February Members update

We enjoyed the relative calmness of February 2024, giving us time to take stock of operations, and to focus on value-add activities, such as the development of the new CID website www.cliftoncid.co.za.

The new Board met for the first time in February 2024 and office bearers were elected – Anthony Schneiderman as Chair, Allan Cawood as Vice Chair and Paul Boynton as Treasurer.

Our teams continued to work hard to look after the public spaces of Clifton

We recorded 15 crime incidents and were able to recover stolen items in 6 of these incidents. We handed 3 suspects over to SAPS and attended to 78 bylaw violations. We apprehended suspects in a mugging that took place in Camps Bay.

Late in the month, our public safety team disrupted the delivery of alcohol for illegal selling on the beaches. In total, 150 units of alcohol were uplifted and handed over to Law Enforcement in two separate incidents. The sale of alcohol on the beaches is a significant problem, and we’re proud of our team’s efforts to try and disrupt this illegal activity

Our public safety team were alerted to a bag theft on the beach. A suspect description was obtained, and our public safety team swung into action,using surveillance footage to locate him. Officers attended and found the suspect, without the bag but the officers noted a disturbance in the sand nearby. The bag containing car keys and other personal items was uncovered and returned to the owner.

Our cleaning teams (including our work-based rehabilitation team) worked tirelessly throughout the month, filling 1 414 bags with refuse from the public spaces, including the green belt between Victoria and Kloof Roads. We also assisted the City of Cape Town with keeping Maidens Cove clean and tidy. The team also tackled 13 graffiti tags.

Our greening team worked at Glen Beach, as well as Nettleton, Clifton, and Kloof Roads.

The programme is designed to assist people to exit the streets into shelter and provides individualised psychosocial services, work and earning opportunities and job readiness skills to individuals who previously lived rough in the public spaces of Clifton. There are 6 participants currently on the programme.