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The Cape Town Civic Centre is a building on the Foreshore in central Cape Town, South Africa that serves as the headquarters of the City of Cape Town, the municipality that governs Cape Town and its suburbs. It was completed in 1978 by Concor, [1] and is made up of two blocks.
The City Hall no longer houses the offices of the City of Cape Town, which are located in the Cape Town Civic Centre. From 1982 to 2008 it hosted the Central Library, which has since moved to the adjacent Old Drill Hall. The City Hall has become a central venue for creative and cultural events such as art exhibitions and concerts.
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [4] When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape ...
The Western Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the City of Cape Town) and five district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into twenty-four local municipalities.
At age 34, he is the second youngest mayor in the city's history [29] after David Graaff (1891–1892). On his first day in office, he inspected sewage issues in Khayelitsha and Phoenix. [30] On 22 November, Hill-Lewis announced the formation of his 11-member mayoral committee to turn Cape Town into a "city of hope".
Cape Town City hall lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian flag as a gesture of solidarity with the country. The City of Cape Town has expressed explicit support for Ukraine during the 2022 invasion of the country by Russia. [106] To show this support the City of Cape Town lit up the Old City Hall in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on 2 March ...
The Western Cape provincial government and City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality also have their head offices in the Cape Town CBD. This district’s inner-city shopping space is currently undergoing a change. The Old Mutual Centre, [1] on the corner of Strand Street and Adderley Street, is being transformed into The Mutual.
Ian Douglas Neilson (born 20 October 1954) is a South African civil engineer and politician who served as the Deputy Mayor of Cape Town from May 2009 to October 2021. He previously served as the Mayoral Committee Member for Finance from 2006 until 2016 and Executive Councillor for Safety and Health from 2000 until 2002.