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City Of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town is the metropolitan municipality governing Cape Town and its surrounding areas in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is one of eight metropolitan municipalities in the country and serves as the legislative capital of South Africa. The municipality operates under a mayoral executive system, with executive authority vested in an executive mayor elected by the city council. The City of Cape Town is responsible for local government functions including water and sanitation, electricity distribution, refuse removal, municipal policing, traffic management, urban planning and public transport within its jurisdiction. It covers an area of approximately 2 460 square kilometres and serves a population of more than four-million residents. The municipality is the only metropolitan government in South Africa not governed by the African National Congress, having been under Democratic Alliance control since 2006. It operates the City of Cape Town Metro Police, a municipal police service with law enforcement powers within the metropolitan area. The City of Cape Town generates significant own revenue through rates, service charges and other fees, making it one of the most financially independent municipalities in the country. It is headquartered at the Cape Town Civic Centre in the central business district.

City Of Cape Town Updates


Water drop
Berg River Voëlvlei Augmentation Scheme, South Africa – update
5th June 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The project remained in the preconstruction stage as at May 2026, with detailed design, tender design and associated documentation still to be undertaken. 


Plastics SA drives collaborative action for cleaner rivers and oceans ahead of world oceans day 2026
Plastics SA drives collaborative action for cleaner rivers and oceans ahead of world oceans day 2026
3rd June 2026 By: Reza Creamer

Under the theme “Catalysing Action for Our Ocean & Climate”, Plastics SA is intensifying its efforts to prevent plastic pollution from reaching South Africa’s rivers, streams and oceans through a... 


An image of a train at the Mitchells Plain Station
Rail corridor revival will bolster service, safety
8th May 2026 By: Trent Roebeck

The revival of the Mitchells Plain rail corridor in the Western Cape – undertaken by South African passenger rail transport company Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), in collaboration... 


First city-approved affordable rental flats under construction in Cape Town
1st May 2026 By: Irma Venter

Sithembele Sidzumo and his team from Kaya Properties have officially broken ground on the Ubuntu Terrace 1 project in Delft, Cape Town. The development is the first TUHF-funded project to receive... 


The Volvo BZRLE bus chassis
City of Cape Town to receive its first electric buses in August
1st May 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its Urban Mobility Directorate will take delivery of its first electric bus in August, with another 13 electric buses to arrive between October and December this... 


The Volvo BZRLE bus chassis
City of Cape Town to take delivery of its first electric bus in August
15th April 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its Urban Mobility Directorate will take delivery of its first electric bus in August, with another 13 electric buses to arrive between October and December this... 


The Ubuntu Terrace project site
First city-approved affordable rental flats under construction in Cape Town
31st March 2026 By: Irma Venter

Sithembele Sidzumo and his team from Kaya Properties have officially broken ground on the Ubuntu Terrace 1 project in Delft, Cape Town. The development is the first TUHF-funded project to receive... 


The new Coastal Park Material Recovery Facility
Cape Town opens R434m Coastal Park waste recycling sorting facility
17th March 2026 By: Irma Venter

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has cut the ribbon on the new Coastal Park Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Muizenberg. The R434-million facility is designed to handle recyclables from the... 


An image of Wemmershoek Dam
Water projects progress, amid ‘frighteningly’ low dam levels
13th March 2026

Data indicates that dam levels are “frighteningly low” and daily water use is “relentlessly” high, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) shared in a media briefing held on February 23, providing insight... 


A generic image of a call centre
City backs new BPO investment
6th March 2026

City of Cape Town (CoCT) Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said hundreds of new call centre jobs are on the way in Mitchells Plain in Cape Town after the city helped facilitate a new business process... 


Image of desalination plant
Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant, South Africa
6th March 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The project will remove salt from seawater to yield between 50-million and 70-million litres a day. 


Geordin Hill-Lewis and Lungelo Mbandazayo
Cape Town city manager participates in sting operation to nab suspect in corruption case
4th March 2026 By: Irma Venter

The South African Police Service (SAPS) Commercial Crime Investigation Unit (CCI) on Tuesday executed a sting operation in Somerset West, along with Cape Town city manager Lungelo Mbandazayo, to... 


Water solid contact clarifier sedimentation
Macassar WWTW upgrade, South Africa
13th February 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The City of Cape Town proposes to refurbish or replace process units, facilities and amenities of the existing Macassar Wastewater Treatment Works. 


MyCiTi will start deploying electric buses next year
Cape Town, UCT to roll out research project ahead of electric bus deployment
4th February 2026 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) Urban Mobility Directorate, together with the University of Cape Town (UCT), is set to roll out a research project to test and better understand how electric buses... 


Image of wastewater treatment works
Wildevoëlvlei WWTW upgrade, South Africa
30th January 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The City of Cape Town is upgrading the Wildevoëlvlei Wastewater Treatment Works, improving treated effluent quality and helping to safeguard local waterways and the surrounding environment. 


An image of the Philippi Wellfield construction site
CoCT water projects to benefit several communities
12th December 2025

To help to deliver 300-million additional litres of drinking water to residents through its New Water Programme, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is progressing several water projects, including the... 


Image of water treatment plant
Faure New Water Scheme, South Africa – update
12th December 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The Faure New Water Scheme is moving toward procurement in 2026 


Cape Town’s new water projects receive in-principle approval for PPP model
5th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The procurement phase for the Faure New Water Scheme (FNWS) and Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant (PEDP) is set to start in 2026, after the City of Cape Town’s public-private partnership (PPP)... 


Construction starts on R2bn mixed-use development in Green Point
5th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

Construction work has started on The Granger, a R2-billion mixed-use development adjacent to the DHL Stadium in Green Point, Cape Town. Situated between the city’s central business district (CBD)... 


Cape Town completes bus depots for the new MyCiTi route
21st November 2025

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has completed the construction of two new MyCiTi bus depots as part of the new south–east route expansion that will link Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain with Claremont... 


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