Brendan van der Merwe

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Verge Clearing and Levelling – January 2013

We continued with our verge clearing and levelling projects in January.            

General Valuation Roll 2012

The City of Cape Town has produced the General Valuation Roll 2012 (GV 2012) in terms of the Local Government:  Municipal Property Rates Act (Act 6 of 2004), national legislation that governs the valuation of properties. The GV 2012 was signed off by the Municipal Valuer on 31 January 2013 and handed to the City …

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BCID News – January 2013

Let me start by wishing you and yours a prosperous and joyous 2013 that sees an upturn in the economy of the Republic of South Africa and an improvement in World Markets in general. Visit by the Premier of the Western Cape: Helen Zille January started with many interesting developments and improvements within the Blackheath …

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BCID News – November and December 2012

Welcome to the November / December 2012 issue of the Blackheath City Improvement District Newsletter.   So we are getting ready to say goodbye to 2012 already.  The year was filled with challenges and will no doubt continue to present some more difficulties as we near the shut-down period.  It seems that most businesses will close …

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October Security Report

October has seen a slight increase in crime within the local area, especially as far as burglaries are concerned.  Please ensure that you premises are secure when you leave the office at the close of business.  Please also ensure that your alarm is in a good working order and that you have it tested with …

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October news for the Blackheath City Improvement District

October was an extremely busy month for staff of the Blackheath CID.  We had to move the Happy Feet Crèche to a new and temporary site to facilitate the development in the Happy Valley area.  We managed to do this over a two week period.  We then had to attend to the mowing all of …

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October cleaning news

We managed to mow most of the areas throughout the Industrial area this month and followed up with litter picking and weeding throughout the area.  We attended to every street within the Blackheath CID footprint again this month and removed over 350 refuse bags of grass and dirt from the area.  There were several issues …

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AHI Netwerk Geleentheid

DIE JAAR IS OP SY EINDE!! KOM LUISTER NA WAT DIE EKONOMIESE VERWAGTINGE IS VIR 2013 U word uitgenooi om die aand te kom geniet saam met Sakemanne en -Vroue en die geleentheid te gebruik om te NETWERK!! (Bring asb. genoeg besigheidskaartjies saam) Vir meer inligting kliek op die skakel en laai die informasie af

C I T Y R E V I E W: News highlights from the City Council Meeting of 27 September 2012

APPROVAL OF FUNDING FOR MAMRE FESTIVAL, MITCHELLS PLAIN FESTIVAL AND CAPE TOWN GUN RUN Council adopted a recommendation to approve funding for three events on the Cape Town events calendar, while a separate process is underway to review the City’s Events Policy. The primary aim of the review is to assess the selection and approval …

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Okavango Sakekamer Geleentheid

Die Okavango Sakekamer nooi u uit na n gellentheid oor hoe die arbeidswetgewing u raak. Dit is ‘n aand gellentheid met ete en netwerkgeleentheid Die spreker is Riaan Smit Vir meer inligting skakel Anna-Marie Alkema by 083 760 6774 of Phillip van Zijl by 082 904 5997 Kliek op die skakel om meer inligting af …

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