Pretoria North MARCH 19, 2021 • www.rekord.co.za • 012-842-0300 Visit our website for breaking Police issue a hijack Night fl ights resume at Learners to ggget ‘dignityy local, national and international news.news. warning for the north 2 Wonderboom airport 3 packs,’ks,’ says department 5 www.rekord.co.zawww.rekord.co.za ‘Is misdaad dan só erg?’ ’n Internasionale meningspeiling sê dat Pretoria die derde gevaarlikste stad ter wêreld is, maar inwoners verskil. Sinesipho Schrieber gerapporteerde gemeenskapsmisdaad van Oktober tot Desember 2020, in vergelyking ’n Internasiale meningspeiling wat Pretoria met die vorige fi nansiële jaar. as die derde gevaarlikste stad ter wêreld lys, Tshwane metro burgemeesterslid vir is met gemengde gevoelens deur inwoners gemeenskapsveiligheid en nooddienste ontvang. Karen Meyer sê terwyl die nuutste amptelike Numbeo 2021 misdaad-indeks, ’n polisie misdaadstatistieke ’n vermindering internasionale meningspeiling-gebaseerde in misdade wat gerapporteer is in die streek webwerf se peiling fokus op inwoners se toon, is die persepsies en gevoelens van die gevoelens en persepsies in plaas van eintlike inwoners ’n belangrike aanduiding en lei dit misdaadstatistieke. openbare beleidsreaksies. Navorsers sê selfs al is dit op gevoelens “Met ander woorde, dit is eenvoudig nie gebaseer, is die vrae vir hierdie peiling goed genoeg om te sê daar is ’n daling in soortgelyk aan wetenskaplike en misdaad nie en dus loop dinge hul gang. regeringspeilings. “Vir so lank as wat daar een persoon is Volgens die webtuiste, volg Durban, wat nie veilig voel nie, moet ons onsself Johannesburg en Pietermaritzburg kort op afvra hoekom dit die geval is, en hoe ons dit Pretoria se hakke. gaan aanspreek. Volgens die Serwië-gebaseerde Numbeo, “Byvoorbeeld, as ’n vrou nie veilig voel het sowat 2 704 Suid-Afrikaners (in die om in die aand in haar buurt rond te beweeg laaste 38 maande) uit ’n totaal van 96 675 nie, hoe verander ons dit? Is dit weens deelnemers van verskillende stede in die ’n tekort aan straatligte, of dat daar nie wêreld aan die peiling deelgeneem. patrollering plaasvind nie?” Terwyl sommige inwoners saamstem Meyer moedig inwoners aan om hul stem met die bevindinge, voel sommige dat die te laat hoor oor gemeenskapsveiligheid en afwesigheid van die misdaadstatistieke in by hul plaaslike GPF aan te sluit. die peiling nie die ware prentjie van misdaad in Pretoria weerspieël nie. Renee Coetzee van Dalen stem saam met die bevindinge en sê dat vir die eerste keer in 23 jaar voel sy onveilig in haar eie huis. Let it Rayne at the Botanical Gardens “Dinge ruk nou hand uit. Ons het Musician and Pretoria resident Rayne (pictured here) visited the Botanical Gardens inbrekers gehad op 30 Januarie wat my to showcase his debut single “Laat dit Reën” now available on digital platforms. One niggie vasgebind het nadat hulle toegang of the iconic pastimes during the changing of the seasons is visiting the local Pretoria verkry het tot my erf deur bakstene van ons National Botanical Gardens, a haven of natural beauty and tranquillity. Locals muur te verwyder en ons elektriese hek te can expect temperatures to drop as summer is now offi cially over in the southern beduiwel. hemisphere – an ideal time to visit the gardens. Photo: Ron Sibiya “Straatligte is sedert laas September buite werking en ons het dit al hoeveel keer gerapporteer. Hulle het by dieselfde donker kol toegang verkry. Daar was al baie kriminele aktiwiteite sedert hulle veselkabels (fi bre) in ons area begin installeer het,” sê sy. 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Hoe We will be open throughout the festive season, only closed on public holidays. gebied jy woon. kan hulle sê dit Polisiekorrupsie is is so gevaarlik die probleem want terwyl hulle Tel: 012 546 7888 Cell: 064 998 4584 mense voel nie veilig misdaadsyfers 261 Jan van Riebeeck Street, Pretoria North, 0182 om na hul te gaan nie. ignoreer? [email protected] | www.tiptoptyres.co.za 2 PRETORIA NORTH REKORD MARCH 19, 2021 NEWS www.rekord.co.za Be more cautious as hijackings increase Keitumetse Maako “They are then targeted and hijacked,” Mdluli said. Motorists in and around the Akasia The hijackers were also said to be policing precinct have been warned to operating in the nearby Soshanguve be cautious as the number of hijacking extension where she said they targeted incidents recorded in the area have shown couples parked on the roadside. “We request people to be very an upward trend. Photo for illustration. Photo: Pixabay. Police spokesperson Constable Lindiwe vigilant and refrain from acts which Mdluli said the increase in hijacking could lead to them falling victim to this incidents had been recorded in The crime,” Mdluli said, adding that their Orchards, Chantelle and Wonderpark crime prevention unit was “on their Saving water remains vital neighbourhoods. toes” conducting patrol work and doing “The community must be vigilant at all what was necessary to apprehend the times.” perpetrators. ‘The total usage during this warmer period is too high She said the hijackers targeted “We need the co-operation of the motorists who were coming in or out community to succeed in our eff orts.” and needs to be reduced.’ residences and those who parked their The safety tips she off ered to vehicles to open their gates. motorists included switching off their Sinesipho Schrieber further restrictions or greater challenges in car’s ignition when opening and closing the future.” gates and asking someone in the house As the country kick-starts the national water While the metro raised issues of to assist with the opening and closing week campaign, the Tshwane metro has exceeding water supply, Nel said supply of the gate if their remote were not warned residents to save the commodity from Rand Water was not shrinking but working to avoid falling victim. as the region continues to exceed the bulk rather that the water demand was growing “When parking at the mall, motorists supply limit. due to population growth and economic should also double check if their cars Tshwane metro utility services and development. are locked properly and always be operations MMC Phillip Nel said the metro This happened as Rand Water revamped vigilant of any person who might look had received a notice from Rand Water, the Lesotho Highlands water system to suspicious around the parking lot,” fl agging that the water distribution network increase water provision infrastructure Mdluli said, adding that if such people was under pressure because of the water capacity. were spotted, they should be reported demand that was consistently exceeding “Gauteng is a water-scarce area and to the security at the mall and police. the supply. Nel said although most dams in growing the water supply to the area is an In the third quarter crime statistics the province were full, an increase in water increasingly diffi cult task.” The metro obtains 79% of its water from recorded between October to December demand usually placed pressure on the Rand Water. 2020/2021, there was a 3,4% increase in capacity of the supply network and that of water treatment plants. September 2020, the Tshwane metro the number of carjacking incidents. announced that it was facing restrictions in A total of 30 incidents were recorded “This results in Rand Water’s reservoirs getting low. They then need to limit usage its bulk water supply and exceeded limits. in the Akasia policing precinct, to prevent the reservoirs from running out This was further exacerbated by the compared to 29 in the same period of water, which is the case in the current dwindling levels of the Vaal dam last year. during the 2019/2020 fi nancial year. Police spokesperson Constable Lindiwe situation,” he said. Tshwane metro implemented the following Meanwhile, a 41,8% decrease in Mdluli. “Rand Water’s infrastructure can only restrictions: theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle purify and distribute a certain amount of - No watering or irrigation of gardens was recorded during this period. water and currently, while Tshwane and with hosepipes or sprinkler systems between Only 57 incidents were recorded in other Gauteng municipalities are exceeding 06:00 and 18:00. policing precinct during the 2020/2021 Rand Water’s capacity,” he said. - No washing of vehicles with hose pipes. PLUMBER fi nancial year, compared to a whopping Nel said less water demand was - No fi lling of swimming pools. UNBLOCK YOUR DRAIN 98 incidents during the same period in paramount in stabilising the supply. Meanwhile during this water week, FOR ONLY the previous year. “The total usage during this warmer Tshwane environmental management and R Truck hijacking incidents also saw period is too high and needs to be reduced.” parks division said it would raise awareness 450 an increase with six more incidents Nel said the metro’s water restrictions of the importance of water conservation. t%PZPVGFFMUNSAFE UPDBMMBOZ recorded during the reporting period – implemented last year, remained in place.