Head of Government
Geordin Hill-Lewis
Mr of City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality
Geordin Hill-Lewis
Cape Town is proud to be a Pioneer City in the CitiesWithNature initiative, demonstrating our commitment to integrating nature and biodiversity into urban planning and sustainability efforts. This recognition highlights the City's dedication to protecting and enhancing natural assets and biodiversity while supporting economic growth and urban development. Through our spatial planning and City strategies, we strive to create a resilient and sustainable urban environment that balances biodiversity conservation with the needs of a growing and dynamic city.
GALLERY
Linked to the construction of the Cape Town Stadium for the FIFA 2010 event on Green Point Common became a catalyst to transform what had become a dysfunctional public open space into a vibrant public amenity and destination as a high quality multi-functional park.
A key rehabilitation project undertaken to provide for a biodiverse and functional amenity for the citizens of Cape Town along the lower reaches of Silvermine River.
The report can be accessed from: https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20research%20rep`orts%20and%20review/Cape-Town-Wetlands-Report.pdf. This report draws attention to the existence, importance, condition and level of threat of non-recreational, particularly seasonal wetlands within its boundaries. The intention of the report is to highlight these systems and recommend useful monitoring and/or other measures to allow long-term tracking of wetland condition and to inform conservation and other imperatives.