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CRIME STATS: NO MURDERS IN SIMON’S TOWN

The safest precinctMONIQUE DUVAL

The Simon’s Town police precinct has re-corded the lowest crime rates in the FarSouth.The annual crime statistics, which were

released last week, show while the stationrecorded slight increases inmost crime cate-gories it still has the lowest crime rates incomparison to OceanView,Muizenberg andFish Hoek police stations.The statistics look at thenumber of crimes

reported fromApril 2012 toMarch 2013. Dur-ing this period, Simon’s Town precinct re-corded no murders and one attempted mur-der.Community Police Forum (CPF) chairper-

son Aliet Pelt attributes the low crime ratesto community involvement. She says theneighbourhood watches and the CPF work

closely with police to report and tacklecrime.“The precinct only has three entrance and

exit points and we believe this plays a rolein deterring criminals. The police in Si-mon’s Town are also very efficient when at-tending to complaints,” she says.Burglaries at businesses increased from

four to 10 cases and residential burglariesdecreased from 213 to 119 cases. Pelt says de-spite the decrease burglaries remain a con-cern. She says the community is “apathetic”and needs to be more vigilant in securingtheir homes and businesses.The station recorded a decrease in cases

of theft out of motor vehicles from 129 casesto 119 cases and an increase in contactcrimes, including assaults and robberies.Pelt says Red Hill is mostly affected by

these crimes and says due to the newly-es-

tablished neighbourhood watch in the area,more cases have been reported.Station commander Captain Jacqui John-

son says while the precinct is big and staffnumbers low the relationshipswith the pub-lic is key to effective policing. She says po-lice have spent the past year establishingand maintaining close ties with the commu-nity and assisted with the launch of the RedHill Neighbourhood Watch.She explains house break-ins and theft out

of motor vehicles are the areas of concernfor police. When arrests are made the perpe-trators are often found to be repeat offend-ers, she adds.Residential burglaries in Fish Hoek in-

creased from 320 to 417 cases, while businessburglaries decreased by eight incidents to 33cases.

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Simon’s Town gets connectedMONIQUE DUVAL

The Simon’s Town Civic Association(STCA) has launched a communityblog to connect with residents from

Glencairn to Simon’s Town.The launch was celebrated with cheese

and wine as residents lined up to get a lookat the new blog Round and About.STCA chairperson LorraineHolloway ex-

plains the association decided communica-tionwith residentswas essential and lookedfor a new platform.“We wanted to find ways to connect to

people in Simon’s Town, Glencairn, RedHill and Smitswinkel Bay. We decided ablog would be themost effective way to con-nect with people, tell their stories and keepthem informed of what is happening intheir communities,” she says.The blog was created by Louisa de Waal

who says the aim is to provide residentswith information about current issues andevents.It currently consists of blogs by the STCA,

the Simon’s Town Business Association(SBA), Community Police Forum (CPF), Si-mon’s Town Coastal Forum (STCF) and Hu-man Wildlife Solutions (HWS). The bloggives residents an overview of the differentorganisations and bodies in their communi-ties and the work they do.“These organisations make submissions

for the blog to keep the public up to date onissues (in the community). We are workingon getting more organisations, such as theNavy, involved and hopefully more resi-dents will make contributions,” De Waalsays.She adds that the blog will be more effec-

tive than monthly newsletters as the infor-mation will be current and residents do nothave to wait for updates on issues of con-cern.The blogwill be used to advertise commu-

nity events, but De Waal says they will notbe selling advertising space to businesses.“We want the community to get involved

and start making contributions and help us

tell their stories,” she says.“We want to encourage interaction be-

tween residents, so at the end of every blogwill be a comment section where residents

can ask questions and interact with ourbloggers.”V For more information visit www.roundandabout­south.wordpress.com

ON LINE: Louisa de Waal and Lorraine Holloway prepare the new community blog.PHOTOS: MONIQUE DUVAL

BLOGGERS: Liesl Coetzer, Sharon Martin, Aliet Pelt, Ziggy Rode and Nick Shaw will be bloggingfor the website.

Crime stats: safest precinctMONIQUE DUVAL

Station commander Lieutenant- ColonelNico Franken says burglaries is an on-going issue and more vigilance is need-ed. “We also have a problem with theftout of motor vehicles where motoristsleave valuable items on the seats of theircars and attract criminals,” he says.Regular roadblocks have resulted in a

decrease of 83 incidents of drunkdrivingfor the period, says Franken.Fish Hoek Police Station recorded one

murder and no attempted murders dur-ing the period under review.Murders in Muizenberg have reduced

by 23% from 26 cases to 20 cases.Station commander Dorothy Xesha

says the precinct is affected by propertyand contact crimes. Factors such as ille-gal shebeens, gang activity and anti-so-cial behaviour have contributed to mur-ders in the are, she says.“Over the past year we have targeted

83 illegal shebeens, 81 people were ar-rested for selling alcohol without a li-cence and 41 275 litres of alcohol wereconfiscated,” she says.Burglaries at businesses in Muizen-

berg are down from 59 to 33 cases andresidential burglaries have dipped by 62cases to 587.While the station recordeda reduction

in assaults, Xesha says there has alsobeen an increase in street robberies.“We have increased our patrols at

identified times and focused onhotspots.We have ongoing campaigns toeducate the public about their safety andawareness,” she says.Ocean View Police Station recorded

an increase in contact crimes ranging

from murder to robberies.Common robberies upped from 25 cas-

es to 42 cases, while aggravated robber-ies increased by 35 incidents to 87 cases.CPF chairperson Johann Kikillus

says while murders have increased byone to 18 cases he believes there weremore cases.“The statistics only show crimes re-

ported until March 2013, so the recentspike in gang-related activity and mur-ders in the area will not be reflected, butit is a concern,” he says.In the past year 64 sex crimes were re-

ported at the Ocean View Police Station,but Kikillus believes this statistic doesnot accurately reflect what is happeningin the community.Referring to it as the “silent crime”,

he says many rapes and the molestationof children go unreported.He says many other crimes go unre-

ported and encourages the communityto report incidents to the police to im-prove the statistics.Lieutenant-Colonel JJ Augus, station

commander of Ocean View Police Sta-tion, did not respond to queries at thetime of going to print.Dan Plato, provincial minister for

Community Safety, says he is concernedabout the increase in thenumberofmur-ders, attempted murders, drug crimesand house robberies.He says alcohol plays a role in in-

creased levels of violence. “The policeneed to close down the thousands of ille-gal shebeens as a matter of urgency. Ihave also repeatedly called on police tointroduce specialised policing units todeal with gangs and drugs,” he says.V To view the statistics go to www.saps.gov.za.

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Security plan takes shapeMONIQUE DUVAL

Kommetjie residents have voted in fa-vour of hiring a private security com-pany to combat crime in the area.

The planwas revealed at a publicmeetinghosted by Komwatch last week, wherechairmanAlastairMackiemade thepropos-al.

In his presentation, Mackie explainedwhile the neighbourhood watch’s Rapid Re-sponseTeam (RRT)hasbeen successful, vol-unteers spent several hours a week re-sponding to call-outs. This he says is notsustainable.

He proposed residents consider signingupwith a security companywhichwould beresponsible for responding to emergenciesand patrolling the area.

“Once residents agree to go ahead withthe proposal we will put it out to tender.Komwatch will create a service level agree-ment with the security company which willspell out what they will be required to do,”Mackie said.

The new plan will mean residents willsign up for home security and pay for addi-tional patrolling in the area.

Mackie said the RRT and the current ra-dio network will work with the private pa-trol vehicle to respond to emergencies.

“Response time is crucial andwith a dedi-cated patrol vehicle this may be possible.The security company will be linked to theradio network and the emergency phone forbetter co-ordination,” he said.

According to the proposal residents willbe required to pay R380 for all the serviceswhich includes home alarm monitoring,one dedicated patrol vehicle and one patrol-ler for the area.

“If we get 250 residents to sign up we canget one vehicle and one patroller. But if weget 320 residents to sign up, we can have onevehicle and three dedicated patrollers whowill either patrol on foot or use a bike,”Mackie said.

As part of this proposal Mackie requestedresidents to take amore active role by beingpart of the radio network, volunteering to

monitor calls on the emergency phone andsign up to serve on the Community PoliceForum (CPF).

He explained residents could purchase aradio for R970 and instantly be connected tothe radio network.

“This gives you direct access to help. Itoperates on two dedicated channels – on theemergency line you can switch it on andshould something happen, you will hear itimmediately. The radios help feed informa-tion to the RRT when attending to a com-plaint,” Mackie said.

Komwatch has also received a donationfor the installation of cameras at the two en-trances into the area.

Ocean View CPF chairperson JohanKikillus said the proposal could work well

in Kommetjie, as police resources are“stretched”.

“The reality is that there is only one po-lice patrol vehicle for Kommetjie andMasiphumelele. The van doesn’t come toKommetjie often, so response time is verylow,” he said.

“I believe the proposal will work as longas the current neighbourhood watch is sup-ported by the community.”

Kikillus believes the community should“put more pressure” on the Ocean View po-lice to have a patrol vehicle for the Kom-metjie area. He also says the CPF will be li-aisingwithMetro Police to assist in variousissues.V For more information phone Alastair Mackie on082 600 6618 or email info@komwatch.co.za.

NEW PLAN: Komwatch chairperson Alastair Mackie explains his proposal to residents.PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL

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Plan to extend MID’s boundariesMONIQUE DUVAL

The Muizenberg Improvement District(MID) wants to extend its operatingboundary.

A suggestion to expand theperimeterwasmade at a public meeting where membersraised their concerns about two areaswhich fall outside the boundary. The activi-ties at Muizenberg Park and the state ofVlei Roadweremarked as areas of concern.The MID boundary is currently confined

by Vlei, Albertyn, Main and Beach roads,but it does not include the park, beach andthe footbridge, says MID governance direc-tor Elizabeth Milne.“With these boundaries, theMID thought

it meant we were responsible for both sidesof the road, but according to theCity ofCapeTown this is not so,” she says.The park and Vlei Road are examples of

this and the organisation believes these ar-eas could benefit from the MID’s interven-tion.Chairperson Tony Smith says the park is

the single biggest threat to security in thearea and claims it is being occupied bycriminals at night.However, Muizenberg police spokesper-

son Captain Stephen Knapp says police donot consider the park a safety risk. He ex-plains in the past six months three peoplehave been arrested for possession of narcot-ics and five arrested for sleeping in thepark.According to a report to members the

MID is concerned that a “Hangberg-typeland invasion” will take place and have anegative impact on the area.Milne says MID member George Hill has

been tasked with developing a strategy forthe park. He will drive the transformationby liaising with the various City depart-ments.“Hewill also look into other opportu-nities to develop and improve the area, in-cluding establishing a Friends of Muizen-berg Park,” she says.The organisation will be going into talks

with the City to extend their boundaries.Ward councillor David D’Alton says he hasreceived many complaints about the parkand says residents fear for their safety.“Several raids have been conducted andthere definitely is a criminal element,” hesays.D’Alton supports the idea of incorporat-

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Ocean View residents are gearing up toshovel food shortages – by establishingtheir own urban food gardens.

Residents will attend a one-day workshopby Cape Peninsula University of Technolo-gy’s (CPUT) Department of HorticulturalScience.

Ganief Manuel, founder of Green EarthCulture in Ocean View, says residents haveidentified open land owned by the City ofCape Town for the gardens.

The gardens is a joint initiative betweenGreen Earth Culture and CPUT.

Manuel explains the area bordered by Li-bra and Scorpio roads has a fresh water sup-ply and is ideal for the project.

“The water runs from Kleinplaas Dam,but over the years it has become a dump site.For the urban gardens we will start by doinga clean-up of the area and find a way inwhich we can use this fresh water,” he says.

With high unemployment rates in the ar-ea, Manuel says, many families live “handto mouth” and are malnourished.

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Manuel says the problem is further exag-gerated by the lack of a shopping mall inOcean View, as residents source their foodfrom spaza shops.

“Not only are the prices higher, but theyare limited in what they can provide thecommunity,” he says.

The workshop will also include residentsfrom Masiphumelele and will see the twocommunities liaise with CPUT horticulture

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edgable exchange with students who studythe environment. We will be not only belooking at the logistics of urban food gar-dens, but the students will help us assess theenvironmental factors that will impact thegardens,” Manuel says.

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Once the group has completed their coursethey will go into talks with the City regard-ing the use of the land, Manuel adds.

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Dino Festus (right)from Ocean View is thelucky winner of an iPadat a King Pie competi-tion. He accepts hisnew iPad from fran-chise manager DanielBezuidenhout.

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PEOPLE'S POST | FALSE BAYTuesday, 24 September 2013 LETTERS 9Cyclists ‘reckless,inconsiderate’It’s terrible to see incidents like this(“Teen cyclist survives truck hit”,People’sPost, 17 September).However, if a truckdrovewith suchhigh

speed, that teen would have been dead!I live in the area and I drive (on) Kalk

Bay Main Road every day. I’ve seen theway cyclists ride: they are reckless and in-considerate.Cyclists should know that if a road is too

narrow, they should wait until cars havepassed, and only then proceed cycling.Cyclists think they own the road, but as

far as the law is concerned, cars have theright ofway!Well, at least, that iswhatwastaught from school days.It is alsomy opinion that cyclists should

be banned (from) Kalk Bay Main Road asthere is not enough space for both cyclistand car. Cyclists should choose theirroads. Even if you practice for the Argus,why ride on a road where you can causehavoc and chaos?

ESTELLE, FISH HOEK

SRA ‘won’t fix real problems’

Kalk Bay is safe, clean and welcoming:that is exactly what I would say. In yourarticle (“Deadline looms for SRA vote”,People’s Post, 17 September) it said: “Thecommittee conducted a perception surveywhich showed that most residents be-lieved the area to be safe, clean and wel-coming. However, they believed the SRAcould help improve public safety, cleanli-ness and social issues.”Anyone see the contradiction? Most res-

idents would also add, if you asked them,that the recent municipal valuations areastronomical.Why on earth do we then need an SRA

to add hundreds a month onto our ratesbills, for a problem that does not exist?Though a number of roads need fixing,

the municipal services are more or lessokay, but to add evenmore costs for servic-es – which should already have been pro-vided anyway– is really a kind of black-mail. I respect the people and business be-hind the move, but they are misguided.The biggest problem, in my mind, in KalkBay are the few selfish businesses who an-nex the public pavements as outdoor eat-ing and smoking areas, seemingly withcomplete impunity.Others sometimes make excessive noise

and some pollute the environment.Those are the real problems (not very

big are they?), but this SRA won’t fix that.I have supportedmany initiatives in this

community, but this one is really tryingto solve a non-existent problem and ignor-ing the few issues that do plague us. Andit is going to cost a lot of money.

EDWIN BLAKE, KALK BAY

Your SMSes. So we’re told paintballing is working,but more baboons are being killed by theCity of Cape Town, than ever before. Re-search by Talli Hoffman contradictsBaard’s claims that baboons need to beculled. The authorities dealing with ba-boons are ignoring science because theyhavedeclaredwaronourbaboons. It is dis-graceful and unconstitutional.

. Since 2012 around 30 baboons havebeen destroyed in terms of protocol, since2009 around 40. To put it into perspectivethe latter number equates to killing bothDaGama troops. Culling baboonshas beenunderway since 2009, a scientific recom-mendation made in July 2009 to reducenumbers. Realisticallywhat number of ba-boons and troops is being aimed for? Cur-rently baboons are often culled for raidingnon-baboon proofed properties.

. Regarding baboon culling: as usual,the City is trying to find some plausiblejustification for its strategy to kill ba-boons. It can’t manage the errant behav-iour of people, so it turns to mass killingof baboons based on flawedpseudo-sciencethat has long been disproved. Baboons arean easy target, moreover they don’t voteso politicians running the City don’t care.DavinV Share your thoughts! Starting with the word“Post” SMS your comments to 32516. SMSes costR1.

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Tuesday 24 September

V Fish Hoek: The Methodist ChurchMen’s League will host a fleamarket atthe church from 08:30 until noon.Clothing, glassware, household andkitchenware, electrical goods, computeritems and garden tools will be on sale.Phone Mike on (021) 789 0120.

Thursday 26 September

V Kalk Bay: Konstantin Sofianos will bein conversation with Karen Jayes, authorof For the Mercy of Water, at Kalk BayBooks in Main Road at 18:30. Phone(021) 788 2266.

Friday 27 September

V Fish Hoek: Robin Castell will speak atFish Hoek Library’s next Literary Tea at10:00. He has produced several booksabout the island of St Helena and it’sfascinating history. Entry is R20. PhoneJenny Strickland (021) 782 7337.

Saturday 28 September

V Sun Valley: Living Hope will host aSpring Tea fundraiser at King of KingsBaptist Church from 15:00 to 17:00.Tickets are R50. Phone Dominique orSamantha on (021) 788 9702.

Monday 30 September to Friday 4October

V Masiphumelele: Living Way will host a

work readiness workshop at Masiphume-le High School at 10:00. Phone(021) 785 2597.

Tuesday 1 October

V Fish Hoek: A Jin Shin Jyutsu refresherworkshop will be held at the Fish HoekLibrary from 14:00 to 15:30. Phone Aggion (021) 785 3651 for more information.

V Muizenberg: The African Institute forMathematical Sciences will host a talk,What’s going to get you in the end?, byProfessor David Spiegelhalter at 18:45.Entry is free. Phone (021) 787 9263.

Wednesday 2 October

V Fish Hoek: The Women’s AgriculturalAssociation will host their monthlymeeting at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre at09:00. Sarel Vermaak will be speak onAquaponics in the backyard. All womenare welcome. Entry is R15. For moreinformation phone Annette Padoa on(021) 782 3907.

Thursday 10 October

V Muizenberg: Fish Hoek DramaticSociety will host the play The Wisdomof Eve, at the Masque Theatre. Theshow is at 19:00 for 20:00. Tickets areR125 and include snacks and refresh-ments before the performance. Theshow, directed by Celia Musikanth, is insupport of The Sunflower Fund. Bookwith Chris on (021) 701 0661.

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DUMBSTRUCK: Have your bread buttered on both sides this September as the MasqueTheatre presents two classic tales, Little Red Riding Hood and Rumpelstiltskin. These twotales are suited for the whole family, with Little Red Riding Hood, an old time favouritetale and Rumpelstiltskin whom will have the whole family enchanted and captivated tothe very end. The show runs until Saturday 28 September and will start at 12:30 and 11:00.Tickets are R45, you can purchase them at the door or book at any Computicket outlet.Bronwyn Garlick and Andrew Lightley in Little Red Riding Hood. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Father and son duo paddle for glorySouth African canoeist Graeme Solomon isrelishing the opportunity to tackle the 2013Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon with hisfather Eric.It has been 21 years since Eric took on the

hugely popular event and 25 years since hedid it with his son, while it has also been justunder a decade since Graeme last paddledthis stretch of the river.Due to work commitments in the past, the

race hasn’t been on Solomon’s paddling cal-endar in recent years. However the rare op-portunity to participate with his father wasone the Marina da Gama resident was not

going to miss.“My dad paddled with me when I did my

first Fish in 1988,” he says.“This year has been a long year forme and

I don’t normally paddle Fish because ofWorld Marathon Champs. But this year mydad and I decided that we would take it on.”Eric has lived in Sweden for over 20 years

and his son gave him the call to visit and dothe race to see just how much the race hasgrown and changed over the years.“When we did our first one together, I

think there was only one group that went offat the start; so this is going to be quite an

eye-opener for my dad to see how much therace has grown,” Solomon says.“Back then there was no Double Trouble

and no weirs or shoots, which means it isgoing to be a serious change. We are goingto try and do as well as we can as my dadhasn’t paddled much in the last few years.”Another family combination who will be

tackling the race are Cradock locals ButchLouw and his daughter Kerry who will becombining for their third Hansa Fish whenthey take off at the Grassridge Dam on Fri-day 27 September.In order to qualify to win the Marthinus

Erasmus Memorial Shield – awarded to thefirst parent/child combination across thefinish line – the child has to be a junior pad-dler. Last yeat Josh and Jeff Cawood walkaway as victors.However, with the defending champs opt-

ing not to paddle with each other this year,the door has been opened once again for anew name to appear on its winners’ plaque.The Hansa Fish River Canoe marathon

takes place on Friday 27 and Saturday 28September.V More information can be found at www.fishmara­thon.org.za

HARD TO STARBOARD: A yacht leans into the ocean during the Intasure Spring Regatta along the False Bay coast on Sunday. PHOTO: DOUG ALISON/TREVOR WILKINS PHOTOGRAPHY