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,” […]
Record number of Cold Front Sleeping Sites set up for the homeless
VRCID Field Worker Allistair Scholtz with Sleeping Site visitor Paulina Silver. Last month, a homeless individual living on the street in Kuils River died from exposure to Cape Town’s bitterly cold temperatures. “We’re living in the 21st century – we cannot let this happen. This is why Cold Front Sleeping Sites exist,” comments Ilse […]
Love wins at Safe Space shelter
From left to right: VRCID Field Worker Tonio Gantana, Monica Ramsbottom and Dirk Engelbrecht. Back row – left to right: UWC OT students Kristy and Chelin Boltney. Front row – left to right: Safe Space Manager Edmund Martis, UWC OT student Jabulile Ndlovu, VRCID Field Worker Veronica Geduld, MES’s Head of Logistics and Administration Glenda […]
New centre aims to create new hope in Parow
[btn text=”Read The Weekend Argus’ article here ” tcolor=#FFF thovercolor=#FFF link=”https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/new-centre-aims-to-create-new-hope-in-parow-93e2b8fa-0ec2-4f53-8d30-66b8d3f1742f” target=”_self”] Cape Town – While the Covid-19 pandemic has left many South Africans struggling to make ends meet, Mould Empower Serve (MES) and the Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District (VRCID) have recently opened a new drop-in centre in the Parow region that aims […]
Bellville food garden offers hope to the poor
An urban food garden in Bellville is offering new skills work opportunities to the poor. Warren Hewitt, CEO of the Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP), says the 300m² food garden, at the Safe Space centre in Aj West street, is a collaboration with the NGO, Mould Empower Serve (MES). “We conceived the project during the hard […]
Drop-in centre for street people opened
Mould Empower Serve (MES) and the Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District (VRCID) recently established a new Drop-in Centre which will provide social relief, rehabilitation as well as offer skills development to street people within the Parow area. Since lockdown started poverty has risen in Parow which has increased the need for social relief (clothes […]
VRCID home to thriving healthcare hub with over 35 facilities
In our area, Fairway and Solway Streets are home to a thriving healthcare hub, with over 35 healthcare facilities within these two 250-metre stretches of road. The Bellville central business district (CBD) is densely populated, with commuters making over 400 000 trips each day to our hometown. Our area’s healthcare hub is impressive – it […]
The Green Times: South Africa’s 2021 recycling heroes announced
Enterprising individuals and organisations across SA are rethinking the recyclability of packaging, educating and uplifting communities, and creating revenue streams among waste reclaimers and SMMEs to boost the circular economy and the environment. From Paarl to Fisantekraal and Zebediela to KwaMhlanga, innovative South Africans are turning recyclable waste into revenue streams, uplifting communities and creating […]
