The City of Cape Town has officially cleaned house – repealing more than a thousand outdated and unconstitutional by-laws.

The City of Cape Town's Safety and Security Portfolio Committee is urging the national government to devolve specific ...

The Citizen Advocates for Public Education (CAPE) group of Lake Mills recently encouraged Lake Mills High School students to ...

Established to strengthen Cape Town’s position as ... financial assistance and municipal services to qualifying film and media projects developed in the city. The fund is geared towards projects ...

Plans by the authorities in Cape Town, South Africa’s second-biggest city and main tourism hub, to raise municipal levies by as much as 30% from July has sparked a public outcry ahead of next ...

The robust opposition from Cape Town homeowners to the city’s extensive tariff reforms could trigger similar resistance against municipal rate and tariff hikes nationwide, as civic organisations ...

Cape Town homeowners are preparing to challenge the City’s proposed municipal tariff structure, set to take effect on 1 July. Viruly explains that, under the new system, a household with a ...

Unlike Cape Town’s tariff, which is linked to a property’s municipal value, Tshwane’s is a flat city cleansing fee of R194.37 per month, and it will only be levied on households and ...

Municipalities across the country are tabling their 2025/2026 Budgets, and the City of Cape Town is no different. While Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis called this an ‘Invested in Hope’ Budget ...

Cape Town businesses ... in the City’s programme. Under the Cash for Power programme, the City explained that it automatically credits a power seller’s total municipal bill to zero, generating ...

Very little attention is paid to — and no rigorous analysis done — when it comes to municipal budget allocations. Metropolitan municipalities, such as the City of Cape Town, also raise a big ...

However, the City of Cape Town initially disputed that the incident even took place. While it acknowledged its general responsibility for sidewalk safety, the municipality denied negligence in ...