Cape Town service alerts
Water, electricity and roads outages from the City of Cape Town. Tap your subcouncil to see what's happening near you.
Shaded by outages happening now. Numbers are subcouncil numbers; the list below has the same links.
Subcouncils
- 1 Atlantis, Melkbosstrand and Blouberg0 happening now
- 2 Kraaifontein and Brackenfell1 happening now
- 3 Milnerton, Table View and Dunoon2 happening now
- 4 Goodwood, Elsies River and Ravensmead1 happening now · 1 coming up
- 5 Delft, Belhar and Eindhoven0 happening now
- 6 Parow, Bellville South and Boston2 happening now
- 7 Durbanville, Plattekloof and Edgemead1 happening now · 1 coming up
- 8 Somerset West, Strand and Gordon's Bay3 happening now · 3 coming up
- 9 Khayelitsha (Nonqubela, Victoria Mxenge, Thembokwezi)0 happening now
- 10 Khayelitsha (Harare, Kuyasa, Ilitha Park, Monwabisi)0 happening now
- 11 Athlone, Manenberg and Hanover Park4 happening now · 5 coming up
- 12 Mitchells Plain (Tafelsig, Lentegeur, Beacon Valley)2 happening now
- 13 Gugulethu, Nyanga and Crossroads5 happening now
- 14 Blue Downs, Eerste River, Kuils River and Mfuleni4 happening now · 1 coming up
- 15 Bishop Lavis, Bonteheuwel and Langa1 happening now
- 16 City Bowl, Atlantic Seaboard, Woodstock and Pinelands5 happening now · 6 coming up
- 17 Mitchells Plain (Rocklands, Westridge, Woodlands) and Philippi5 happening now · 1 coming up
- 18 Grassy Park, Lotus River, Ottery and Retreat2 happening now · 4 coming up
- 19 Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, Kommetjie and Simon's Town3 happening now · 2 coming up
- 20 Claremont, Rondebosch, Constantia, Wynberg and Hout Bay8 happening now · 10 coming up
Cape Town's subcouncils are dissolved until the new Council, elected on 4 November 2026, reconstitutes them. The grouping shown is an estimate of the new term.
☎️ Contacts
- 🚨 City emergency line 021 480 7700 from a cellphone; 107 from a landlineFires, floods, rockfalls, other emergencies and illegal land occupation
- 🚑 Ambulance 10177National emergency medical services
- 👮 Police 10111 or 112 from any mobile
🌇 City of Cape Town
- 🐦 City service alerts on X@CityofCTAlerts, the City's live alert feed
- 🔧 Report a faultLog a water, electricity or roads fault
- 📰 News & noticesMedia releases, road closures, dam levels
- 🔗 City of Cape Town: Link in BioReport a fault, pay accounts, find a service
- 📞 City call centre0860 103 089: faults, accounts and general queries
- 📇 Contact My Muni: Cape TownSwitchboard, address and senior office-bearers, with how to escalate if nobody responds
📢 WhatsApp channels
Broadcast-only: follow for announcements.
💧 Dam levels
71.7% full as of 9 Nov 2026
71.7% in the week to 9 Nov 2026, down 1.4 points on the week before; 85.4% a year earlier.
- Berg River94%
- Steenbras Lower47%
- Steenbras Upper101%
- Theewaterskloof71%
- Voëlvlei53%
- Wemmershoek77%
City of Cape Town's six main dams (Western Cape Water Supply System), 644 353 of 898 221 Ml.
Five-day forecast
🌄 Sunrise 05:38 · 🌅 Sunset 19:22 · 🌑 New moon, 0% lit
Cape Town city centre · arrows show the direction the wind is blowing to · Open-Meteo · refreshed three times a day
🏖️ Tides and sea
Tides today: High 02:30 · Low 08:25 · High 14:30 · Low 20:50
| Coast | Waves | Period | From | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blouberg and the West Coast | 1.0 m | 8 s | SW | 16° |
| Atlantic seaboard | 1.1 m | 9 s | S | 16° |
| Hout Bay and Llandudno | 1.2 m | 9 s | S | 16° |
| Kommetjie and Noordhoek | 1.3 m | 9 s | S | 16° |
| False Bay | 0.9 m | 9 s | S | 18° |
| Strand and Gordon's Bay | 0.9 m | 9 s | S | 18° |
Waves, swell and sea temperature at 18:32, from Open-Meteo's ocean model (CC-BY). Always swim where lifeguards are on duty.
🗣️ Have your say
City consultations open for public comment, soonest closing first.
- Comment on the proposed mobile business trading areas for mobile businesses with permitsCloses 15 Nov
- Proposed Informal Trading Plan for Thembokwezi MarketCloses 29 Nov
- Alternative proposals required: Proposed disposal of Erven 27456, KhayelitshaCloses 30 Nov
- Proposed Closure of lanes/ walkaways in Ward 12, BelharCloses 2 Dec
Contract notices (6)
- Comment on the amendment of an existing contract relating to the new managed aquifer recharge water treatment plant at the Cape Flats Wastewater Treatment WorksCloses 9 Nov
- Comment on the amendment of an existing contract relating to the replacement of electrical equipment and infrastructure for the City’s Energy DirectorateCloses 9 Nov
- Comment on the amendment of an existing contract relating to paving and hard surfacing for City directoratesCloses 9 Nov
- Comment on the amendment of an existing contract relating to Dunoon, Usasaza and Phoenix MyCiTi bus stationsCloses 16 Nov
- Comment on the amendment of an existing contract relating to a landscaping upgrade for Chapel Street, District SixCloses 16 Nov
- Comment on the draft contract relating to multidisciplinary professional services for the Water and Sanitation DirectorateCloses 20 Nov
🤝 Give
- 🏠 U-turnHelp fight homelessness
- 📚 Help the Rural ChildDonate goods
🩸 Donate blood
One donation can save up to three lives. Eat a meal beforehand. Find mobile clinic dates on the Western Cape Blood Service calendar, or visit a permanent centre.
Hours as published by WCBS on 8 Nov 2026; they change on public holidays. Who can donate
🛍️ Informal traders
ℹ️ About this site
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🪙 Please donate to Nedbank savings account 2063262748
🧩 Riddle of the week
I can be moved. I can be rolled. But nothing will I hold. I'm red and I'm blue, and I can be other colors too. Having no head, though similar in shape. I have no eyes - yet move all over the place.
Show the answer
Ball