About us
Elsies River Improvement District
Moving towards a clean, healthy, safe future for our community
Who we are
The City of Cape Town approved the establishment of the Elsies River City Improvement District (ERCID) and became operational in 2015.
The Elsies River Improvement District (ERCID) works together with local businesses and urban management specialists to create a rich urban environment in which the Elsies River community can thrive.
Together with the City’s Cleansing Department and the SAPS, ERCID provides public safety and urban cleaning services to boost the sanitation and safety of the area.
Elsies River City Improvement District Non-Profit Company (ERCID)
Company Registration No:
2015/169342/08
Registered Office:
2, 12th Street, Elsies River Industrial, Cape Town, 7480
ERCID Directors:
Adrian Bowring – Chairperson and Treasurer, Urban Maintenance and Marketing Portfolios
Gary Castle – Director and Cleansing Portfolio
Cobus Maritz – Director and Public Safety Portfolio
David Srubis – Director and Social Upliftment Portfolio
The ERCID Board can be contacted via email: board@ercid.co.za
Auditors:
C2M Chartered Accountants
Accountant:
Nicolene Cooke’s Accounting Services
Company Secretarial Duties:
C2M Chartered Accountants
Management:
Geocentric Urban Management
2, 12th Street, Elsies River Industrial, Cape Town, 7480
info@geocentric.co.za
021 565 0901
Control Room (24 hours):
021 565 0901
ELSIES RIVER City Improvement District Manager
Heinrich Cobus
Email: ercid@geocentric.co.za
Cell: 061 194 1187
Regional Manager
Jeremy Visagie
Email: rm-east@geocentric.co.za
Cell: 061 971 6155
Elsies River id offices
How we operate
We provide our municipal top-up services by combining our partnership resources with a rate levied from property within the ERCID. Our community interventions are designed to increase property investment, amplify job creation and encourage new consumers into the Elsies River area.
The communication between service providers and the community is controlled by a control room, managed urban management specialists Geocentric. The control room runs 24/7 to ensure a constant line of communication between property owners and the security patrolmen and service providers.
Why is our work important?
We want to be both a solution to our current challenges and prevent potential pitfalls. To prevent urban decay, traffic congestion, pollution and crime we have considered the impact that large volumes of commuters into the ERCID area have.
To achieve a comfortable feeling of safety in Elsies River, the community must invest morally and work with the City of Cape Town to upgrade public facilities.
The additional municipal services typically include the provision of additional public safety, cleansing services, maintenance and/or upgrading of the urban public environment and/or infrastructure and social services that address social issues in the area.
The additional rates paid by the property owners in the area means an equitable split based on municipal property valuation. The cost of the additional services allows individual property owners to benefit from a well-managed business node including a shared sense of communal pride, safety and social responsibility.
How to get involved
If you wish to submit a proposal please contact the ERCID management company by email to request the detailed RFP documents. For this or any further information you are invited to email (only emails will be used to ensure a record of communication) Geocentric Urban Management, the appointed Management Company, at ercid@geocentric.co.za.
Here are some examples of what we’ve done
