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Important News & Updates

Jul 250 min read

Lookout Park Newsletter - 25 July 2024

Jan 311 min read

Two people shot in shoot-out with police

Last night, in Congela, a robbery suspect and an innocent bystander were shot in a shoot-out between the police and the robbery suspect....

Jan 261 min read

Inaugural AGM - Thank you! (26/01/2024)

On behalf of the PVUIP Directors, Steering Committee and staff, our sincere appreciation to all the residents, neighbours and active...

Jan 161 min read

#Active Citizenry (16/01/2024)

Active citizenry refers to the collective engagement and participation of individuals within a community in order to bring about positive...

Jan 81 min read

Request for quotation (RFQ) for supply of a dedicated armed response resource to supplement existing shared resources (18/12/2023)

The establishment of the PVUIP and subsequent declaration as a Special Rated Area (SRA) was approved on 28 February 2023 by the full...

Nov 10, 20232 min read

How does Pigeon Valley UIP help you? (10/11/2023)

1. Greening Grass cutting and vegetation maintenance on road verges and medians. Liaising with the Parks Dep about our 9 local parks and...

Jul 6, 20231 min read

Pigeon Valley UIP Staff Vacancies

Pigeon Valley UIP is calling for applications for the following posts: UIP Manager UIP Community Co-ordinator Please contact...

Mar 18, 20221 min read

Budget Proposal, Approval Process & Estimated Additional Rates

What the proposed UIP budget is, how this get's approved, and how much the estimated additional rates would be.

Mar 6, 20221 min read

As Mentioned in Berea Mail

10 March 2022:

PVUIP Progress Update 09/02/2023

Municipal SRA Approval

The Pigeon Valley UIP application is in the approval process at the municipality and on track for the start date of 1 July 2023 .

Whilst waiting for the green light, committee members have been building relationships with key officials in the Parks, Roads & Storm Water and Durban Solid Waste (DSW) Departments to find out how they work, so that we can support improved service delivery going forward.

Grass Cutting and Weeding

The Road Reserve Maintenance (Red Teams)

The committee have received great news on the appointment of contractors in our area, The RRM Teams have been contracted for 36 months by the Roads and Storm Water Department to do grass cutting, litter picking, edging and weeding of pavements on major roads which include Alan Paton, Albert Dlomo, King George V, Lena Ahrens, Penzance, Princess Alice and ZK Matthews.

All other road pavements and verges are the Parks Department responsibility at this stage.

The committee is supporting the quality controllers of these contractors to ensure the scope of work is adhered to.

The Public Employment Programme (Blue Teams)

PEP Teams are individuals who are being given a stipend through various municipal departments to assist with clearing verges, open spaces and parks of litter and weeds and have been supervised by a core of dedicated community volunteers.

Glenwood Gateway Garden

The new PV-UIP “Gateway Garden” Project on the corner of Alan Paton and Lena Ahrens will be starting soon. This project aims to clean and beautify this open space at an entrance to Glenwood. Volunteers are welcome to come and assist with the "planting party" of this area. Please contact Cindy May on 0846614399 for more details!

New Communication - UIP Whatsapp Broadcast Groups

The committee has decided to set up broadcast groups for PVUIP news over the next 6 months to gradually replace communication via Street/Flat group reps. A link will be sent out via Street/Flat groups reps to allow you to join this new news broadcast group if you wish.

Donations

Thank you to those active citizens for giving their time towards the above projects, we all benefit from your hard work. Please consider donating monthly to the PVUIP to ensure we can do more of the above work between now and when we officially start as a Special Rated Area (SRA) on 1 July 2023. Any donations would be appreciated!

Banking Details

Pigeon Valley UIP NPC

Investec Bank

Branch code: 580105

Acc no: 5001 8812 564