winter readiness – Wynberg Improvement District

Winter Readiness, Infrastructure Awareness and Community Updates

As the colder months settle in across Cape Town, winter brings with it a range of seasonal challenges for businesses, property owners and the broader community. Heavy rainfall, flooding, sewer blockages, reduced visibility and storm damage can all impact the safe functioning of our public spaces and neighbourhoods.

This month, we share practical winter readiness tips to help businesses and residents prepare their properties and stay safe during the rainy season. We also highlight the importance of preventing illegal gutter connections, which can contribute to sewer overflows during periods of heavy rain.

The City of Cape Town has also launched a new Safety and Security App to log emergency incidents.

In addition, we share information from the City’s Investment Facilitation Branch (IFB), which continues to support economic growth and investment across the city by assisting businesses and facilitating development opportunities.

Read on for more.

Staying Safe and Warm This Winter: How We Prepare and Support Our Communities

As temperatures drop and the rains return, winter in Cape Town brings with it both seasonal challenges and the opportunity for communities to come together. For residents and businesses, preparation is key to ensuring safety and continuity. At the same time, the City of Cape Town is stepping up support for our most vulnerable residents through its strengthened Winter Readiness Programme.

This season, we share practical tips on how to prepare your property for winter, and we highlight the ways the City is working with shelters and non-profit organisations to offer care and dignity to those most in need.

New law enforcement officers for Wynberg, Winter preparation, Wheelie Bin Safety and Expansion of the Wynberg Improvement District

Our Wynberg team have been busy as always and we have an update from our managers to share regarding our new law enforcement officers in the area and other positive developments.

As we head into the colder months, we’re preparing you with some winter readiness tips to keep both yourself and your property safe. Additionally, we share some tips on keeping your wheelie bin safe so that you know it’ll always find its way back home.

Lastly, the proposal for the expansion of the Wynberg Improvement District is underway. Read more below.

On-the-ground Report from our CID Managers

Meet the Wynberg improvement district managers

Recently, we have seen the introduction of 16 Law Enforcement Officers being deployed into the Wynberg CBD.

These officers will be patrolling the CBD and policing a range of City By-Law infractions.

We thank the Mayor, Ald. Geordin Hill-Lewis, and Ald. JP Smith for their efforts in getting this deployment into Wynberg and trust that residents will give them a warm welcome.

We have seen the following results thus far:

Two arrests:

Undocumented Person (Contravention of Immigrants Act)
Possession of suspected stolen goods

5 different aspects were tackled under the following groupings:

The Traffic Department running a Vehicle Control Point (VCP) on both Brody Road and Main Road.
Foot patrols through the area in two groups.
Inspecting the current tented camps in the Wynberg area, led by Inspector Ras.
Roving patrols, led by Inspector Siyo, where Metro Police and Law Enforcement stopped and searched people.
Foot Patrol with Alderman JP Smith, to introduce him to the problems encountered in the Wynberg Improvement District area, including the difficulties faced with the subways and drug-related issues.