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May 2025 Newsletter

ℹ️ Quick Need to Know on what the CID has been up to in May – it’s been a busy month: ℹ️

Public Safety

• A new partnership with SANParks to improve safety in the Glen
• 632 incidents logged with the CID control room
• 3 mountain muggings within the CID area and 3 burglaries
• 8 arrests, including a mountain mugging suspect
• 45 stop-and-searches
• Roll-out of latest-technology POC radios with tracking facilities for all our teams

Urban Maintenance

• A new live tracking tool for reporting municipal issues to the City (‘C3s’) allowing the CID to track progress and follow up in real-time. Please report all municipal issues – street lights out, potholes, blocked drains etc to the CID control room on 087 223 2864‬
• 496 storm water drains cleared in advance of winter, with 1,789 bags of debris, multiple road signs and potholes fixed and safety mirrors installed
• 791 bags of litter removed and almost 5,000 bags of recycling waste

Social Development

• 25 Community Stewards and 10 Field Ops Stewards now active as part of our partnership with Ignisive
• In May: 9 shelter placements, 2 family reunifications, 402 rubbish bags filled and much more.

Subcommittees – we’re busy strengthening the committees that focus on all areas of CID activity with additional dedicated, skilled volunteers from the community to bring in new talent.

All this and more in our May newsletter, including crime trends and crime prevention tips, read it here: https://campsbaycid.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025.05-CBCID-May-News-2025.pdf

Thanks for your support as we strive to make Camps Bay safer, cleaner and better.

CID Team

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What is a CID

What is a 
City Improvement District?

A City Improvement District (CID) is a clearly defined geographical area in which property owners pay additional property rates to fund supplementary municipal services to improve or upgrade that specific area.

CIDs can be commercial, industrial, residential or a combination of any of these and are known as Improvement Districts, City Improvement Districts, Business Improvement Districts, or Community Improvement Districts.

Supplementary services typically include:

  • additional public safety;
  • cleansing services;
  • urban maintenance;
  • upgrading of the environment; and
  • social upliftment
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ABout the project

Find out more about the project and why success is likely for Camps Bay.

A noticeable decline in safety & security, and a steady increase in vagrants and criminal elements around the beachfront, drove a team of residents to start a process that will transform Camps Bay.

Find out more