VRCID street clean-up radio interview
Last month, the VRCID partnered up with Universal Change for Albinism Nobles and GROW – run by Mould Empower Serve, to raise awareness for those with Albanism with a street clean-up in Bellville’s CBD. Our Social Development Manager, Wilma Piek, and Deputy Social Manager, Tinashe Mhangara, were recently interviewed on Bush Radio and Tygerberg […]
TB HIV Care: marginalised populations have needs, too
TB HIV Care is a non-profit organisation that places care at the heart of responding to TB, HIV and other major diseases. They work to prevent, find and treat TB and HIV in South Africa, addressing the needs of marginalised, at-risk populations, like inmates, sex workers and drug users. Preventing TB and HIV transmission Ultimately, […]
Raising awareness around Albinism with a clean-up project
The Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District (VRCID) and NGOs, Universal Change for Albinism Nobels (UCAN) and GROW, have been working together to help raise awareness about Albinism through a clean-up in Parow that took place on Freedom Day on 27 April 2022. New NGO, UCAN, fights ignorance around Albinism This local non-profit, formed earlier this year and run by […]
VRCID: Precinct Manager Job Posting
JOB TITLE: PRECINCT MANAGER REPORTS TO: CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER Position Overview The VRCID is one of 46 City Improvement Districts (CIDs) in Cape Town. Its goal is to maintain a clean, safe, and sustainable environment within a specific geographical area – in this instance, Bellville and Parow CBD areas. An opportunity exists to fill one […]
VRCID: Precinct Manager Job Posting
JOB TITLE: PRECINCT MANAGER REPORTS TO: CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER Position Overview The VRCID is one of 46 City Improvement Districts (CIDs) in Cape Town. Its goal is to maintain a clean, safe, and sustainable environment within a specific geographical area – in this instance, Bellville and Parow CBD areas. An opportunity exists to fill […]
Employment Opportunity: Assistant Social Development Manager
The VRCID is a non-profit company with the goal to maintain a clean, safe, and sustainable environment within a specific geographical area (Bellville and Parow). The Social Development arm is responsible for the coordination and integration of Social Development Services towards adults and children living, working, and begging on the streets. The VRCID Assistant […]
Why do people sell sex?
For decades now, sex work has been a topic of controversy and legal debate as conversations around it continue to be shrouded in biases, myths, and generational misconceptions. The term “sex worker” recognises that sex work is work. Prostitution, on the other hand, has connotations of criminality and immorality. Many people who sell sexual services […]
Fighting crime with the help of additional CCTV cameras
In 2017, we embarked on a multimillion Rand safety and security project which saw the installation of 89 CCTV and 14 Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras in the Bellville and Parow CBDs. Since then, we’ve installed an additional 11 cameras, bringing the total number of CCTV and LPR cameras in our area up to 114. […]
Why homelessness is a pandemic: systems, structures and assumptions
The homelessness pandemic is increasing worldwide and so are the concerns around what is being done to support homeless citizens across the globe. There are also rising concerns around whether these efforts to affect change are making a difference to the most vulnerable people in our communities or if we need to change our tune. […]
Homeless get jabs at Parow drop-in centre
Francois Krause, a 51-year-old car guard near a Parow refuge for the homeless, had his Covid-19 vaccine there last month, in a drive to get jabs into the arms of society’s most vulnerable. “They asked us for our date of birth and registered us on the system where we received our Johnson & Johnson vaccine,” […]
