Doing business in the Central City

Key partnerships in the Cape Town Central City across the private and public sector enable the fostering of a stable economy, promoting investment into the region and encouraging future growth.

Cape Heritage Hotel

Since its inception 20 years ago, the CCID has worked hard to ensure downtown Cape Town is free of crime, a clean urban environment, and most importantly, open for business. A map delineating its geographical boundaries and the four precincts that fall within it can be found inside the front cover of this publication. The CCID, like the other 40-plus city improvement districts in the Cape metropole, is a non-profit company that exists in terms of the City Council’s Municipal Property Rates Act, Section 22 [Special Rates Area (SRA)] and the SRA bylaw. It provides complementary top-up services within a specific geographical area, to support the primary agencies. In the case of the CCID, these primaries are the City of Cape Town and the South African Police Service (SAPS). Since 2016, the CCID has also nurtured a partner project in public safety with the Western Cape Government.

A public-private partnership which is overseen by a board of directors, the CCID has three operational departments – Safety & Security, Urban Management and Social Development. Its Communications department collaborates across these three to promote the CCID’s work and investment into the Central City. A fifth department manages financial and HR-related administration. With a full-time staff of 18+ people, the CCID oversees a total workforce of around 650+ people who carry out its mandate to manage the public spaces between the buildings of Cape Town’s traditional downtown area.