by AfriForum | Jan 29, 2019 | Archives
On Friday 25 January AfriForum’s Roodepoort neighbourhood watch held its first monthly crime prevention and mass patrol for 2019. The Fairland SAPS; the Community Policing Forum (CPF) of Honeydew, Sophiatown and Florida; National Security & Fire; and SCP Security...
by AfriForum | Jan 29, 2019 | Archives
During 2018 there was a decrease in farm murders, but a sharp increase in farm attacks. This indicates that even though the problem is becoming worse, people are looking after their safety better while also defending themselves better. These are some of the findings...
by AfriForum | Jan 28, 2019 | Archives
A member of AfriForum’s Meyerspark neighbourhood watch noticed two suspects who jumped over a wall in Willow Park Manor on the morning of 24 January 2019. He followed the suspects and drove them from the area. About half an hour thereafter a burglary in Meyerspark was...
by AfriForum | Jan 28, 2019 | Archives
AfriForum started legal proceedings against the SAPS to recover costs and expenses related to an urgent eviction application in 2018 after the SAPS had refused to act during a land invasion close to Onderstepoort in Pretoria. In August last year, the SAPS refused to...
by AfriForum | Jan 28, 2019 | Archives
AfriForum’s Benoni branch received new safety equipment in January after the local branch identified this need due to an increase in criminal activities in the area. The equipment includes eleven bulletproof vests, a night vision apparatus, patrol lights, first-aid...