Our Area Improvement Projects
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Spring Update & AGM 2025 – Save the Date
As the seasons shift from winter to spring, the Glosderry City Improvement District continues its work to keep our urban environment clean, safe and well maintained. This is also the time when we prepare for our Annual General Meeting (AGM 2025), where we reflect on the year’s achievements and look ahead to 2025/26. We invite…
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Glosderry City Improvement District 2023 Roundup
It’s been another year of successes and tackling challenges head-on for the Glosderry City Improvement District. As part of our renewed commitment to public safety and urban cleaning and management, we persist in leading the way toward the continuous improvement of Glosderry as a thriving hub of business and industry. Our GCID team has increased…
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AGM Save the Date & Spring greening Glosderry
This October, we hold our Annual General Meeting (AGM 2023) to review the year’s activities and begin our planning for 2024/25. We hope all our members can attend. Non-members still have time to register. The new City of Cape Town CID by-law and policy came into effect on 1 July and that is available to view online.…
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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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Blown Away – How we are preparing to weather the Cape of Storms
The saying goes that ‘Great floods flow from simple sources’ and as we prepare for the harshness of the howling gales and pelting rain that make up Cape Town storms, we couldn’t agree more. Many of us are more conscious of the pivotal role that winter preparation plays in city management and what the lack…
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Illegal Dumping in the Spotlight
As in most areas of the Cape Metropole, the problem of illegal dumping also occurs in Glosderry and is one of the main challenges that the GCID has to contend with. Experience has taught that people are prepared to change but only if they are constantly monitored and warned regarding the consequences of dumping. Some incidents stem from…
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Urban Management Trolley Introduced
The Geocentric Urban Management Trolley Project was initiated in 2017. The aim of the project is to provide urban cleaning and maintenance teams with a platform to improve their daily tasks, assist with moving of equipment and tools and enable recycling while performing their tasks. A few design considerations were introduced into the design of…