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Feeding those in need SAMANTHA LEE-JACOBS
ents in the ward and the ECD educators.” The handover took place at Jumpstart ECD with a total of 200 food parcels distributed across the ward. Other beneficiaries are OWL Night Shelter, Margaret’s House for Boys and the Flamingo Heights Informal Settlement. The food parcels include rice, tea, sugar, lentils, soup mix, sunflower oil, canned foods, bread flour and powdered milk costing R250 per parcel. Kleinschmidt says in the ward the pandemic has been exacerbated by job losses, unemployment, hunger and starvation, prompting the initiative.
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eneficiaries of ward 60 have received food parcels as part of a hunger relief initiative for residents in need. Ward 60 councillor, Mark Kleinschmidt, was accompanied by subcouncil 17 chair, George March, and Mayco member for urban management, Grant Twigg, at a handover in Kenwyn last week, on Thursday 16 July. Kleinschmidt says the parcels were funded through the R51 000 in unspent ward allocation. He says the funding was earmarked for projects that could no longer be carried out as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Beneficiaries are unemployed, (have) lost jobs, are pensioners, indigent and early childhood development (ECD) workers,” he says. “(We presented the) food parcels as per the benefici- Grant Twigg, George March and Mark Kleinschmidt at ary list to recipi- the handover on Thursday.
The City of Cape Town has established a law enforcement unit to help promote safety in areas including Philippi. The 21-member rural safety enforcment unit has been operational since Wednesday 1 July and follows on the deployment of 500 extra officers into the highest crime areas in Cape Town in February as part of a joint project between the City of Cape Town and the provincial government with the recruitment of an additional 500 officers to follow. The unit will support crimefighting efforts within rural and semi-rural areas like Morningstar, Philadelphia and the Philippi Horticultural Area and build effective partnerships between all the different role-players within these areas. “Crimes like attempted murder, assault, theft, vandalism, malicious damage to property, illegal dumping, cable theft as well as contact crimes are among the challenges in our rural areas within the city, and we are hoping to help increase the visibility of enforcement services in these areas that tend to be further removed from police stations. The population in our rural pockets has also grown, both formally
and informally, and so there is a need to extend services to these residents,” says Mayco member for safety and security, JP Smith. These rural nodes are responsible for much of the affordable food being consumed in the city. Smith says these rural areas also create jobs for thousands with the Philippi Horticultural Area sustaining more than 2 000 employment opportunities for people living there. However, crime threatens food security and jobs and also drives up food prices. Crime also affects these communities very badly as they struggle to access policing resources. In Philippi, for example, the police station is on the edge of the horticultural area, but given that it also serves other areas like Hanover Park, it is a challenge to split the available policing resources in a manner that meets the needs of all residents,” says Smith. “Our rural safety enforcement unit will work in conjunction with the police and community structures like neighbourhood watches and community policing forums where these exist to help improve safety in these areas.” The unit’s mandate includes being visible, educating the com-
munity on safety and security, gathering intelligence for relaying to investigative authorities and supporting rural development, rural growth and the upliftment of the rural community among others. Officers will adopt a range of patrol methods, including vehicle, foot patrols and motorcycle patrols. They will also host intermittent vehicle checkpoints in their areas of deployment. “Dedicated units come with the benefit of having staff who are well familiar with their area of responsibility and the various roleplayers, which means relationships and trust can be built, and challenges tackled collectively,” says Smith. “There is a common perception that crime is a policing responsibility and that is true, in part. Without active communities who take a vested interest in their own safety and in working with the enforcement agencies, we cannot make the gains that are possible through collective effort. The City looks forward to building positive relationships with communities through the establishment of this unit, and ultimately seeing a reduction in crime in their areas.”
The food parcels handed over to beneficiaries include staple dry ingredients.
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