A list of services

What’s in your hood?

Here’s all you need to know about nearby services, how to get around Cape Town and options for accommodation close to campus.

A list of services

Keep this handy list of services close by. It includes everything you will need – from grocery stores and emergency numbers to banks in the area and a few other things in between.

Banks

Absa | Riverside Mall | 021 658 4900

Capitec | Woodstock | 0860 102 043

Capitec | Belmont Road Fountain Centre | 0860 10 2043

First National Bank | Riverside Mall | 087 345 1250

Nedbank | Rondebosch Main Road | 080 055 5111

Standard Bank | Riverside Mall | 0860 101 341

South African Police Service

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

Rondebosch SAPS | 021 685 6600

Wynberg SAPS | 021 799 1300

Mowbray SAPS | 021 680 9588

Woodstock SAPS | 021 442 3117/21

Cape Town Central SAPS | 021 467 8078

Post

Post Office | Riverside Mall | 021 686 5504

PostNet | Riverside Mall | 021 686 8691

PostNet | Observatory | 021 448 5975

Shopping malls and supermarkets

Woolworths | Rondebosch | 021 658 8100

Pick n Pay | Rondebosch | 021 685 4001

Pick n Pay | Observatory | 021 448 9802

Riverside Mall | Rondebosch | 021 201 6852

Checkers | Rondebosch | 021 659 1180

Spar Groote Schuur | Observatory | 021 447 1652

Shoprite | Woodstock | 021 442 4820

Dean Street Arcade | Newlands | 021 671 7478

Cavendish Square | Claremont | 021 657 5600

Bookshops

Protea Bookshop | Boekwinkel – UCT upper campus | 021 650 2485

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 | 021 530 1635

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