MAY /JUNE 2025
THE GREYTON POST
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Sustainable Safety is up to Everyone: Greybos Neighbourhood Watch update G reybos Neighbourhood Watch (GNW) continues to work towards making Greyton and its hope to work much more closely with this community in future.
our patrollers. Please stay vigilant and advise your weekend and holiday visitors to do the same. The safer our village, the more financial support we’ll receive from visitors, and the more we can do to improve life for all in the valley. Other initiatives Great news is that various additional initiatives are up and running to assist us in our role as your neighbourhood watch and support the ever- strengthening collaboration between GNW and SAPS. We are delighted at the successful collaboration between SAPS, the CIB (Community in Blue, a SAPS- driven initiative), and GNW in high visibility foot and vehicle patrols. The CIB programme is open to anybody in the community who wishes to get involved in patrolling. Please contact Simon Struben (simon@strubenprojects. co.za) for details. Neighbourhood watch training is also planned for Greybos residents and we
surrounding villages safer for residents and visitors. But we can only succeed by working together. Please pay attention to basic precautions around your homes and workplaces
Our thanks to POCS (Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety) for supplying a range of practical equipment to aid in our community safety projects. The new Regional Community Safety Forum was launched on 1 April with GNW participation. This forum will create an integrated community safety programme for all Theewaterskloof municipal areas. So there is a lot going on in the interests of safety and security in our valley. Please do your bit to keep yourself, your loved ones, and your community safe.
while we strive to keep criminal elements out. Night patrols
Following the success of our festive season night patrols, GNW reinstated the patrols over the Easter weekend, the Greyton Genadendal Classics for All weekend from 9 to 11 May, and Greyton Fire & Wine, to take place in July. All this has been funded by your generous donations. A warm thank you to APS for helping to manage this initiative on behalf of the community. Last year the period from June to September saw a spike in break-ins to homes and vehicles. We would like to implement patrols more regularly over weekend events and to respond to increases in criminal activity. This will require additional funding to pay and transport
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