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Administration
CCID city land lease
Agenda #1August 20, 2026
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The Council will consider the proposed lease of City land and granting of rights to use, control or manage various City-owned land parcels in Cape Town to the Cape Town Central City Improvement District NPC (CCID).
The Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) is a non-profit company. Local property owners set it up in November 2000 as a public-private partnership, to make the CBD safe, clean and caring again. Property owners fund it to provide complementary urban management services in a defined area. The area is approved by Council as a Special Rates Area under the Municipal Property Rates Act, and the services are "top-up" services on top of those the City and SAPS provide. The CCID applied to extend its term from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2030. Its footprint was also expanded in 2025. Leasing City land to the CCID would give it formal rights to use or manage public parcels. These could include public spaces in the Central City. I found no published detail on which parcels are involved.
On the legal side, the Municipal Asset Transfer Regulations (MATR) are made under the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA). The City applies them through its Immovable Property Policy. Its public notices cite sections 16.5 and 16.6 of that policy and Chapter 4 of the MATR. Typical notices say the land is not needed for a minimum level of basic municipal service. They also set out the expected benefit and rental, and they invite public comment. The policy also contemplates transfers below fair market value in some cases, subject to criteria that Council must first consider. Land leased to non-profit bodies is one category the policy addresses.
This matters because it determines who manages and controls public land in the CBD, on what terms, and for how long. It also bears on public access, rental income for the City, and accountability. CBD property values rose from R6.2 billion to an estimated R42.8 billion by 2022/23, according to the City. That shows how much is at stake in how the Central City is managed.
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