Brendan van der Merwe
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Feb 01
Doing Business in South Africa 2015
COMPARING BUSINESS REGULATIONS FOR DOMESTIC FIRMS IN 9 URBAN AREAS AND 4 MAJOR PORTS WITH 188 OTHER ECONOMIES Click Here for further information © 2015 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000; Internet: www.worldbank.org
Feb 01
Eskom Newsflash – January 2016
South African Leaders in Energy Management Eligible for New Global Award Organisations certified to ISO 50001 standard to elevate South Africa’s profile in clean energy The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI), is proud to support a prestigious new awards program to recognise companies or organisations that use an ISO …
Sep 06
Blackheath City Improvement District (BCID) Newsletter – August 2015
This has been an exciting time for the Blackheath Industrial Area with the realisation of essential infrastructure and capital Projects that have been fought for, planned and saved up for over many years. The Non-motorised Transport project was rolled out through most of the Blackheath Industrial Area by the City of Cape Town and this …
Sep 06
Buttskop Level Crossing Tragedy
Pupils killed at Buttskop crossing remembered FIVE years after 10 pupils – between the ages of 8 and 18 – were killed while on their way to school, their families are still finding it difficult to come to terms with their deaths. The minibus taxi transporting them was hit by a passenger train at a …
Sep 06
Five Years later: Buttskop level crossing victims remembered
25 August 2015 4:44 PM A Memorial Wall was unveiled today to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death of 10 children at the Buttskop level crossing in Blackheath. The Memorial Wall was erected at the Welmoed Cemetery near Eerste River, as most of the children who died in the accident were buried there. The …
Sep 06
Cleansing Operations
As previously stated, major cleansing operations have taken place on the residential boundaries of Happy Valley and Blackheath and Gaylee during August, where residents litter and throw garden refuse and general waste over their walls and into the public space. 300 Blue bags were filled with litter from these locations in a two week period …
Sep 06
School news in August 2015
Happy Feet Crèche Sing For Africa Grade “R” School Both schools in Happy Valley are functioning very well and they are busy as always with fun learning activities with our little learners. Happy Feet Crèche is at the full capacity as parents return to work after the Winter months. Many of the parents are seasonal …
Sep 06
Emerging Business Programme – Intensive 2-Day Business Strategy Course
Please see the attached document regarding the Emerging Business Programme – Intensive 2-Day Business Strategy Course The Department of Economic Development and Tourism in partnership with the University of the Western Cape will be rolling out a programme focussing on equipping emerging small, medium and micro enterprise owners with the relevant business knowledge and skills …
Jun 03
News – April 2015
The March edition of the Blackheath City Improvement District was slightly delayed due to fact that sometimes good news takes a bit longer to present than expected and some of our most important projects sometimes don’t finish at month end and deserve a bit of extra time so that we can ensure that we can …
Jun 03
Blackheath CID – CCTV and License Plate Recognition (LPR) initiative
Those who have noticed “The eyes of Big Brother” at the entrances to the Blackheath Industrial Area will know that we are now monitoring all the entrances to the Blackheath Industrial Area via CCTV. In Partnership with the City of Cape Town, The South African Police Services, and the locally based Security suppliers, ST3 Security …