{"id":44951,"date":"2024-08-01T12:49:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/city-of-cape-town-plans-to-reduce-subcouncils-20240801-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:19:47","slug":"city-of-cape-town-plans-to-reduce-subcouncils-20240801-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/city-of-cape-town-plans-to-reduce-subcouncils-20240801-2\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Cape Town plans to reduce subcouncils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The City of Cape Town is considering reducing the number of subcouncils from 21 to 20. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Proposed boundary changes include moving Kuils River and Macassar wards to different subcouncils. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public comments on these changes were collected until July 30, with a final decision expected on August 22.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Cape Town is looking at reducing the number of subcouncils from 21 to 20 in the City\u2019s area of jurisdiction. 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