higher.

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Get Grants-in-Aid funding

The City of Cape Town makes grants-in-aid available to organisations to fund projects that benefit the community and assist the City in realising its goals and objectives as set out by the Integrated Development Plan (IDP).

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Apply for debt relief

If you would like to have your debt written off, please contact us directly to find out if you qualify.

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Registering as an accredited waste service provider ensures that your business is compliant with the City's Integrated Waste Management By-law.

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How to read your water meter

You can submit your water meter reading by calling 0860 103 089 or entering it online via your municipal account on our e-Services portal.

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Comment on the proposed MyCiTi Phase 2A stop locations along direct routes

10 October – 30 November 2022

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Pay and renew your vehicle licence

There are a number of different options you can use when paying for and renewing your vehicle licence renewal.

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Prevent illegal dumping

We are calling on all our residents to stop and report illegal dumping … Illegal dumping costs us money It costs the City R350 million every year to clean up illegal dumping …

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Informal trading

Informal trade is a very important part of Cape Town's economy and benefits both traders and locals.

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Submit a building plan

If you are planning any building work on a property, you may need to submit a building plan for approval.

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City jobs and opportunities

The City offers a range of employment and career development opportunities to suitably qualified applicants from a range of social and educational backgrounds.

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Pay your rates and services accounts

You can pay your rates and services account in a number of different ways.

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District plans

The District Plans are medium term (10 year) plans that aim to guide spatial development processes and land use management within the district and are approved by the Council of City of Cape Town as policy.

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The Business Hub

The Business Hub provides information on starting and growing your business.

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Dam levels

The dam levels are critical for Cape Town’s water supply and are a key contributor to the Day Zero water dashboard

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Submit your water meter readings online

You can submit your water meter reading online through e-Services.

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Apply for new or replacement driver's licence

Find out how to get a new or replacement driver’s licence.

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Cape Town Future Energy Festival

The Cape Town Future Energy Festival is a showcase of innovation and sustainable living.

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Arrange a payment plan

We offer payment plans for property owners and tenants who have outstanding payments on their municipal accounts.

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The cost of electricity

We bill you based on a three-tier tariff system comprising of the Lifeline tariff, the Domestic tariff and the Home User tariff.

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Submit your electricity meter readings online

You can submit your own electricity meter reading or let the City read your meter for you.

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Find your councillor, ward or subcouncil

You can find your councillor, ward or subcouncil using our easy look-up tool.

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Apply for a wheelie bin

Property owners can apply for a 240 litre wheelie bin for their household

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