I am in total agreement here. OBS has become a very unsafe place to live in
, since our current security company took over . Prior to that , we had a
fantastic reduction of crime with Vetus Schola , and I say , bring them back !
Our rights are being grossly affected by the lack of action and patrol ,
which is after all what we pay for .
Our cars had to stand in the street for a few nights and I had to rent a
private guard to keep watch , as it was cheaper for me to do than having our
vehicles broken into or stolen , with all the inconvenience and expense that
goes with that.
Just reading each day of the many incidences of crime and grime, is hair
raising to say the least. !
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eden
musampa wa kanba
Sent: 09 June 2015 09:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [obsnw] Fwd: Observatory
Good day I m very concern about what is taking place in Observatory because OBZ
used to be a much safer place to be, but now its seem like it the most targeted
area of all. Each and every day there is a new complaint of either armed
robbery or car stolen, which is very arising on a daily basis .
Its no longer safe to leave your car out-side your place , because its either
being broken in or taken ....
My question is where is the presence of the patrol contractor that seem to be
chilling in the office and mobile office and making use of the vain for they
shopping purposes instead of patrolling ?
It is might seem to be a small problem but on a daily basis this matter is
getting a highest level therefore. is there a way of bringing safety in
observatory please , personally I have measures that might be useful for this
task but I m pleading with you all to come up with something strategic that
might secure the life of our elderly mothers being targeted and sisters as
vulnerable victim.
Eden Musampa
AIS D.Chairperson (Association of International Students)
Room 4.33 Student Centre
Office Number :0214603926
Cellphone :0780539110 / 0817539032
Email :[email protected]
:[email protected]
Website :www.cput.ac.za
Cape town Campus
"SEEKING KNOWLEDGE IN A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS"
On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Nodi Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you Paddy, for your swift response.
I shall take a turn about your office soon.
No, I don't want to join any Board. I've spent 21 years running an NGO and have
had my fill of quorums!
best
Nodi
Dear Nodi,
I assist Councillor Herron. The Ward office is in the Observatory Community
Centre on the first floor. There is a free phone to Council outside the office
as well. The number at the office is 0214479630. Naazneen is the PA who will
answer the phone.
You can use 0860103089 to report your waste problems.
At present Obsid is restructuring. A new Operations Manager will be announced
soon. I believe that the Security Company that is currently contracted is
coming to the end of its contract and the tender will be open to renegotiation.
I am of the opinion that nothing curbs crime better than bobbies on the beat
but that is an operational matter for the Board.
I will say that our relationship with Woodstock SAPS has taken a turn for the
better with the appointment of Constable Berry as our Sector Commander. He is
hardworking and responsive. However you probably have his number via the ONW
page.
You seem passionate about Obs. If possible I would suggest that you join either
the Obs Civic or the Obscid Board. Councillor Herron regularly appears at both
bodies.
Paddy Chapple
0835300265
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nodi
Murphy
Sent: 08 June 2015 11:00 PM
To: Veronica Paulse; Yvette Coetzee; ONW; [email protected]
Subject: [obsnw] Fwd: Observatory
Subject:
Observatory
Date:
Mon, 08 Jun 2015 22:57:02 +0200
From:
Nodi Murphy <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>
To:
[email protected], [email protected]
Mr Herron,
you are the ward Councillor for my area, Observatory. However I see from the
website, wherein I found your address, that you have many CT suburbs under your
remit. You must be a busy man.
I have recently joined the Observatory Neighbourhood Watch (ONW) and am a
subscriber to both the ONW WhatsApp and URGENT group. I rue the day. It never
stops!
Mine was a quiet life - only 4 attempts to steal my car (a Nissan 1400, very
popular) and some R4,000 to replace locks (doors, ignition and gear lock) all
told. And then there was that time that I had to relay 16 bricks that had been
prised out of my driveway to support my neighbours' car when all four wheels
were stolen... That's over a 4 year period. Not much to complain about, really.
I haven't been accosted at my front door, as was my other neighbour a year ago.
Well, not yet.
So, back to the ONW... it is a litany of woes. I used to have a quiet life, but
now I am privy to every disaster (an elderly woman held up at knife point in
her bed only yesterday in the block opposite the swimming pool, a young woman
being held up at knife point outside her house at 5pm today in Bellevliet -
still light, you understand - to mention only 2 recent incidents) that happen
in the streets around me on a daily basis. We ONW members are talking about
funding some kind of 'response' team walking our streets every day and night.
Neither the City nor the "improvement district", to which I contribute (without
choice, you understand) R106.16 a month, are managing the situation.
Then there's my bin. I put it out every Monday. My street (Duke) is narrow, so
the rubbish men drag the bins to either end of the street, sometimes emptying
the one into the other so as to drag fewer bins. It's random, but from time to
time my bin is ignored, or passed over by mistake, or...
I receive my rates bill with monotonous regularity. I'd really like my rubbish
to be removed at the same pace... It takes precious time and humour out of my
day to call the City to say 'I'm not feeling the love... the love I pay for.. "
I recycle, the amount I put out of a week is small, but I want it taken away -
when I put it out. I call the City... they'll send out a truck to fetch my
rubbish. Really?! One whole truck to fetch just my overlooked rubbish? How
ridiculous! It's that, or I must contact the waste disposal unit myself to ask
them to remember my bin...I pay a bill to the City, why should I now have to
spend my time and the cost of another call (no doubt as lengthy as the call to
the City as I listen to 'your call is important to us, we are experiencing high
volumes of calls..' for 15 minutes...).
I recycle.. I pay for my paper and some plastic to fetched from my doorstep to
be recycled weekly, and other plastic goes for the eco-brick project run by
Montebello, so I have little in my bin. Can I negotiate and pay for a
bi-monthly removal? Once a month, perhaps? No. All or nothing! That being so,
I'd like my bin to be emptied... every week.
Surely you have an office of sorts in this Ward. Where is it? When are you
here? Do you hold clinics for your constituents? When are those times? I would
like to be sent the schedule of when you are in the neighbourhood.
Faithfully,
Nodi Murphy
15 Duke Street
Observatory 7925.
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