Bellville is an important economic node that lies about 20 kilometres north of Cape Town, South Africa. The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) is mandated to promote and accelerate the regeneration and upliftment of Bellville and surrounding areas, to drive its future as a prosperous, successful and attractive commercial centre for business owners, and a vibrant, inclusive, safe and modern hub for residents, students and the general public.
The GTP is development facilitation agency at the centre of a broad ecosystem focused on urban regeneration. We connect multiple stakeholders seeking to maximise the assets of Bellville, for the greater good of all people who live, work and play there.
We are focused on maximising, promoting and accelerating Bellville’s potential as a mature, affordable and accessible urban area, and to lead its transition into a modern African city with a diverse economy and multi-cultural community. We’re working to drive progress in Bellville, leading the transition from potential to prosperity.
Our Mission
To make our region one of the City of Cape Town’s most inclusive, vibrant and economically prosperous areas in which to live, work, invest and play.
Our Vision
To promote a partnership-based approach to local development through actively engaginglocal role players.
The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) proudly announces the successful implementation of new waste separation infrastructure at the Bellville Public Transport Interchange (PTI).
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The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) celebrates a decade of positive impact in Bellville, and the achievements and milestones reached thanks to all their project partners, and City of Cape Town being their main funding partner.
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Following the ancient African philosophy of Ubuntu, global ambassador for Peace, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu gave his unbridled support and unconditional love to children especially.
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Nelson Mandela said, “Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country”. And when it comes to South Africa’s waste revolution this rings truer than ever.
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CEO of the Greater Tygerberg Partnership - Warren Hewitt - is passionate about using Belville’s vibrant urban culture, advanced infrastructure and prime geographical location to bring about a bright and prosperous future for its community.
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The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, Alderman James Vos, held an engagement this week with the Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) where he announced the City government’s continued cooperation with the development facilitation agency
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The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP), together with the City of Cape Town, proudly launched the Bellville Clock Tower at the Bellville Civic Centre, on the fresh morning of 19 May 2022.
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Friday the 1st of April 2022 will see The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) tee off on its first annual fundraising golf day.
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The Greater Tygerberg Partnership (GTP) in collaboration with MES - Safe Space, GrowZA and Xylem yesterday officially opened Bellville’s urban food garden, known as the Life Changing Garden, with its first spring harvest now available to the community.
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The Civic Center Clock Tower
In 2019, the City of Cape Town approached the GTP to drive a project to raise funds for the restoration of the clock tower at the Bellville Civic Centre. Built in the late 1950s, the clock tower had fallen into disrepair and neglect. Time had, literally, stood still. The project was designed to start the clocks once again, and to upgrade the urban realm around the tower.
In 2021, the GTP hosted a crowd-funding campaign to secure the funds to restore the clock.
Through the campaign, we raised around R150000 to secure the future of the project. For more information, Click Here
Urban Gardens
The urban gardens project is a collaboration between the GTP, Voortrekker Road Corridor Improvement District, social upliftment NGO MES, and urban gardens consultancy GrowHow. It is designed to breathe life into public spaces in the Bellville CBD and to create awareness of how the area is being revitalised. To achieve this, we implement various activations aimed at promoting the use of public space, including creating and maintaining urban gardens in the Bellville CBD.
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Why Bellville
Bellville is a vibrant, busy urban centre where people live, work and play every day. It’s a proven commercial engine that services businesses from multi-national corporates to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Bellville’s resilience — coupled with its pivotal transport links and well-established infrastructure — has ensured it remains a dynamic centre for commerce and production. Today, Bellville is a proven commercial engine that services businesses from multi-national corporates to small- and medium-sized enterprises. It’s a centre of academic excellence and a medical hub. It’s home to Cape Town’s busiest public transport interchange. It’s culturally and socially diverse, with residents living in free-standing homes, apartments, student residences and housing estates.
It has a well-established services infrastructure, including the some of the fastest broadband speeds from multiple fibre networks. It’s also the place where some of South Africa’s leading musicians, artists and creative personalities launched their careers.
It’s a centre of academic excellence and a medical hub. It’s home to Cape Town’s busiest public transport interchange.
Bellville Zero Waste
Bellville Zero Waste is a platform that educates, empowers and encourages businesses, schools and individuals in Cape Town’s secondary city to take more active responsibility for their waste practices. The concept comprises various activities in a whole-of-community approach, working with schools, NGOs, community groups, private businesses and individuals in devising and implementing projects that will achieve the intended outcome of a zero-waste future.
Bellville Zero Waste comprises various activities:
- ZERO WASTE SCHOOLS: a pilot project implemented with a local prominent high school, comprising a system of labelled recycling bins, an on-site recycling depot, Ecobrick stations, and composting pit.
- TROLLEY PROJECT: matching local businesses with informal waste pickers who are allocated trolleys to transport business recycling waste for a small fee, enabling them to earn an income.
- STREET STORE: hosting local versions of the Street Store, in which local residents donate unwanted clothing for the homeless to acquire for free
- ECOBRICK DESIGN CHALLENGE: calling to local residents to design furniture and public art using EcoBricks
- TRACK MY TRASH CHALLENGE: a challenge calling for local residents to use a custom-designed app to track how much waste they recycle on a weekly basis
Bellville Zero Waste opportunities:
- Sponsor a trolley
- Sign up your school, residence or campus
- Adopt a school
- Launch a challenge
Bellville Connect
Bellville Connect is your one stop online community platform, sharing shopping deals, local business listings and discounts offered to the community. Visit Website
Public Ablution Facilities
In 2019, the GTP conducted a survey among informal traders in the Bellville central business district (CBD) to establish their most pressing needs, and their requirements for an improved trading environment.
Three key issues emerged: the need for accessible public ablutions, more robust trading structures and improved storage facilities. This application supports the delivery of improved and enhanced infrastructure directly aligned with the traders’ needs:
Accessible public ablutions:
Currently, there are no public ablution facilities in the Bellville CBD that cater for traders’ needs. Traders are required to access facilities in nearby shops, malls and the public transport interchange, which can be unhygienic or difficult to access. In some cases, traders are not permitted to use private facilities at all. This impacts on the quality of life and dignity for traders – especially female traders.
More robust, safe and secure trading structures:
Currently, trading structures are constructed from steel frames and plastic sheets. Often these structures overhang demarcated trading spaces, which creates a negative aesthetic impact on the area. More seriously, makeshift structures leave goods open to the elements and also vulnerable to product theft or vandalism.
Improved storage facilities:
Currently, traders have limited or no facilities to store their stock. In most cases, traders need to travel long distances with their stock to their trading pitch. Aside from the logistical complexities of transporting stock every day, the lack of facilities increases the risk of goods being stolen and the risk of harm to the traders.
In response to the results of the 2019 survey, the GTP, in collaboration with international engineering design consultancy Aurecon, hosted a series of design thinking workshops to co-create the most effective designs of the elements that would meet traders’ needs. Traders themselves participated in the event, representing the Informal Traders Association, with City of Cape Town officials and others, offering valuable insights into the problem.