News and Speeches for City of Cape Town
Have Fun - and Stay Safe over the Festive Season
21 December 2006The Disaster Risk Management Centre of the City of Cape Town is asking young people to take care during the festive season period and to dial 107 if they need medical and/or any other help of an emergency nature. In previous years paramedics have... Read More
Drink-Walking Can Be Dangerous
21 December 2006Firefighters and ambulance paramedics do not want to meet you on the roads over the New Year holiday period, which often see the tragic result of people mixing much Christmas cheer with walking on public roads. Read More
Make Way For Emergency Vehicles
21 December 2006Every day emergency vehicles respond to urgent calls for help from the public. Critical seconds can be lost if drivers don't make way for emergency vehicles by - moving to the left. Take sirens seriously and make way for an ambulance, fire engine or... Read More
City Calls for Water Savings
20 December 2006Cape Town's dam levels are currently 84% full, but with soaring summer temperatures, water demand is also at its highest levels. The City of Cape Town has called on all residents and visitors to conserve this valuable resource whilst there is... Read More
Cape Town Proposes Alternative for Red Project
19 December 2006The City of Cape Town has proposed that national government now chooses a different pilot site for the restructuring of electricity distribution under the RED system after the lapse of its operating agreement with RED1, the first pilot company set... Read More
Highest City Honours for Taliep Petersen
17 December 2006The City of Cape Town is to bestow one of its highest civic honours on slain composer and entertainer, Taliep Petersen. Executive Mayor, Alderman Helen Zille, has announced that the City will honour Petersen with a memorial tribute after a mourning... Read More
Update on White Shark Activity for Residents and Visitors
17 December 2006With the start of the peak holiday season the City of Cape Town would like to provide residents and visitors with the most current information on White Shark activity. Read More
City Launches New Tourism Initiative
14 December 2006The City of Cape Town has launched a new pilot tourism route, based on rail transport. Read More
Mitchells Plain Starts New Festive Tradition
13 December 2006The Mitchells Plain community will start its own Festive Lights switch-on tradition with the first official switch-on celebration on Sunday, 17 December 2006. Read More
News Highlights from City of Cape Town Council Meeting of 7 December 2006
6 December 2006Headlines Headlines City asks to get electricity distribution back R10,6 million for Khayelitsha Community Trust Westbank Clinic receives additional R2,2 million Draft Urban Agriculture Policy approved City to get own broadband network Read More
City Increases Housing Grant for Poor
5 December 2006Help is at hand for thousands of Council housing residents who are struggling to keep up with their monthly rentals or installments. Read More
Water Pump Donated by Friends Group will Assist City in Fighting Veld Fires
5 December 2006Friends of the Tygerberg Hills have donated a water pump to the City of Cape Town Nature Conservation Branch to assist in fighting veld fires in the Tygerberg area. Read More
City Pays Tribute to Cape Town's 'Home Of Shakespeare'
4 December 2006Maynardville Park, which boasts one of only three open-air theatres in the world to offer regular Shakespeare performances, has received a special tribute from the City of Cape Town. Read More
City of Cape Town Launches Anti-Corruption Hotline, statement by Mayor Helen Zille
3 December 2006Today the Multiparty Government of Cape Town launches the City's anti-corruption hotline. The toll-free hotline 0800 32 31 30 will allow City employees, business people, and the citizens of Cape Town a way to blow the whistle on corruption while... Read More
Deputy Mayor Unveils Maynardville Plaques
3 December 2006Two handcrafted heritage plaques for Maynardville Park are to be unveiled by Deputy Mayor Andrew Arnolds, at a special ceremony on 5 December 2006, to mark the end of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Open-Air Theatre. Read More
City to Launch Anti-Corruption Hotline
3 December 2006On Monday, 4 December 2006 Mayor Helen Zille and City Manager Achmat Ebrahim will launch the City of Cape Town's anti-corruption hotline at a media conference. Read More
City Parks Commemorates World Aids Day
29 November 2006A large landscaped HIV/Aids sign will be unveiled in Arderne Gardens, Claremont, on 1 December as part of the City of Cape Town's commemoration of World Aids Day. Read More
City Launches "Get Tested" Campaign on World Aids Day
28 November 2006The City of Cape Town is launching an exciting HIV/AIDS campaign on World AIDS Day, Friday 1 December. The GET TESTED Campaign aims to strengthen the City's prevention campaign so as to turn off the tap of new HIV infections throughout the city. Read More
City Councillor Takes to the Streets to Experience being "Homeless"
20 November 2006To gain first hand insight into the needs of the hundreds of people surviving on Cape Town's streets, a city councillor has decided to join the ranks of the homeless. Read More
Media Accreditation: Festive Lights Switch On
19 November 2006Executive Mayor, Alderman Helen Zille, will officially switch on the festive lights on Sunday, 26 November. The City of Cape Town is hosting two events to launch the festive season. Read More
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