News and Speeches for City of Cape Town
City Of Cape Town Provides a Single Emergency Number
10 September 2009The City of Cape Town supports the concept of a single national call centre number for all emergencies. Ideally, this would enable community access to a multi-disciplinary emergency centre by phoning a single three digit emergency number on any... Read More
City's Electricity Department Wins National 'Green' Award for its Vehicle Fleet
9 September 2009The City of Cape Town's Electricity Department has won this year's top prize for managing the most environmentally friendly vehicle fleet in South Africa. Read More
Rent-a-Traffic-Cop will Boost Road Safety
9 September 2009The City of Cape Town's rent-a-cop initiative may soon be expanded to deploy Traffic Officers across the metropole. Read More
Disaster Response Teams Continue with Salvaging Operations of Stranded Vessel
9 September 2009The salvor Smit Amandla has commenced with preparations and the removal of 660 tons of fuel currently onboard the bulk carrier 'Seli 1' that stranded off Dolphin Beach. Read More
City Reveals its 2010 Safety and Security Plan
8 September 2009The City of Cape Town today (09 September) unveiled its extensive safety and security plan for the 2010 Soccer World Cup at a media briefing in Goodwood. More than 440 safety and security staff will augment the municipality's current capabilities. Read More
City Invites Public Comment on Proposed Parking By-Law
8 September 2009The City of Cape Town invites the public to submit written comment and provide input on the Draft Parking By-law. The purpose of this by-law is to provide a legal framework for the regulation of public parking within the jurisdiction of the City of... Read More
Metro Police to Announce New Dog Unit
8 September 2009The City of Cape Town's newly established Metro Police dog unit will be introduced to the media tomorrow when the dogs and their handlers will demonstrate their skills. Read More
The MV Seli 1 Bulk Carrier Runs Aground at Dolphin Beach
7 September 2009The Turkish bulk carrier MV SELI 1 ran aground at Dolphin Beach, Table View at 22:20 last night. It is registered in Panama. The vessel's last port of call was Durban and it was underway to Gibraltar. The cargo carrier is 176m long and has 30,000... Read More
Small Craft Washed off Stranded Bulk Carrier
7 September 2009A survival craft has been washed off the Turkish bulk carrier MV SELI 1 that ran aground at Dolphin Beach, Table View last night. Read More
City's Safety and Security Directorate Brands its Vehicle Fleet for 2010
7 September 2009The City of Cape Town's Safety and Security Directorate will brief the media in Goodwood on Wednesday on its readiness and preparedness to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Councillor JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, will... Read More
Metro Police's High Visability Pays off
6 September 2009Last week the Metro Police arrested 107 suspects and issued 1778 traffic fines during their many operations and routine patrols. Fifty five of those arrested were motorists who were caught for drunken driving in the Eastern Area which includes... Read More
City Clamps Down on Land Invaders and Illegal Trading at Intersections
6 September 2009Members of the City's Anti-Land Invasion Unit conducted a counter spoliation and crime prevention operation in the Van Riebeeckshof Nature Reserve, Bellville. In a parking area in the vicinity the Unit confiscated alcohol and dagga and issued fines... Read More
City of Cape Town Strengthens Relations with China
6 September 2009The Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Dan Plato, and the Mayor of the City of Huangshan, Song Guoquan, signed a friendship agreement on Saturday that will facilitate closer economic ties between the two cities. Huangshan is the southernmost city in... Read More
City's Drug Busters Assist in a Successful Senator Park Flats Raid
3 September 2009Senator Park, the Long Street building that has become notorious for drug dealing, prostitution and other illegal activities and the recent abduction of a University of Cape Town student, was raided early this morning by a 30-strong, joint SAPS and... Read More
Metro Police Arrested a Tax Driver with 51 Outstanding Traffic Warrants of Arrest
3 September 2009Metro Police officers on duty in Victoria Road, Camps Bay, yesterday arrested a taxi driver who had 51 warrants of arrests against his name. The taxi parked illegally in a bus stop zone and the driver was fined accordingly. Read More
Sunset Beach Road Closures on the R27 has Started
3 September 2009Vehicles leaving Sunset Beach will not be able to turn right into Otto du Plessis/R27 at the Ocean Way traffic intersection (near to the Engen garage) for two to three weeks, from Monday, 07 September. Read More
Sunset Beach Road Closures on the R27 has Started
3 September 2009Vehicles leaving Sunset Beach will not be able to turn right into Otto du Plessis/R27 at the Ocean Way traffic intersection (near to the Engen garage) for two to three weeks, from Monday, 07 September. Read More
The City of Cape Town will Host an Arbor Day Event in Heinz Park, Phillipi
2 September 2009The City of Cape Town will host an Arbor Day event in Heinz Park, Phillipi, as part of its various Arbor Month celebrations. Councillor Gerhard Ras, Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services, will officiate at the event. Date: Friday, 04... Read More
Urban Renewal Programme to Co-Host HIV/ Aids Awareness Day in Mitchells Plain
2 September 2009The City of Cape Town's Urban Renewal Programme, in partnership with the Cape Flats YMCA, the provincial and municipal Departments of Social Development, City Health, the Substance Abuse Matrix Centre and Lentegeur Clinic, will host an open day to... Read More
City to Take Action on Illegal Activities in Senator Park Building in Long Street
31 August 2009Senator Park, the Long Street building that has become notorious for drug dealing, prostitution and other illegal activities, has again come under the spotlight with the recent abduction of a University of Cape Town student. Read More
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