Brendan van der Merwe
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Nov 06
We are LIVE!!!!
Astrosec’s state of the art off-site CCTV monitoring control room status is changed from testing phase to live. This will provide the crime battered businesses in Blackheath with an effective additional tool to combat crime. The event based monitoring will enable them to utilize their guarding compliment on site or armed response with greater effectiveness …
Nov 06
Cleansing, road markings and Verge Upgrades
Lines painted right through the area by the City of Cape Town. Range, School, Wimbledon and Buttskop Roads have been completed. After a long period waiting on the City of Cape Town to repaint the road marks, we are glad to see this work being rolled out through the area. Verge Upgrades have started. The …
Nov 06
News from BCID in October 2013
October was a very busy month for us at the BCID! We hosted the BCID Annual General Meeting in the boardroom at the Peninsula Beverage Company on the 02nd of October where we gave feedback on the financial position of the company, showcased our successes over the last 12 months and then also proposed our …
Oct 01
City announces massive Pedestrian Safety Campaign for October Transport Month 2013
City of Cape Town Executive Mayor, Alderman Patricia de Lille, launched the City’s Pedestrian Safety Campaign at Council on 26 September 2013, to commence during Transport Month, October 2013. This massive drive, which is aligned with the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Road Safety, is expected to reach two million of Cape Town’s …
Oct 01
Keeping you up-to-date
Online A reminder to all that we have a Facebook page up and running. We would love to see you all liking it and keeping up-to-date with our weekly happenings. Follow the link and join up. Otherwise pass on the message and get everyone in your company to join. We are all a part of …
Sep 20
ST3 Security Update
Month after month we fight for police visibility as we are not capable of taking crime into our own hands and don’t have the authority of a police officer. We have come to realise that most of the incidents that take place do not get reported as we believe that the SAPS don’t respond to …
Sep 20
New Development: Home Choice
Home Choice is busy setting up a brand new build for their Distribution Centre in School Road. The Opening Launch will be early next year. What does HomeChoice do? The HomeChoice Group is a leading credit-based direct marketing retailer selling homeware merchandise and financial services to the expanding urban middle-income mass market in Southern …
Sep 20
News in August 2013
Welcome to the August 2013 edition of the Blackheath City Improvement District Newsletter! We reported previously that we had approved the Annual Financial Statements of the Blackheath City Improvement District for the 2012 – 2013 Financial Year and that we would report back about the date for our Annual General Meeting that has now been …
Sep 20
Cleaning news in August 2013
Over the past month we experienced slightly bad weather, but managed to keep our cleansing up to speed. We did come across a few blocked drains and especially the one in Range Road that created a little bit of flooding, but the BCID team made sure it was cleaned immediately. Our streets are still being …
Sep 20
Resource Innovation Workshop on Wed 9th October 2013
Please view the attached documents related to WISP and the Resource Innovation Workshop on Wed 9th October 2013. Click on each of the following links to view the documents * WISP General Flyer * WISP Workshop 1 Event Summary 14 Aug 2013 * WISP Workshop 2 Invitation 9 Oct 2013