City of Cape Town CCTV Registration

Registration requirements are laid out in Policy number 21207

http://deoudeweg.co.za/pdf/Regulation of External and Privately Owned CCTV Cameras on City Property - (Policy number 21207) approved on 25 June 2014.pdf

The short version of that is:

  • Camera registration is required.

  • A Section 21 company must be registered (i.e. Neighbourhood Watch is an NPO).

  • CCTV equipment monitoring public area's needs to be accessible to SAPS on request.

  • Wireless equipment must have a type approval certificate.

Applications for registration must be submitted via Unicity.CCTV@capetown.gov.za. Details are available in the policy document at the top of the page.

Further Reading

https://www.capetown.gov.za/en/MediaReleases/Pages/PrivateCCTVregistrationstop300mark-.aspx

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