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Are You Ready to Go with the Cape Town Winter Flow? Essential Tips for a Smooth Season + Loadshedding Updates from the City
As the chilly and wet winter season approaches, it’s time to prepare ourselves for the unique challenges and delights that it brings. From the brisk air to the rain-soaked streets, Cape Town winter demands our attention and readiness. Here, we explore practical tips to help you navigate the winter months with ease. From maintaining your …
Quarter 1 2023 updates
2023 is well underway and as we embark on a year set to take our Maitland City Improvement District to new heights, we share some important reminders from MaitCID and the City. As always, our focus remains on developing a safe, accessible and welcoming urban ecosystem for all workers, visitors and community members in our …
Maitland City Improvement District 2022 roundup & safety tips for the holiday season
2022 has been a year for celebrating successes for Maitland City Improvement District and tackling new and ongoing challenges. With our new five-year business plan term commencing in July 2022 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, …
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:
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 …
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 …
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 …