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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 […]

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.  […]

New field worker joins the VRCID team

The VRCID’s social field workers are from left, Allistair Scholtz, Veronica Geduld and Tonio Gantan. With the growing number of homeless and vulnerable people in Bellville and Parow, social development and upliftment remains a priority for the Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District VRCID , the organisation says. Tonio Gantana, a new field worker, has been […]

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