urban management
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Illegal Dumping: What It Is and How to Stop It
Did you know? That annually over 180 000 tons of waste are cleared from illegal dumping hot spots! That costs the city, and you as the taxpayer, a staggering R350 million a year just in clean-up. In other words, cleaning illegal dumping costs 20 times more than collecting waste from wheelie bins. That is why…
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Helping The Homeless To Build A Sustainable Future
Mahatma Gandhi said that the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. Unfortunately, as South Africans, we are desensitised in part to the poverty that permeates our ordinary lives. Used to the sight of the radical impact our ever-expanding gap between the haves and have nots…
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Trial By Fire – Fire Safety In Cape Town’s Summer
Cape Town’s fire season occurs from November through to May which are our hottest, and driest months. Together with our beloved south-easterly “Cape Doctor” – which adores clearing our city of pollution – these arid conditions create ideal opportunities for wildfires to spark and quickly rage out of control. From our homes and businesses to…
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Welcoming a new year, new challenges and new triumphs
in ERCID NewsAs we charge into 2022, there is undeniable trepidation surrounding the new challenges and triumphs the year will bring. This year we will continue to create an urban ecosystem that is safe, accessible and inviting to all the workers, visitors and community members of our district. As in years before, we are unwavering in our…
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Top 10 Tips To Keep Your Store Safe This Festive Season
While many of us see the festive season as a time to kick back and relax, for the retail sector it is the busiest time of the year. With high volumes of high-value stock, seasonal staff and more capital flowing through our premises than any other time of the year staying safe is a definite…
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How to Prepare Your Property For the Festive Season
Here are our top tips to keep your property safe so you can enjoy the festive season
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Our Speeding Awareness Initiative
No Need to Speed is our Speeding Awareness Initiative designed to be a simple way for business owners in the Elsies River City Improvement District (ERCID) to stop speeding.
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Plenty of Action and Activity in ERCID
Not only are the regular and customary matters for which the respective teams of the ERCID are responsible, attended to and taken care of in Elsies River, but there are also heart-warming cases of people going the extra mile and beyond the call of duty. Following are some of the issues that have in the last weeks been addressed: …
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ERCID adds value to Look and Feel of Elsies River
in ERCID NewsThanks to the commitment of all who are involved in the Elsies River City Improvement District drive, strides of progress are being made in various ways. The accompanying images tell the story of how problems like illegal dumping and the confiscation of stolen trolleys and wheelie-bins are successfully addressed by the teams. The Public…