GCID
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Summer Safety & Security Tips & Risk Management from GCID
Welcome to 2025: Strengthening Our City Improvement Districts As we settle into 2025, we reaffirm our commitment to maintaining safe, clean and thriving business districts through the dedicated work of our City Improvement District (CID). As a CID, our mandate focuses on improving public spaces through cleansing, infrastructure maintenance and environmental initiatives, supporting local businesses…
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GCID 2024 Roundup & Safety Tips for the Festive Season
As 2024 draws to a close, the Glosderry City Improvement District celebrates a year of notable achievements in making our area a cleaner, safer and more vibrant community. And, we share our festive season safety tips for businesses and all those going on holiday this season. Urban Cleaning Success This year, our urban cleaning and…
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Winter Hope & Giving Back Responsibly – help combat poverty & inequality
Winter in Cape Town is a time in which poverty and homelessness become heightened social issues, because of the extremely harsh weather conditions. At the same time, the annual Mandela Day initiative coincides, taking place this 18 July, helping to bring hope and support to vulnerable communities. Indigent people in South Africa are an inherent…
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Q1 Review, Winter Preparation & Wheelie Bin Safety
As we move into the cooler months, we’re looking back and highlighting the efforts made during Q1 to keep the Glosderry City Improvement District a safe and clean place to live, work and visit. At this time, we also start preparing for winter with all the necessary maintenance to public space, and we ask you to…
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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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First quarter 2023 updates + Meet the Glosderry CID manager
in GCID news2023 is well underway and as we embark on a year set to take our Glosderry City Improvement District to new heights, we introduce you to our manager and share some important reminders from GCID and the City. As always, our focus remains on developing a safe, accessible and welcoming urban ecosystem for all workers,…
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Glosderry City Improvement District 2022 roundup & safety tips for the holiday season
2022 has been a year for celebrating successes for Glosderry City Improvement District and tackling new and ongoing challenges. With our new five-year business plan term commencing in July 2023 we renew our commitment to providing top-up services to the City of Cape Town with a special focus on public safety, urban cleaning and management,…
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Update on our results for 2022!
In the last few months, we’ve been working hard on our most important goals all to make our community a safe, rich urban environment where our community can thrive. Here is what we have achieved so far:
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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…