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What’s happening in Claremont
News snippets from in and around the Claremont CBD. If you have any exciting news to share with us, please mail us on info@cidc.co,za
City of Cape Town to invest R140 million to provide more shelter for the homeless
Image: Pixabay The City of Cape Town says they plan on spending R140 million to operate and expand safe spaces for the homeless in the City over the next three years.The City of Cape Town says it has budgeted R140 million to expand and operate its Safe Spaces...
City advises of water supply disruption in the Claremont, Kenilworth, Newlands
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 7 OCTOBER 2022 MEDIA RELEASE City advises of water supply disruption in the Claremont, Kenilworth, Newlands and Wynberg areas The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will be conducting consecutive zero pressure tests on the main water supply to...
MyCiTi station and road improvements for Claremont
Source: https://www.capetown.gov.za/Media-and-news/MyCiTi%20station,%20road%20improvements%20for%20Claremont A MyCiTi station, facilities for other bus services, and upgrades to Stanhope Road and Claremont Boulevard, are proposed for Claremont. The investment in this...
A Message from CIDC Executive Manager, Abdul Kerbelker
Dear CIDC Stakeholder Our last communication was through the turbulent period of hard lockdown and our need to draw closer together to deal with a crisis. As the Claremont CIDC Community has returned to “business as usual”, there has been a mixture of gearing up for a...
Law Enforcement Officers assigned to CIDC under LEAP programme
The City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) extends from Wynberg through to Hout Bay and Simons Town, with 4 bases operating in these areas. The Auxiliary service oversees the LEAP Project which is focused on crime in red zone areas...
CIDC Social Outreach
This is one example of a few identified mentally unstable homeless individuals the CIDC Fieldworkers interact and deal with on a continuous basis. Sifiso Sanadla, age 35, has been living on the streets for the past 10 years. He has been taken to Groote Schuur Hospital...
New co-working space at redeveloped Newlands Cricket Ground precinct
Workshop17 offers co-working space creating a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Located at the iconic Newlands Cricket Ground precinct, overlooking one of the world’s most notable cricket grounds and Table Mountain, the newly developed Snakepit building has floor-to-ceiling windows and boasts panoramic views of the entire cricket field.
Plan to open subways
Come September, southern suburbs residents may, at last, see an end to their subway woes, fingers crossed. The complaints around the maintenance and upkeep of the approximately 42 subways scattered along the southern suburbs railway line from Mowbray to Simon’s Town...
City’s rail feasibility study under way
The City of Cape Town’s feasibility study on taking over the management of passenger rail from National Government kicked off on Friday, 1 July 2022, with a briefing between officials from the Urban Mobility Directorate and SMEC South Africa, the professional services provider appointed to conduct the study.