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Feeding Scheme for August & September 2013


The ECID handed out the following items to the Church of the Nazarene in Bonteheuwel and the Langa Baptist Church; 200 kg of mealie meal donated by Premier Foods, 50 kg of oats donated by Bokomo Foods, 2 tins of coffee, 1200 tea bags, 5 kg each of peanut butter and jam, 60 cans each of baked beans and pilchards, 48 cans of peas, 12 cans mixed vegetables, 2 packets of dry soup mix, 2 packets of dried lentils and 25 kg rice donated by Giant Hyper and 4 pockets potatoes, 1 pocket sweet potatoe, 8 pockets onions, 8 pockets butternut, 2 pockets squash, 7 boxes of tomatoes and 1 box mixed peppers donated by Cape Pots.
Top left  Reverend Stan Martin-Church of the Nazarene, top right Liziwe Nkolombe & Sylvia Matiza-Langa Baptist Church from Langa Baptist Church, bottom left Winnie Vanqa-Langa Baptist Church, bottom right Reverend Stan Martin & Neville Levendal-Church of the Nazarene.
We again thank our sponsors for their generous contributions to helping those less fortunate.

Epping garden competition winners

Garden Of The Year 2012

The winner of the garden of year for 2012 is GlaxoSmithKline! Well done to GSK for having such a well maintained verge. GSK received the trophy and a R500 Stodels gift voucher in appreciation of their efforts.
Other verges that are also looking exceptionally good are; Fine Chemicals Corporation, MacBrothers and Pickfords.
Pictured here in Noel Coomber from GSK.

 Garden Of The Year 2011

                                                         

Congratulations to the overall winner of the 2011 garden competition, Fine Chemicals Corporation. Colin Dyers of FCC accepted the trophy, certificate and R 500 Stodels gift voucher.

Winter Winner

Congratulations to GlaxoSmithKline, the winner of the winter leg of the garden competition. Noel Coomber of GSK accepted the certificate and R 250 Stodels gift voucher from Lizette.

Autumn Winner

Autumn is finally beginning to be seen in the various gardens in Epping.
Congratulations to the winner Fine Chemicals Corporation and to GlaxoSmithKline who placed second and Racec who placed third.

        GlaxoSmithKline                                        Racec

Fine Chemicals Corporation
Pictured here with Lizette Johnstone is Colin Dyers of FCC receiving the
R 250.00 Stodels gift voucher and certificate.

Garden Of The Year-2010

Congratulations to the overall winner for the 2010 garden competition ,GlaxoSmithKline. Noel Coomber from GSK accepted the Trophy, certificate and R 500.00 Stodels gift voucher from Lizette.

Summer Winner

Congratulations to Fine Chemicals Corporation who are the winners for the summer leg of the competition. Colin Dyers of FCC accepted the certificate and a R 250.00 Stodels gift voucher from Lizette.

Spring Winner

Congratulations to the winner of the spring leg of the garden competion, Fine Chemicals Corporation. Colin Dyers of FCC received the Stodels gift voucher and certificate from the ECID. The judging for the garden of the year will take place in November, so lets get busy!

Autumn Winner

 

The winner of the Autumn leg of the garden competition is Racec, a Stodels voucher is given as an expression of thanks from the ECID for the effort involved. It is a difficult time of the year for gardens, but we note the efforts of GlaxoSmithKline, Truworths, Macbrothers, Huhtamaki and S A Metal Engineering.
Pictured here is Lizette presenting the certificate and voucher to Cy Scholten, horticulturist for Racec.

ECID Projects

The ECID has completed a number of projects benefiting the Epping Industrial area such as; the Moody Avenue parking area, the conversion of the Hawkins traffic circle into a parking area, the resizing of the Christian Avenue traffic circle.
Installed 16 PTZ cameras, waste bins, lighting in 5 alleyways/walk through’s and 17 flood lights on the rail sidings as well as the planting of 80 trees, gated off 21 rail sidings and repainted the road markings in Epping 2 on two occasions.
Should companies feel a requirement exists in their area, they can contact Lizette on 084 526 3918 in order to discuss their needs further. Projects should not exceed R 250 000 and should benefit the Epping Industrial area as a whole.

4 Additional CCTV Cameras

The ECID are pleased to announce that we have installed an additional 4 CCTV cameras in Epping, bringing the total of cameras to 16. The new cameras are placed as follow; 1 opposite Langa Station, 1 outside Gundle on Bofors Circle, 1 on the corner of Bofors Circle and Hewett Avenue and 1 outside Jumbo Cash & Carry, Bofors Circle.

Resizing of Christian Avenue Island



The ECID embarked on a project to reduce the size of the island in Christian Avenue.This project was funded by the ECID with guidance provided by Council, the pictures show the construction in progress and the completed island.This project was undertaken to allow the trucks a wider turning circle, whereby eliminating the constant damage to the drains and kerb stones.

ECID Security Trailer

The ECID has over the past year effectively utilised the trailer supplied by the Western Cape Government and Department of Community Safety by creating awareness in the area.

We have placed the trailer at strategic points in the Epping area allowing for additional visibility and allowing members of the public to interact with the security and Law Enforcement personnel manning the trailer.


The ECID has enabled it’s security provider to permanently man the trailer. On occasion we have assisted our local SAPS and Law Enforcement by utilising the trailer as a secure mobile search unit, allowing the policing members a safe and secure environment in which to perform on-site body searches.

NIGHT DUTY

The trailer has been utilised extensively to accommodate the security personnel patrolling the railway sidings. During the winter period the trailer was placed on the central railway line to assist with sheltering and offering a place for the personnel to escape from the elements.

The map indicates the areas the trailer has been placed during this period of ownership. All immediate highlighted areas are areas requiring additional visibility allowing for instant and immediate interaction and intervention.

Feeding Scheme for June and July 2013

The ECID handed out the following food items to the Church of the Nazarene in Bonteheuwel and the Langa Baptist Church;  200 kg of mealie meal kindly donated by Premier Foods, 1 case of smash, 30 cases and 7 sacks of oats kindly donated by Bokomo Foods, 3 pockets each of baby potatoes & butternut, 20 pockets onions, 6 boxes sweet potatoes and 1 box of Tomatoes kindly donated by Capepots, 1000 teabags, 2 x 750 g coffee, 4 x 1 kg peanut butter, 4 x 1 kg jam, 8 packets of lentils, 20 kg of rice and 48 cans each of baked beans, mixed vegetables and pilchards kindly donated by Giant Hyper.
We wish to thank our sponsors for their generosity in helping to care for the less privileged.

Feeding Scheme for March, April and May 2013


The ECID handed over 300 kg of mealie meal donated by Premier Foods, 154 cases and 16 sacks of oats donated by Bokomo Foods, 2 tins of coffee, 2000 tea bags, 6 kg of peanut butter, 6 kg of jam, 30 kg of rice, 2 kg of lentils, 6 kg dry soup mix, 72 cans each of baked beans and pilchards, 24 cans of peas, 24 cans of mixed vegetables and 24 cans of spaghetti all donated by Giant Hyper, 20 pockets of potatoes, 15 pockets of onions and 10 pockets of squash donated by Cape Pots to Stan Martin from the Church of the Nazarene in Bonteheuwel (pictured at the top) and Charles Mitchell from SOS Langa.

Council Wishlist for 2014/15

Every year the Council gives individuals and companies an opportunity to forward their requests/needs concerning the spending of a portion of the ward allocation for the 2014/15 financial year.
Please download the wishlist form (available in the downloads section of the website) and forward all suggestions to the ECID office on or before 19 April in order for the ECID to compile and forward to Council by 1 May 2013.