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Maitland City Improvement District AGM 2017

The MAITLAND CITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NPC will be hosting its Annual General Meeting and all stakeholders are invited to a review of the year’s activities. Date:                               24 October 2017 Time:                           …

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Become a member of the Maitland CID

Membership of the SRA, which is a non-profit company registered under the Companies Act, is open to all the registered property owners who are encouraged to apply for membership so that they may exercise their rights to influence the business of the SRA. Membership cannot be denied to a registered property owner and as a …

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Overall city water use still exceeding restriction target

The City of Cape Town is calling on residents to intensify their efforts to save water. Overall usage of drinking water is currently approximately 10% higher than the required savings target to prevent drawing dams down to dangerous levels by the end of summer.   The City of Cape Town advises residents that overall water …

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MAITLAND CITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AGM 2016

Maitland City Improvement District

The MAITLAND CITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NPC will be hosting its Annual General Meeting and all stakeholders are invited to a review of the year’s activities. Date:                              7 November 2016 Time:                       …

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Give where it will make a difference

The Maitland CID team would like to urge business owners not to give recycled material to homeless people and in the same light, also help to discourage members of the public to give money to beggars. “In both cases, this humble gesture causes more harm than good”, says Gene Lorentz, manager of Geocentric Urban Management. …

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Dumping a great cause for concern

Dumping in the Maitland CID remains a big challenge. Two favourite dumping sites that the Maitland CID team has to clear regularly are the corner of Coronation and Melon streets, as well as no. 5 Glamis Close. Various household items are also regularly dumped in Essex and Suffolk streets, although it seems to become less …

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Two businesses up in flames

Two businesses in the Maitland CID area went up in flames in May causing major damages. The owners of Zanzibar café on the corner of Voortrekker and Kensington, was sleeping on the premises when they were alerted by people on the street that the place is on fire. They managed to escape, but he shop …

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Prasa property looted constantly

The public safety team of the Maitland CID had on various occasions during the past few months, intercepted Metro property such as railway lines, sleeper bolts and clamps. Amongst these incidents, the public safety officers caught three people digging against the wall on Prasa’s premises next to the railway line trying to uproot Prasa communication …

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Fines worth R49 700 issued in Maitland CID

The successful safety partnership between the Maitland CID public safety team, SAPS, Law Enforcement and Traffic Services resulted in R49 700 worth of fines that were issued at various day and night time roadblocks in the Maitland City Improvement District during the months of April and May this year. During these roadblocks on 29 and …

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Challenges abide in Maitlaid CID area

Towards the end of January an increase in crime in the Maitlaid CID area were experienced. One of the big challenges is the Metro Rail security situation which saw more attempted break-ins form the area. “The constant battle with stolen trolleys and wheelie bins continue every day and we hope that our zero-tolerance approach has …

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