{"id":32746,"date":"2020-12-09T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonelyviking.dev\/?p=32746"},"modified":"2021-09-02T07:29:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T07:29:04","slug":"afriforums-gauteng-neighbourhood-watches-increase-visibility-over-festive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artikels.afriforum.co.za\/en\/afriforums-gauteng-neighbourhood-watches-increase-visibility-over-festive-season\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRIFORUM\u2019S GAUTENG NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHES INCREASE VISIBILITY OVER FESTIVE SEASON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AfriForum launched a national project in November this year to increase policing visibility over the coming festive season. The project will continue until 15 January 2021. Crime is expected to increase over the festive season and AfriForum\u2019s neighbourhood watches want to reassure and protect residents through high-visibility projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cVisibility plays a pivotal role in combatting crime. AfriForum neighbourhood watches will therefore focus on increased visibility actions in their respective areas. We encourage the community to participate in these patrols and to help curb crime,\u201d says Llewellynn Hemmens, AfriForum\u2019s Provincial Safety Coordinator for Gauteng.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>AfriForum\u2019s Gauteng neighbourhood watches also participated in the civil rights organisation\u2019s visibility patrols in November in cooperation with the SAPS, CPFs and various security firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cProjects like these promote cooperation between various role-players. Communities should take ownership of their own safety and support the SAPS within the framework of the law to protect their suburbs,\u201d says Robert Koch, Chairperson of AfriForum\u2019s Pionier neighbourhood watch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Join your local AfriForum neighbourhood watch: SMS your name to 45353 (R1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfriForum launched a national project in November this year to increase policing visibility over the coming festive season. 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