Archive: News
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Mar 27, 2020
No CommentsCape Town lockdown lowdown from mayor Dan Plato
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato issued a lengthy statement on Thursday about how the three-week lockdown will affect services the city council provides for four million people....
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Mar 11, 2020
No CommentsTribute paid to GSCID Security Officers
Several GSCID Security Officers were recently acknowledged at a Securitas award presentation for their excellent work in helping to make successful arrests for business robberies and cable theft. Kudos to all the Security Officers involved, seen below with GSCID General Manager, Barbara Breedt and Securitas Branch Manager, Charl...
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Mar 11, 2020
No CommentsGSCID GM joins Rondebosch CPF
The GSCID’s General Manager, Barbara Breedt, yesterday joined the Executive Committee (Exco) of the Rondebosch Policing Forum (RPF) as Project...
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Feb 25, 2020
No CommentsDumpers must come clean
Despite inroads made by the City of Cape Town’s Keep Cape Town Clean campaign launched last year, illegal dumping remains a challenge in the Mowbray area. Barbara Breedt, the general manager of the Groote Schuur Community Improvement District (GSCID), says illegal dumping hotspots in Mowbray include John Street, Durban Road, Liesbeek River trail and all...
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Feb 19, 2020
No CommentsGSCID relocates homeless man
The GSCID’s social outreach division recently assisted a man with relocation to his home in George. He was found living on the street within the GSCID precinct where he had been living rough for more than a week. Reportedly, he accompanied his girlfriend from George to Cape Town for her to go to hospital. Whilst...
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Feb 18, 2020
No CommentsEfforts to end dumping
Although inroads have been made in curbing illegal dumping since the launch of mayor Dan Plato’s Keep Cape Town Clean campaign in March last year, the war is far from over. On Thursday 6 February, Plato restarted his campaign in Fisantekraal to educate communities about the importance of keeping neighbourhoods clean. He said while he...
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Feb 13, 2020
No CommentsCarjacking a concern
Local tracking service, Tracker released their vehicle crime statistics for the period July to December 2019. Mitchell’s Plain, Khayelitsha and the Cape town CBD are the top three Western Cape areas listed for both hijacking and theft according to the latest tracking and recovery data. Local tracking service, Tracker released their vehicle crime statistics for...
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Feb 13, 2020
No CommentsCape Town rail enforcers chalk up 238 arrests in their first year
A member of Cape Town’s rail enforcement unit with some of the 2,225m of stolen cable recovered in its first year.Image: City of Cape Town Cape Town’s rail enforcement unit arrested 238 people in its first year. The partners behind the 100-strong team — the city of Cape Town, the Western Cape government and the Passenger...
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Oct 25, 2019
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Aug 20, 2019
No CommentsWorkshop discerns community issues
The City of Cape Town and 43 community improvement districts (CIDs) came together at the Civic Centre on Thursday 8 August in a bid to promote greater transparency and cooperation. Also present at the workshop were the sub-council chairpersons, sub-council managers, councillors and other stakeholders. The CIDs were encouraged to share what worked, what needed...
