Local services

If you’re new to the city or even just to this neck of the woods, keep this list of services close by – it comprises everything you will need, from grocery stores to banks in the area and a few other things in between.

Banks

Absa | Riverside Mall | 021 658 4900

Capitec | Belmont Road Fountain Centre | 0860 10 2043

First National Bank | Riverside Mall | 087 575 9404

Nedbank | Rondebosch Village | 021 658 4160

Standard Bank | Riverside Mall | 0860 123 000

South African Police Service

Flying squad | 10111 from a landline; 112 from a cellphone

Rondebosch SAPS | 021 685 7345

Mowbray SAPS | 021 680 9580

Woodstock SAPS| 021 442 3117/21

Cape Town Central SAPS | 021 467 8000/1/2

Post

Post Office | Riverside Mall | 021 686 5504

PostNet | Riverside Mall | 021 686 8691

Shopping malls and supermarkets

Woolworths | Rondesbosch | 021 658 8100

Pick n Pay | Rondesbosch | 021 685 4001

Riverside Mall | Rondebosch | 087 345 1250

Checkers | Rondebosch | 021 659 1180

Organic Zone | Rondebosch | 021 685 1929

Shoprite | Woodstock | 021 442 4820

Dean Street Arcade | Newlands | 021 671 7478

Cavendish Square | Claremont | 021 657 5600

Bookshops

Pimp my Book | UCT | 021 686 3161

Bargain Books | Cavendish Square | 021 674 6221

Van Schaik Bookstore Rondebosch | 021 689 4112

Exclusive Books | Cavendish Square | 021 674 3030

Help the Rural Child (charity bookstore) | Mowbray | 021 689 8392

CAFDA Books (charity bookstore) | Claremont | 074 194 9973

Computer services

Laptop Services | Rondebosch | 065 008 0349

A-One Cellular & Computer Repair Centre | Claremont | 062 345 2545

I LOVE IT | Mowbray | 021 680 5033

Chaos Computers | Rondebosch | 021 762 5651

Dial a Nerd | Woodstock | 021 200 1460