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News and Speeches for City of Cape Town

Cape Town to Host First ICLEI (International Association of Local Governments) World Congress in Africa

18 April 2005

The City of Cape Town on Thursday, 14 April 2005 officially signed the international contract allowing it to host the fifth ICLEI World Congress next February in Cape Town. Read More

City Acts to Provide More Burial Space in Cemeteries Nearing Full Capacity

7 April 2005

The City Parks and Nature Conservation Directorate of the City of Cape Town undertook a Metropolitan Cemetery Study in 2003. Read More

City Launches Campaign to Assist Residents Obtain Bar Coded Identity Documents

7 April 2005

Local Government Elections will be held within months. The date is still to be announced. Only registered voters will be allowed to vote. In order to register as a voter, potential voters need to be in possession of a valid bar-coded identity... Read More

Mayor Mfeketo Tables Transformation Budget

31 March 2005

The City is committed to spend approximately R8 billion on capital projects and R40,6 billion on operating costs over the next three years. Mayor Mfeketo stressed that the key priority of the budget is to provide housing for all. Read More

Rasool Welcomes Cape Town Budget

30 March 2005

The Premier of the Western Cape, Ebrahim Rasool, today welcomed the Budget Speech delivered by Cape Town Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo. He said: "The Mayor has given us a budget with which we can win this (next municipal) election." Read More

City Salutes Frontline TB Care Providers

21 March 2005

On 24 March 2005, a ceremony to acknowledge the contribution made by clinic staff and community workers will be held to acknowledge and reward those with good performance. Read More

City of Cape Town National Water Week Celebrations

17 March 2005

National Water Week reminds all South Africans of the value of our water resources and promotes sustainable management of this scarce resource. This is of particular relevance to Cape Town, which is in the grip of our worst ever-recorded drought. Read More

City Bans Fishing in the Sonstraal and Vygeboom Dams in Durbanville

10 March 2005

The recent outbreak of avian botulism, commonly known as bird flu, in the Sonstraal and Vygeboom dams, which resulted in a moratorium on fishing in the dams being imposed, was the subject of a public meeting held in the Durbanville Council Chambers... Read More

February Water Savings Improve - Drought Continues

28 February 2005

"The improved water savings figure for Cape Town for February shows that residents are taking the drought and water restrictions seriously and that the City's water savings campaign is having the desired effect." says Councillor Saleem Mowzer,... Read More

Urban Renewal Programme Creating Jobs in Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain

23 February 2005

The City of Cape Town has intensified its onslaught on unemployment especially in the two Urban Renewal nodes, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain. Read More

Revised Water Restrictions for Cape Town - Effective as of 01 January 2005

29 December 2004

CITY OF CAPE TOWN REVISED LEVEL 2 WATER RESTRICTIONS Notice to all users of municipal potable (drinking) water: Revised level two restrictions shall apply from 1 January 2005. Read More

Public Meetings on the Draft Women Empowerment & Gender Equality Policy

24 August 2004

The City of Cape Town has compiled a Draft Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Policy. Read More

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