Cape Town tells men to check their prostate risk this Movember

The City of Cape Town has urged men to know their prostate cancer risk and to raise screening with a healthcare professional, warning that the disease may develop without obvious early symptoms.

In a post on its official X account marking Movember, the City said men should be encouraged to speak to a healthcare professional about screening. The post carried a photograph and pointed readers to further information through two links.

Prostate cancer is one of the cancers that most commonly affects men. The City’s message rests on a single point: the absence of symptoms is not evidence of the absence of disease, which is why it directs men towards a conversation with a clinician rather than towards self-assessment.

Movember, observed each November, is used internationally to draw attention to men’s health, including prostate cancer and mental health. The City’s post carries the hashtag #MensHealthAwareness and asks readers to encourage the men in their lives to act on their risk.

The City did not, in the post, announce a screening programme, a clinic schedule or any new service. Its message is an encouragement to seek professional advice, and readers who want the detail behind it are directed to the links the City supplied.