The Cape Town Jewish Cemeteries Maintenance Board (CMB) was established as a community based controlling body of all the Jewish cemeteries in the Cape Peninsula.

Its constituent bodies include all communal role players such as the United Chevra Kadisha, The S.A. Jewish Board of Deputies - Cape Council, The Progressive Jewish Congregation of Cape Town, The Union of Orthodox Synagogues – Cape Council and the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation.

By tacit agreement with the local authorities the CMB has assumed responsibility for the following cemeteries:

Pinelands 1, Pinelands 2, Muizenberg, Woltemade Gate 8, 7th Avenue Maitland, Albert Road Woodstock.

In recent years, the local authorities have changed the way in which they provide basic services to the wider society with many activities being outsourced to outside contractors.
In effect, the CMB has become the partner of the City Council which has virtually relinquished day to day management and control of the Jewish cemeteries to the CMB.

In order to do so as effectively as possible the CMB has two maintenance teams, each with its own foreman. One team is permanently based at Pinelands 2 whilst the second team covers the remaining 5 cemeteries on a rotating schedule.

For enquiries regarding graves please contact the CMB at exec@uoscape.co.za