Hundreds of members from 79 neighbourhood watch organisations around the city now have quicker access to professional assistance and are able to relay incidents and request emergency assistance much faster. This is thanks to an application which allows for an easier flow of information between members and the City of[…]
A comprehensive plan to avoid the City of Cape Town running out of water will be announced on Thursday, the city said on Monday. This as the city’s storage dam levels stood at 31.1% on Monday compared to 56.1% for the same period in 2016. Citywide water consumption stood at[…]
The Cape minstrel fraternity has been given a financial boost by the City of Cape Town through R6,1 million in funding to the minstrel events and Malay choirs this year. On Monday, the City said it would support six associations to host events, including Tweede Nuwe Jaar, other minstrel tournaments,[…]
The Hanover Park Clinic back is in business following a R1 million makeover through the Mayoral Urban Regeneration Project. The facility closed its doors earlier this year for a number of upgrades aimed at further improving service delivery to Hanover Park residents, one of the key priorities in the City’s[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has lost its Constitutional Court bid to challenge the City of Cape Town’s change of its logo. The Constitutional Court dismissed the application with costs. In 2014, the ANC in the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led City of Cape Town approached the courts[…]
The roads in Strandfontein are still closed at present following a violent service delivery protest this morning. Frustrated residents of Phumlani Village in Lotus River staged a demonstration, causing major disruptions to the peak hour morning traffic. Residents have been complaining since February about broken sewerage facilities and a lack[…]
By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed Cape Town – The abandoned Woodstock Hospital is currently being occupied by some of The City of Cape Town’s homeless. Though some of the occupants were evicted from their homes, there are a number of occupants who were forced to live on the streets prior[…]
By Ra-ees Moerat Cape Town is in the grip of its worst drought in 100 years, where three winters of below average annual rainfall was experienced. In response to this, the City of Cape Town is proposing a waterless solution to the car wash and taxi industry and has called[…]
A number of homes on the Cape Flats were severely damaged by Wednesday night’s gale force winds. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed the city over the past two days, flooding informal settlements and the coastline. On Thursday, the Disaster Management Centre reported that roofs have been blown off[…]
Up to 10,000 residents were forced to flee their homes in Knysna overnight as fires fuelled by storm winds ripped through the Western Cape coastal town. Provincial local governance spokesman James-Brent Styan confirmed‚ in an update at 1am on Thursday‚ that 8,000 to 10,000 evacuations had taken place in the town[…]
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