Nearly 600 learners from 23 marching bands competed in their final event for 2024 in Kraaifontein this past weekend, as part of the Law Enforcement School Resource Officers cadet programme. The Voorbrug Hindle Cadets were the first marching band, established in 2018 to provide a positive outlet for ...
The City’s Community Arts & Culture Development Department hosted just over 200 persons in various stages of reintegration, for a fun wellness-focused event at the Belhar Indoor Sports Centre on Thursday, 31 October 2024. Attendees are currently residing at the City’s Safe Spaces, Haven Night sh...
The City’s Water Pollution Control unit continues to inspect properties across the city to ensure they do not have illegal sewer to stormwater connections. Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien recently joined the team for inspections in Langa on Friday, 25 O...
The City’s Public Housing maintenance teams visited the Cape Oil Community Residential Units (CRUs) in the Gugulethu area to carry out important maintenance and upgrades. The City is investing more than R1,2 billion over the next few years at CRUs across the metro to carry out maintenance, repairs a...
The City’s Recreation and Parks Department is excited to announce the upcoming public participation process for the Strandfontein Pavilion upgrade, with an open day scheduled for 26 October 2024. This initiative aims to drive interest in the project and encourage community engagement regarding the f...
Residents are reminded that they are able to submit their monthly water meter readings to the City of Cape Town, if they wish to do so. Customers who choose to submit their own readings generally do so to avoid the possibility of estimated billing if their meter cannot be read by the City for any re...
The City’s Energy Directorate’s ongoing light-emitting diode (LED) streetlight installation and maintenance project is making steady progress on public lights across the metro, including in Manenberg. The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Alderman Xanthea Limberg, and officials visited the...
The City Energy Directorate’s ongoing work of installing and maintaining its light-emitting diodes (LED) on public lights in Khayelitsha is making significant progress. Khayelitsha has a network of 222 high-mast public lights and the City’s LED long-term project aims to phase out the old mercury vap...
Last month, the City of Cape Town extended the commenting period for the draft Code of Conduct for the Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve (WANR) to 31 October 2024. Residents and interested and affected parties are encouraged to submit their comments soonest. The draft code proposes a number of interve...
The City of Cape Town’s Durbanville Library celebrated having the first young patron to read 1 000 stories. The 1000 Stories before School Reading campaign has been running for just over two years. Recently, five-year-old Leandri Roodman became the first young patron to reach the milestone of 1000...
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility team successfully hosted the first of four planned community roadshow events at the Parow Civic Centre, yesterday, 10 October 2024. ‘It was great to see the local residents who came out to meet the Urban Mobility Directorate teams. They had an opportunity to ...
The emergency exercise at a primary school in Melkbosstrand coincided with International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), which is commemorated annually on 13 October. The IDDRR theme this year is ‘Empowering the next generation for a resilient future’. The focus is on enhancing the prepa...