LOCAL The City of Cape Town says provision will be made for the areas that have unexpectedly been affected by this weekend’s 75-hour water shutdown. Residents were earlier warned to store water in advance, ahead of critical maintenance to the Cape Flats bulk water supply between Friday and early Monday.[…]
LOCAL The City of Cape Town has warned that legal action will be taken against event organisers and venue owners found with fraudulent permits. It comes amid an investigation, after several organizers were caught submitting permits with an old letterhead. Although the City has faced criticism over its hard-handed approach[…]
The City of Cape Town has warned job seekers not to fall for a fake “trainee traffic officer” job advert circulating online. The advert claims the city is seeking to employee trainee traffic officers. According to the corporate services directorate, this is an old advert issued by the city in[…]
Tensions are brewing between two groups of residents of an informal settlement in Khayelitsha. A group of residents from an informal settlement called Backstage are accusing another group of invading a piece of land which the City of Cape Town has allocated for the construction of houses for them. This[…]
by Tauhierah Salie ** this post has been updated with the latest information Transgressing Cape Town motorists are warned that a newly approved by-law could- among other things- see their cars immediately impounded. According to the City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate spokesperson JP Smith, local officials have[…]
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the latest rains that fell yesterday have not stopped mop-up operations after some parts of the Province were hit by floods leading to the displacement of hundreds of people. There are no more heavy rain forecasts for the immediate future – but another cold[…]
As the government struggles to provide sufficient electricity, public transport and other basic services, the country’s main tourist hub is increasingly going it alone. Cape Town, which has been led by the opposition DA since 2006, is forging ahead with plans to secure its own energy supply. It’s also investigating[…]
With local residents dealing with the effects of recent inclement weather, The City of Cape Town says the worst affected areas as a result of heavy rainfall are informal settlements in Khayelitsha, Ottery, Langa, Strand, Philippi, Gugulethu, Delft, and Vryground. The severe weather is expected to last until Wednesday. Traffic[…]
LOCAL The Cape Town City Council has given the go ahead for the public participation process to begin concerning the construction of more than 700 social housing units within the city’s central business district and other urban centres in the metro. Member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements, Malusi[…]
The City of Cape Town has announced that the ‘noise nuisances’ section of its Streets, Public Places, and Prevention of Noise Nuisances By-Law will not apply to places of worship ‘operating within appropriate zoning’. On Thursday, the City updated its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on noise-related complaints to handle matters[…]
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