Residents clear trees from criminalsâ hiding spot at Sir Lowryâs Pass Village
By Siphokazi Vuso
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Cape Town â A group of residents intent on taking back their community from criminals eradicated alien vegetation that has become a notorious hiding place at Sir Lowry s Pass Village.
The group â consisting of residents from Donne Estate, Sir Lowry s Pass Farm Watch, and the Somerset Community Policing Forum (CPF) â eradicated alien trees from erf 1 438 Sir Lowry s Pass Village, using chainsaws, bow saws, axes, loppers and pangas, with the aim of clearing the area.
Organiser and Farm Watch member Gary Fraser said the bushes were used as a hiding place for thieves who rob workers on their way home.
Deur Yaseen Gaffar 08 Februarie 2021 06:19
The report from Area Economic Development (AED) on this monthâs agenda of the Subcouncil 24 meeting mentions the Informal Urban Agriculture Project in Sir Lowryâs Pass Village, which seeks to address the relocation of informal farmers.
The farmers are currently occupying the Transnet site, and the plan is to relocate them to a more appropriately zoned site and at the same time initiate the development of an Economic Precinct Management Plan for Sir Lowryâs Pass village.
Speaking of what this project entails, Ward 84 councillor Stuart Pringle stated its objective is to develop a scoping document and associated plans and resources to assist in addressing the needs for the relocation of informal urban farmers.
Joshua and Lito Mdolomba at Agape Educare Centre in Lwandle where pamphlets were distributed.
Despite the continuous dumping of babies and growing concern over increased risk with lockdown pressures, a local community suffers the loss of a safer option to discard an unwanted baby.
The Grabouw Baby Saver, which offered pregnant women in crisis a means of safe abandonment and their newborns a chance at life, was closed permanently last October.
The Overberg addition situated at Lighthouse Mission Educare was similar in concept to the successful Helderberg Baby Saver, a safe shielded from the elements and electronically rigged to trigger an emergency response should a baby be placed inside it. The Grabouw Baby Saver was operated by a resident and temporary safe care mother, Angela Burgess.
Deur Jamey Gordon 19 Januarie 2021 08:31 Metro Police officer Mosuli Faku and his K9 counterpart, Savage sniffed out drugs worth thousand of rands stashed inside the front door panels of a suspicious vehicle flagged down on the N2 during highway patrols last Wednesday. A 40-year-old Nigerian driver was arrested.
A commendable crime fighting duo caught a suspected drug dealer found in possession of drugs worth thousands of rands on the N2 for a second time last Wednesday (6 January).
Metro Police officer Mosuli Faku and his canine counterpart, Savage, sniffed out drugs worth an estimated R120 000 stashed inside a suspicious motor vehicle which was flagged down on the highway just before the Gordonâs Bay/N2 intersection.