CITY OF CAPE TOWN 13 APRIL MARCH 2020 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR WATER AND WASTE, ALDERMAN XANTHEA LIMBERG Waste management is classified as an essential service and the City of Cape Town is committed to ensuring that delivery of basic services is maintained throughout the lockdown period. Given that these…
City rolls out further community COVID-19 screening
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 14 APRIL 2020 The efforts on the clinical front are being amplified by additional interventions from other departments to help flatten the curve and curb the spread of COVID-19. Read more below: The City of Cape Town, in conjunction with the Western Cape Health Department and NPO partners are continuing the…
The Outcome of the Heritage Appeal Tribunal
On the 14 April 2020, after almost two years, the Ministerial Appeal Tribunal considering the appeal by the River Club Developers, supported by the City of Cape Town, and two provincial departments (DEADP and DTPW) came to a thunderous conclusion – that the Appeal had no merit and that the HWC decision “to provisionally protect…
Usefull Community Action Networks (CAN) Group info
For those of you who wish to get involved in doing something helpful to fight COVID-19, I want to draw your attention to various activities organized through the Observatory Community Action Networks, one of 78 active CAN‘s across Cape Town, involving more than 1200 volunteers. Click on the title above for more information. Communities are doing…
CoCT statement on the occupation near Obs PnP
An alert to what the OCA and other Obs Community groups have been doing with regard to the COVID-19 epidemic
I am writing to alert you to what the OCA and other Obs Community groups have been doing with regard to the COVID-19 epidemic. 1. The homeless The situation of the homeless has been a big concern for many people in Observatory and across the Cape Town Metro. We have organized feeding and other support…
City offers additional financial help for those severely affected by COVID-19 crisis
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 11 APRIL 2020 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE DEPUTY MAYOR AND MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR FINANCE, ALDERMAN IAN NEILSON Over the past few weeks, the City of Cape Town has been looking at how additional financial relief can be offered to property owners and businesses. This needs to be done in…
Open letter to the Mayor Dan Plato re the Homeless challenges
We write to you openly because we are deeply concerned about the Municipality’s actions regarding the problems faced by homeless people in the COVID-19 epidemic. We believe that the City’s plan to relocate homeless people to a small number of large locations for shelter is a wrong and dangerous decision. Using a single large venue,…
CoCT Site visit to Strandfontein’s emergency accommodation
9 APRIL 2020 CITY OF CAPE TOWN SPEECH BY THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR OF CAPE TOWN, ALDERMAN DAN PLATO Good afternoon, and welcome to the temporary emergency accommodation that we have set up at the Strandfontein Sports Complex. I want to make this 100% clear to dispel all the misinformation that is going around. This site…
City drives ‘water on wheels’ as part of COVID-19 mitigation efforts
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 6 APRIL 2020 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR WATER AND WASTE, ALDERMAN XANTHEA LIMBERG The City of Cape Town continues to provide basic and essential services to approximately 200 000 informal households. Cape Town’s provision of these services exceeds the standards set by National Government. Given the State…