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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 […]

AGM 2016

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Strand Business Improvement District NPC that will take place on the 1st November 2016 at 16:30 at the Friedman and Cohen, Corner of Main Road and Wesley Street, Strand. Please confirm your attendance / non-attendance by email to info@strandbid.co.za. Resolutions presented at the AGM […]

Drugs and Weapon Confiscated

Strand Public Safety officers were on crime prevention foot patrol  on the 25th of October 2015 at the back of Gallow Way Centre in Strand CBD when they noticed a male suspect with a bottle neck busy preparing a dagga pipe . The officers approached the suspect and another suspect next to him and questioned […]

Dangerous Weapons Confiscated

Strand CID Public Safety patrol officers Rohan Nolte Masiwakhe and Bande were on crime prevention patrol at 18:25 on the 25th of  October 2015 in Church Street Strand when they found the following items in the possession of a well known mentally desturbed person. Concerned about his safety, they took the items contacted SAPS and […]

AGM 2015

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Strand Business Improvement District NPC that will take place on the 3rd November 2015 at 16:30 at the Friedman and Cohen, Corner of Main Road and Wesley Street, Strand. Please confirm your attendance / non-attendance by email to info@strandbid.co.za. Resolutions presented at the AGM […]

Help us improve our CBD

The Strand BID invites all members of the public, property and business owners to help us improve the Strand CBD.  To help us getting more information from you we have added a contact form to our website.  You can now log your own incidents and we will receive the information via email.  We will log […]

SBID’S TEAM EFFORT PAYS OFF

The many letters and messages of gratitude from businesses and the general public directed to the Strand Business Improvement District, is a testimony that the SBID’s public safety and operations teams are now well-established in the area and their efforts are showing positive results. Since the establishment of the Strand BID six months ago on […]

THANK YOU SBID TEAM!

The Strand BID received a whole lot of complements during the past two months. Here is what the public had to say about the work the team are doing in the business district: “The SBID team of safety officers are doing an excellent job!” – Bettie Julius [Social Development] “The park is much neater and […]

Give where it will make a real difference

The Strand BID 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. […]

A clean sweep…

The SBID team is building on the good relationships with the local municipal officials responsible for solid waste management to ensure a clean and litter free CBD area. The Team Leader from Solid Waste Cleansing , Mr Mxolisi Witness Mtyabatiso, is doing an excellent job in the area, especially to secure that defective green litter […]