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While all precautions have been taken to ensure the accuracy of information, neither the editor, nor New Media and CCID, can be held liable for any inaccuracies, injury or damages that may arise. CapeTownCCID CapeTownCCID 2020 BEST OF CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY 1 WELCOME TO THE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY his guide to just some of the many our teams of professional cleaners in yellow things our downtown precinct has to overalls and the members of our Straatwerk work T offer, is brought to you by the Cape Town opportunity programmes involved in everything Central City Improvement District (CCID). from graffiti removal to road and pavement We’re a non-profit company that operates maintenance. within a very specific geographic area (see the For more information on the work we do, map of our boundaries on pg 62) and it is our please visit our website capetownccid.org job to ensure that our CBD is SAFE | CLEAN | where you will also find hundreds more CARING | OPEN FOR BUSINESS. venues to explore. Or catch us on Facebook We are here to ensure that your experience (facebook.com/CapeTownCCID and facebook. of the Central City is the best it can be, and to com/CityViewsCapeTown) as well as on do this we provide top-up services to those of Twitter (@CapeTownCCID) and Instagram our primary partners at the City of Cape Town (instragram.com/CapeTownCCID). and the South African Police Service (SAPS). We operate across four departments, namely, Our CCID Public Safety Officers are Safety & Security, Urban Management, Social on duty 24/7 throughout our area Development and Communications. and you can always get hold of us You’ll see our CCID presence clearly anywhere within the Cape Town throughout the CBD, from the branded black and CBD by calling the CCID 24-hour CONTROL CENTRE NUMBER: green uniforms of our 300 public safety officers, 082 415 7127 CONTACT US 021 286 0830; email: [email protected]; visit WWW.CAPETOWNCCID.ORG Facebook.com/CapeTownCCID CapeTownCCID THE CCID PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING TOP-UP SERVICES SAFETY & URBAN SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT The CCID’s The CCID’s Monitoring the The CCID’s Social Communications Safety & Security spaces “inbetween” Development team department department deploys the buildings of – headed up by a supports the three 300 Public Safety the CBD, from the registered social operational divisions Officers 24/7 from roads and sidewalks worker supported of the organisation, our Control Centre, to public squares, by two registered promoting the which works closely falls under the auxiliary social work we do, as with the SAPS ambit of the CCID workers and one well as promoting and the City’s Urban Management experienced field investment in the Law Enforcement department. There worker – monitor Central City. To this agencies. The are 60 dedicated the homeless and end it produces Control Centre cleaners from a indigent people who a wide range is available at professional service live on the street of of publications all times via the provider working the CBD. Working annually, and CCID hotline around the clock closely with six runs a number of number (082 415 to keep the Central partner NGOs that public-awareness 7127). We provide City neat and tidy. In service the area campaigns. It complementary turn, a 300-strong and provide for both communicates services towards force of semi- adults and children, across all platforms, a visible security skilled cleaners the team also from hard copy to presence: and a skilled road promotes public online and including • Reaction units maintenance team awareness through social media. • Monitoring of also operate in the CCID’s “Show traffic infringements the CBD via a job You Care” campaign. • ATM fraud creation programme For more info on our detection conducted in NGO partners, visit • Regulation of partnership www.showyoucare. informal trading with local NGO co.za • Public assistance Straatwerk. 50 BEST OF CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY 50+ SIGHTS AND SITES IN OUR GUIDE + EATERIESFOR IN MORE PLACES, VISIT 100 OUR GUIDEWWW.CAPETOWNCCID.ORG visit Visit capetownccid.org District Six Museum District Six Museum MUSEUMS P 26 Museum of Gems & Jewellery 25A Buitenkant Iziko Museums P 3 Cnr Loop and Hout streets, Street, This is a fascinating amalgamation of 14 021 422 0148 021 466 7200 national museums, 11 of which are located Run by Prins & Prins jewellers, this museum During the 1970s, in and around the Central Business District. tells the story of when diamonds began residents of the Collections cover natural history, social history forming three billion years ago. Exhibits area between and art, jewellery and artefacts providing include notable South African finds, such as the Central City insights into SA’s cultural heritage. The the Cullinan Diamond, the world’s largest and Woodstock, Planetarium, which was recently upgraded, gem-quality rough diamond. known as District offers an unmissable experience. prinsandprins.com Six, were forcibly iziko.org.za removed and their homes flattened Iziko Planetarium P 9 South African Jewish Museum under the Group 25 Queen Victoria Street, P 9 88 Hatfield Street, Areas Act, an 021 481 3900 021 465 1546 apartheid law that An upgrade has rendered the star machine old South Africa’s Jewish community includes forbade interracial school and obsolete. These days students can renowned figures such as novelist Nadine neighbourhoods. see the Milky Way – and beyond – by way of Gordimer and painter Irma Stern. The Isaac The museum a full-dome theatre. The new technology allows Kaplan netsuke (Japanese miniatures) takes you on an scientists to visualise data from the Square collection is one of the world’s largest privately interactive trip of Kilometre Array (SKA), Southern African Large held collections. Africa’s first Holocaust Centre the past. Telescope (SALT) and MeerKAT radio telescope. mixes interpretive panels and archival photos districtsix.co.za Shows for teenagers as well as adults take with recreated environments and multimedia place daily, while it falls to Davy Dragon to displays. Only people aged 16 years and over entertain five- to 10-year-old astronomers on are allowed. the weekends. sajewishmuseum.co.za, iziko.org.za holocaust.org.za 6 BEST OF CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY 2020 CapeTownCCID CapeTownCCID WALLET- A SPECIAL WHEELCHAIR- CHILD- CLOSEST PARKING FRIENDLY TREAT OCCASION FRIENDLY FRIENDLY P (SEE PAGE 63) PLACES OF WORSHIP PEOPLE OF Auwal Masjid P 10 THE CITY 39 Dorp Street, 082 551 7324 South Africa’s oldest mosque was established in 1794. It is recognised as a symbol of the Cape Muslims’ struggle for the recognition of Debbie Loots, magazine editor and award-winning novelist of Split and Islam and their right to practise the religion. Die Boek van Gelukkige Eindes, shares auwalmasjid.co.za her perspectives on life in the city. Q What do you love most about the city vibe? Central Methodist Mission P 10 Cnr Longmarket and Burg A There is a vibrancy and cosmopolitan feel in the city, unlike the streets, 021 422 2744 outlying suburbs. It’s also a city with many dimensions; heritage This church opened in 1879. Its Gothic Revival buildings interspersed with ultra-modern high-rises. The City interior features stained-glass windows, Bowl comprises a small area between the mountain and the a large organ filling an arch and marble sea, so everything’s close; you are never too far from some of plaques remembering missionaries, soldiers the world’s major attractions. and colonial characters. cmm.org.za Q What is your favourite restaurant in the CBD? A There are so many! But if I have to choose, I’d say Fyn.