Comment on the City’s amended draft budget for 2025-2026

Purpose of the draft Budget 2025-2026

We invite you to comment on the entire Budget, which includes proposed amendments to the 2022-2027 Integrated Development Plan (IDP), corporate scorecards and the 2025-26 draft budget. You can view the proposed tariff highlights in the advert at the bottom of this page.

• The City’s draft Budget 2025/2026 documents - please see Annexure 6 for proposed tariffs
• What is a budget and how does it work?
• View the review of the amendments of the 2022-2027 IDP
• Draft Budget 2025-2026 Advert (English | Afrikaans)
• Draft Budget 2025-2026 Summary Presentation

Notice is hereby given in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000; the Municipal Finance Management Act No. 56 of 2003; and the Municipal Property Rates Act No. 6 of 2004 that the proposed amendments to the 2022-2027 IDP document and the draft Budget for 2025/26 is available for comment.

Further notice is given in accordance with section 21A and section 21 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, No. 32 of 2000, that you are invited to submit comments to the City in respect of the proposed draft budget.

Public meetings

We will be hosting public meetings and focus group sessions at various venues around Cape Town. Interested and affected residents are invited to join us to discuss the proposed budget.

Please contact your Subcouncil office for further information on the meetings.

Comment period:

The City invites communities to submit comments on the draft 2025/26 Budget by no later than 16:30 on Friday, 2 May 2025.

Draft 2025-2026 Budget

Submit your comments by Friday, 2 May 2025.

IDP (2025/26 amendments)

Submit your comments by Thursday, 17 April 2025

Submit your comment

You may submit your comments or representations via the following channels:

Online via the "comment" button

Email: Email your written comments to Budget.Comments@capetown.gov.za.

Delivery: Deliver your comments by hand to your nearest Subcouncil office or to the address below:

Fifth Floor Podium Civic Centre 12 Hertzog Boulevard Cape Town 8001

Post: Post your comments to:

For attention: The City Manager 2025-2026 IDP/Budget Private Bag X9181 Cape Town 8000

PLEASE NOTE

We will assist you if you would like to submit comments but have a disability or are unable to read or write. Visit a venue near you during office hours (Weekdays, 08:00 - 15:30) to view the documents and submit your comments. For verbal comments, call 0800 212 176.