Brendan van der Merwe
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Apr 11
Cleansing News in March 2014
The BCID cleansing team ensured that they pushed their brooms through every street in Blackheath during March and managed to do that very effectively. Cleansing and street sweeping is what staff are doing on daily basis. During the month we shifted our focus a little and did more verge upgrades as we would like to …
Apr 11
BCID News March 2014
Service delivery from our local South African Police Services office at the Blue Downs court is at an all-time low. Not that this is a surprise, but considering how bad the service has been over the last eight years, it could be getting even worse as a result of a lack of staffing. Several of …
Feb 26
New Office for the BCID
As from last year December our whole operation has moved to Heath Circle in the new Astrosec building on the first floor. Over the last four months the operation has been shifting between two premises as we had a slight delay with Telkom and other matters, but we got over all the obstacles and finished …
Feb 26
More Verge Upgrades Underway
Over the last month we really have seen a lot of verge upgrades throughout the whole industrial area, levelling and hardening of the verge in Range Road, Rand Road being resurfaced and the widening of the corner of Artisan way and Wimbledon Road. Throughout the Industrial area we will see that contractors of Telkom …
Feb 26
Keeping it clean – January 2014
After a month of December Shut down with skeleton staff levels performing duty all staff are back on the road and doing their best to bring the industrial area back to a good standard. Throughout the holiday we had two staff on the road just to do litter picking and ensure that the area does …
Feb 26
New Developments in BCID – January 2014
In Artisan Way Busmark 2000 began with the development of their new factory in June 2013. Contractors are busy putting their reputations on the line to get the project done by March 2014. Work is running on schedule and will hopefully be finished by the beginning of March. In Kwela Park we are looking at …
Feb 26
School News for January 2014
Remember the Happy Feet Crèche and Aphilayo Amanzi Grade “R” Schools that are initiatives of the Blackheath City Improvement District!! The schools won’t be able to be successful without your assistance. Any form of donation i.e. pens, pencils, erasers, old story books, etc. are always welcome and all we ask for. We try our best …
Nov 16
Security News for November 2013
Monthly Security Report – November 2013 Looking at the crime statistics we can clearly see that we are moving into festive season as petty crime is on the increase. The South African Police and ST3 Security statistics show that theft out of motor vehicle, common assault and general theft increased over this past month. In …
Nov 06
Keeping you up-to-date
Online A reminder to all that we have a Facebook page up and running. We would love to see you all liking it and keeping up-to-date with our weekly happenings. Follow the link and join up. Otherwise pass on the message and get everyone in your company to join. We are all a part of …
Nov 06
School news for October 2013
On the 2nd November 2013 Aphilayo Amanzi hosted a fundraiser and had a modelling show for the kids and food stalls representing different countries. The Blackheath City Improvement District supports and tries to aid the ECD schools in Happy valley as best we can with limited resources, but we won’t be able to be …