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Cape Town’s Geordin Hill-Lewis sends well wishes to new school starters
School bells have rung on Wednesday morning, signalling the start of the 2025 academic year. The total number of pupils…
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Housing activists urge City of Cape Town to start construction on land allocated for social housing
Housing activists group Reclaim The City (RTC) has called on the City of Cape Town to begin construction on land…
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Government delegation’s visit to Hout Bay Harbour draws community’s anger
A government delegation to the Hout Bay Harbour has been met with some hostility by angry community members. Cape Town…
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Social justice activist calls for sustainable interventions for homeless people in Cape Town
A social justice activist is calling for long-term sustainable interventions for homeless people living on the streets of Cape Town.…
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City of Cape Town calls for collaboration with SAPS
The City of Cape Town is calling for the swift finalization of the collaboration agreement between the SAPS and the…
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SAPS to join forces with City of Cape Town & Western Cape govt to combat crime in the province
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is joining forces with the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape government…
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City of Cape Town ramps up law enforcement deployment in Bellville, Mitchells Plain & Wynberg
The City of Cape Town is ramping up law enforcement with special policing deployments in three of Cape Town’s business…
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Mayor Hill-Lewis welcomes Moody’s move to upgrade Cape Town’s credit rating
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomed the city’s credit rating upgrade by ratings agency Moody’s from a stable to a…
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CT Mayor Hill-Lewis calls for communities to educate themselves about issues affecting queer people
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis called for communities to educate themselves about issues affecting the LGBTQI+ community. The mayor was…
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City of Cape Town could evict homeless people from state-owned property
Homeless people who have been living outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town’s CBD for more than two…
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Mayor Hill-Lewis pleased that City of Cape Town’s budget finally approved
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said that he was pleased that council finally approved the city’s budget on Friday. He…
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Premier Winde & Hill-Lewis visit families of 11 missing fishermen
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis have conveyed condolences to the families of 11 fishermen…
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CT mayor Hill-Lewis welcomes govt’s plan to expand investigative powers of metro police
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the national government’s plans to expand the criminal investigative powers of the city’s…
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R100K reward after 2 security guards escorting City of Cape Town staff gunned down
The City of Cape Town has put up a R100,000 reward after two security guards contracted to escort staff to…
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2 security guards gunned down in suspected extortion attempt in Cape Town
Extortion is being blamed for the murders of two security guards in Philippi. They were ambushed by four men and…
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Geordin Hill-Lewis set to open Durbanville shelter to aid reintegration of homeless people into society
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is set to open a new safe space shelter in Durbanville on Wednesday to help…
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Hill-Lewis: Improving the lives of Cape Town’s poor remains a priority for the city
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the main provisions in the city’s proposed budget was an infrastructure budget of R12.1…
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MyCiTi project speeds ahead despite extortionist threat
The City of Cape Town has fought back against extortionists and are going full steam ahead to complete the multi-billion…
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Residents help City of Cape Town fight back against construction mafia
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says businesses in Philippi have pledged to rally behind the city to protect developmental projects…
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Mayor Hill-Lewis to visit City of Cape Town’s R30 million MyCiti bus route project amid extortion racket
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is expected to visit the city’s R30 million MyCiTi bus route project under construction in…
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City of Cape Town’s Old Granary building officially renamed after Desmond & Leah Tutu
City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin-Hill Lewis has lauded the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation for playing a significant…
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City of Cape Town to invest R120 billion on infrastructure upgrades over next 10 years – Hill-Lewis
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the city would invest R120 billion in the next ten years to improve infrastructure…
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Cape Town tackles Table Mountain safety issues
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Mayco Member for Safety and Security JP Smith will this morning be hiking on…
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Goodwood social housing project officially launches first phase
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said government social housing should not be undermined as it plays an important role in…
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Mayor Hill-Lewis warns Cape Town residents against bringing alcohol to beaches
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says they’re expecting bumper crowds at Mother City beaches, as the summer season approaches. The…
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Cape Town’s Hill-Lewis speaks on Palestine demonstrations – People are allowed to protest
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says he will not cancel future pro-Palestinian and Israeli demonstrations in the city despite growing…
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Hill-Lewis: Horrors in the Middle East and Ukraine a blight on the 21st century
City of Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis has called for peace in the world and an end to what he’s…
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Ex-Cape Town human settlements MMC Malusi Booi resigns as DA councillor
Former Cape Town mayoral committee member for human settlements, Malusi Booi, has resigned as a Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor with…
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City of Cape Town deploys more officers at public transport facilities
The City of Cape Town has deployed additional law enforcement officers at public transport facilities across the metropole to curb…
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Hill-Lewis: Crime intelligence-led response needed to tackle extortion in Cape Town
Criminal acts allegedly linked to extortionists in Cape Town were blamed on the lack of crime intelligence capacity within the…
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Cape Town mayor to help Prasa relocate communities living on central line
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said they will do everything they can to help rail agency Prasa (Passenger Rail Agency…
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City of Cape Town records 262 000 new jobs created in the past year
A total of 262,000 new jobs were created in Cape Town over the past year, and 56,000 in the last…
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Slain LEAP officers honoured in Cape Town
Western Cape leaders have recommitted themselves to rooting out crime and lawlessness in the metro. Premier Alan Winde was joined…
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More than 12 000 WC teachers and 700 000 pupils missed school due to Cape Town taxi strike on Thursday
The Western Cape Department of Education says over 700,000 pupils have missed school as the violent taxi strike in Cape…
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Santaco agrees to sit down with Cape Town Mayor and Western Cape Premier
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) has made an about-turn and now agreed to meet with City of Cape…
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Cape Town Mayor Hill-Lewis insists taxis will only be released after paying impoundment fees
City of Cape Town’s executive mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the city has impounded “several thousands” of minibus taxis and the…
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Talks to end taxi strike continue
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is hoping for an end to the crippling taxi strike soon. The city has been…
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Plans to improve service delivery for Cape Flats
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city is making strides in improving critical infrastructure. For the 2023/2024 financial year,…
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Cape Town mayor surprises residents with CBD walkabout
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis took to the streets on Monday afternoon to interact with some unsuspecting Capetonians. In a…
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Cape Town tackles homelessness
The city of Cape Town wants homeless residents living on land outside the Castle of Good Hope removed. Mayor Geordin…
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Public Works Dept to speak with City of Cape Town over evictions at Castle of Good Hope
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure said that it would be speaking to Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to…
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Extortionists jeopardise service delivery in Cape Town
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city is setting up a task team to investigate extortion cases affecting service…
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City of Cape Town aims to cut red tape with new ease of doing business index
The City of Cape Town believes it’s come up with a plan to ensure Cape Town becomes the easiest metro…
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Hill-Lewis: Cape Town winter task team already working on season response plan
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the city’s winter task team was already working on response plans in the lead-up…
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Zahid Badroodien resumes duties as City of Cape Town’s water and sanitation MMC
Zahid Badroodien is back in his position as the City of Cape Town’s member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for…
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Malusi Booi fired from Mayco position
Malusi Booi has been removed as a Cape Town mayoral committee member with immediate effect. Booi was the mayco member…
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Western Cape govt puts 15-year plan in place to manage water supply and demand
The Western Cape government said that it had learnt a lot from the energy crisis, adding that it had put…
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City of Cape Town working towards cutting Eskom ties by finding alternative power sources
The City of Cape Town said that it was working towards ending its reliance on Eskom by finding alternative, affordable…
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EFF shutdown: City of Cape Town heads to court for precautionary interdict
Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis said that the city’s heading to court on Tuesday morning for a precautionary interdict,…
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Homeless in Cape Town CBD set to be evicted
The City of Cape Town is preparing to serve eviction notices on those illegally occupying open, public spaces owned by…
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