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City Power will assess the situation on Monday.Image: The Times/Alon Skuy
CITY POWER

‘Unsafe to work’: Johannesburg’s City Power pulls teams out of flash points

City Power withdrew its operators and technicians overnight from Johannesburg areas plagued by xenophobic attacks, for safety reasons. The entity said on Sunday night it had been informed of new attacks on businesses and foreigners’ homes…

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Wakiela Ely, Kaylin Blaauw, Renash Blaauw, Khasiefa Adams and Mariam Davids from the New Horizon Neighbourhood Watch were among about 300 women from neighbourhood watch groups in Cape Town who attended a function last week.Image: Barbara Maregele
ALBERT FRITZ

Neighbourhood watch women hailed for leading fight against crime

When crime in Sector 4 of Mandela Park, Khayelitsha, reached boiling point, a group of mostly elderly women took on the task of patrolling the streets in a bid to make their area safer. “I joined in 2012. We decided that we couldn’t…

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Medical staff at Bloemfontein’s Pelonomi hospital are being assured of improved security following two attacks last week. Image: Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital via Facebook
ATTEMPTED RAPE

Extent of poor security at Pelonomi hospital revealed as student doctors return

The University of Free State has resumed training of undergraduate students in the School of Clinical Medicine at Pelonomi hospital in Bloemfontein, after an intervention to improve security. The decision to suspend the training of…

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City of Cape Town mayoral committee member JP Smith said much of the success of the security cameras is due to the city’s partnership with neighbourhood watches. Image: City of Cape Town
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Big Brother gets bigger as Cape Town’s arsenal of security cameras grows

“The world’s most boring movie” draws 120 people to watch it in front of huge monitors every hour of every day. The City of Cape Town’s transport management centre in Goodwood serves as the cinema, a 24-hour live stream from 1,600 CCTV…

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Kitchen space at the Union Arcade where University of Fort Hare students have been evacuated Picture: SUPPLIED/FILE
NBS BUILDING

From frying pan to fire for students

By Sino Majangaza The University of Fort Hare students who moved from their Union Arcade residence into the NBS building in East London for safety reasons have claimed the new residence is even more dangerous. Hundreds of students were…

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COMMUNITY

ADT, Red Alert put boot in to criminals

OVER the past few months security companies have received high praise for their quick response time and success with making a number of arrests in East London. Red Alert Alarms and Fidelity ADT are among the security companies that have…

  • Madeleine Chaput
EASTERN CAPE

EC farmers seek private protection

By ASANDA NINI and TYLER RIDDIN Private security guards will be brought into farming communities in the Eastern Cape amid a surge in criminal attacks and an outcry from farmers that police are not doing enough. Agri-Eastern Cape chairman…

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ASSAULT

Residents, security staff make arrest

GONUBIE Protect has once again ensured the safety and security of their community by assisting in making an arrest this week. On Tuesday, what started out as a “bush walk” in an attempt to weed out criminals in the area, ended in a house…

  • Madeleine Chaput
BCM

Where there is smoke, there is a fire Most BCM fire engines out of service

IT WILL cost Buffalo City Metro approximately R400 000 to repair a broken fire engine that was damaged by a BCM official when a warning light on the dashboard indicated the vehicle needed water and the official placed a hosepipe into the…

  • Qhamani Lingani