Residents of Greenacres Village in Bridgewater who live on the brink of the Lourens River are fed up with crime in the area and are demanding that a fence be erected to stop criminals from breaking into their properties.
A triple tragedy that unfolded within a month at a family home with heritage significance in Somerset West is now seemingly at a point of no return.
First it was the floods that were the result of the Lourens River bursting its banks at Island Park, which prompted the resident to vacate her property. This resulted in vagrants swooping on the home, which they burgled and looted, and the final straw was a fire that engulfed the home last week and left behind nothing but ruin.
The Helderberg Community-oriented Project Service (Cops) recently made it their mission to not only clean-up the terrain on the outside of Strand Magistrates’ Court, but they also tackled a pollution problem in the Lourens River.
Two communities in the Helderberg with similar social problems are turning to spirituality to solve crime and other issues in their communities.
On Thursday 27 April (Freedom Day) leaders of various churches, NGOs, NPOs, the police and correctional services all came together at Sir Lowry’s Pass Primary School to pray for communities that are heavily affected by crime and poverty.
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