Successes (and an award!) of 2020 celebrated at our eighth AGM
We suspect this December will be different from last, for most. Aspects of our lives are still altered, and we’re still adjusting to the bits of freedom we’ve got back. Some things, like our AGM, never change. Each year we reflect on what we’ve achieved, how we can improve, and where we’ll put our focus […]
Haweloses treur oor held
Tientalle mense het verlede week die gedenkdiens vir die gemeenskapswerker Jacques Pietersen 55 in die Presbiteriaanse kerk in Bellville bygewoon. Jacques het hoofsaaklik met haweloses gewerk en was die afgelope paar jaar betrokke by onder meer Mes, die organisasie wat met haweloses werk, die Voortrekkerkorridorverbeteringsdistrik VRCID en die Tygerberg Association for Street People Tasp. Hy […]
Haweloses woon gedenkdiens by
Tientalle mense het verlede week die gedenkdiens vir die gemeenskapswerker Jacques Pietersen 55 in die Presbiteriaanse kerk in Bellville bygewoon. Jacques het hoofsaaklik met haweloses gewerk en was die afgelope paar jaar betrokke by onder meer Mes, die organisasie wat met haweloses werk, die Voortrekkerkorridorverbeteringsdistrik VRCID en die Tygerberg Association for Street People Tasp . […]
Solution to library parking
NIELEN DE KLERK There may finally be a solution to the problem of parking at Bellville Library. The City of Cape Town has allocated 10 parking bays for the exclusive use for visitors to the library centre. Three workers from the Expanded Public Works Programme EPWP have been monitoring the parking situation since 20 October. […]
Crime – real and acted in Bellville
NIELEN DE KLERK Numerous gunshots rang out in Bellville over the weekend for a film shoot taking place near the CBD. The undisclosed movie’s filming took place in the vicinity. A scene was also filmed in Mabel Street, Oakdale. In a scene, an actor who plays a suspect was chased by a “policeman”. The Voortrekker […]
Homeless given a lifeline during pandemic
During the peak of the Covid19 pandemic, the Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District VRCID , along with its partner organisations and nongovernment organisations NG05 , had to shift its social development services towards providing relief to those in need. As the national lockdown restrictions started to ease the organisation’s emphasis moved back towards social development […]
International ‘sha’p’ for GTP, VRCID
Two local organisations have been recognised for their work by a prestigious international association. The Downtown Association IDA has awarded the Downtown Achievement Pinnacle Awards to the Greater Tygerberg Partnership GTP and to the Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District VRCID for their work and initiatives in the area. Each year, the IDA, which is based […]
VRCID and GTP win international award
VRCID chief operations officer Derek Bock with the Downtown Achievement Pinnacle Award. The Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District (VRCID) and the Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) have both won international recognition. The two organisations received the American-based Downtown Achievement Pinnacle Awards this month. The International Downtown Association (IDA) gives the award annually to organisations from around […]
How our local businesses have survived lockdown: part 2
The Voortrekker Road Corridor community is one that truly reflects that of a rainbow nation, allowing its residents to gain a deeper understanding of differing cultures and beliefs, and creating an environment where we learn to get along despite our differences, and are brought closer together because of them. These tough past few months have […]
A safer environment in the VRCID area during lockdown
As lockdown restrictions have eased from level 5 to 2 and people have taken advantage of more freedom of movement, crime rates have understandably risen. As a result, we and our partners have been working hard to ensure a safer environment within the VRCID area. From when lockdown started on 27 March through to 31 […]
