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PRECINCT LIVING

THERE IS NO LIMIT TO

WHAT WE, AS WOMEN,

CAN ACCOMPLISH.

- MICHELLE OBAMA

Advocate Jean Berdou
FUTURE CITY

FOURWAYS

Looki
ng early two years ago, a new Cities’ Appeal and the City of Joburg and City
EDITORIAL
afer neighbourhood improvement initiative of Pretoria/Tshwane closed all compulsory
Improvement Districts.
was started for the Fourways area.
PUBLISHER:
your NA voluntary, non-profit organisation, DPL: What makes FCF different?
Nico Maritz
Future City Fourways™, or FCF for short, has
been focussed on keeping the precinct clear of
AdvJB: The FCF model is based on voluntary
nico@eiapublishing.co.za
neig litter, grime-free, and more secure. contributions. It’s the only sensible alternative
to the former compulsory model. From
We asked FCF’s chairperson, Advocate Jean
inception, the financial contributions have come
hbou Berdou to give us more insight into how FCF primarily from corporates and complexes in the
EDITORIAL BOARD
area. All contributors get a tax benefit, which
works and their vision for the future.
rhoo Dainfern Precinct Living: There have been is a great incentive for those who participate.
Nicola Killops,
To keep it simple, we resolved not to have
any permanent employees, so there’s no
City Improvement Districts established in some
Stienie Greyling
d areas in the past. What has happened to them? chance of labour disputes and CCMA hearings.
Everything is done on a sub-contractor basis.

Advocate Jean Berdou: There were a
number of CIDs that were started and, in the DPL: What progress have you made since first
leonardol@nowmedia.co.za CONTENTSCONTENTS
DESIGN establishing FCF?
beginning, the municipalities took on the role of
collecting the contributions - which they made AdvJB: We now have over 50 area cleaners
Designer: Leonardo Lupini
compulsory - from the residents. They charged and we are in the process of launching an
an extra levy over and above each resident’s area patrolling initiative to provide security in
normal rates and taxes. These levies were identified hotspots such as some taxi ranks
paid over to the CIDs that had sub-contractors and retail nodes. We have also run a few mass
Introduction
and employees engaged to do supplementary clean-ups involving members of the community 4
PRODUCTION
cleaning, maintenance and security duties. But and some businesses, in collaboration with the
then a resident in one of the CID areas took municipality and the SAPS.
Anna Sawa
the municipality to court and the High Court ART & CRAFT
found that the compulsory levies were unlawful. DPL: So is your relationship with the City of
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On appeal, the Supreme Court dismissed the Joburg amicable? Bernie van der Vyver: Crafting the African Wilderness in Bronze 8 Happy Women’s Day
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