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
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