The VRCID joins forces with MES to feed the homeless: part 1
Our VRCID Social Development Manager Wilma Piek and her team are proud to have joined forces with MES, various shelters and NGOs, to support the homeless during levels 4 and 5 of lockdown. Wilma explained that, “Lockdown accelerated collaboration between the VRCID Social Development team and our partners, based on the need to assist the […]
COVID-19: essential services during nationwide lockdown
March 2020 – Cape Argus – BALDWIN NDABA AND MWANGI GITHAHU Essential services workers who will be allowed to report for work during the 21-day nationwide lockdown will do so under strict regulations. Yesterday police emphasised that all people classified as essential workers would have to adhere to the regulations gazetted by Cooperative Governance and […]
A day in the life of Precinct Manager: Bradley Abrahams
Urban Management and Public Safety are key to the VRCID’s success. The organisation relies on many unsung heroes, not least its four Precinct Managers. They oversee a vast area, through which over 400 000 people stream in and out of the Central Business District (CBD) of Bellville and Parow each day. Precinct Manager for parts […]
Residents want CID
Project a success
A day in the life of a Precinct Manager: Chris Matthee
Urban Management and Public Safety are key to the VRCID’s success. The organisation relies on many unsung heroes, not least its four Precinct Managers. They oversee a vast area, through which over 400 000 people stream each day in and out of the Central Business District (CBD) of Bellville and Parow. Precinct Manager 1 […]
VRCID’S CCTV cameras paying off in crime prevention
A network of security cameras has led to scores of arrests and the recovery of thousands of rand worth of stolen goods in the Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District (VRCID), in the past year. Since July 2018 a total of 174 arrests have been made, 286 crimes recorded and over R220 000 in stolen […]
Chicago police pay local cops a visit
Chicago’s deputy chief of police, Eric Carter, and district commander, Ernest Cato III, inspect the Voortrekker Road Improvement District’s (VRCID) control room in Bellville. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2ItXsZN
Student safety challenge launched
The Greater Tygerberg Partnership GTP has launched an innovation challenge to surface cutting edge, implementable ideas that will help to enhance the safety of students in the area. The challenge is open to teams of students living in residences in the Bellville central business district CBD and the greater Tygerberg area. The winning residences will receive […]
The importance of gun safety in our city
Gun violence is a real concern in our country today. Many South Africans have personally had a violent encounter or know of someone who has. Local online news hound, The Daily Maverick published an article in early December 2018 on ‘fast tracking search warrants in hunt for illegal firearms’ in the Western Cape. VRCID COO, […]
