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Year 5 • Tuesday 3 March 2015 | Tel. 028 214 1294
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Money for Petcare On Friday 27 February the business community of Villiersdorp donated a very large amount of dog food and a cheque to the value of R4 600 to Jenny Gird from Overberg Petcare Society. The donors were De Villiers Graaff High School, TWK Farms, Vilee, Dale Elliot Gallery, Villiersdorp Auto Electric, Villiersdorp Paint, Jacaranda Farm, Lizette van Schalkwyk, AD Roux & Sons, ADR Motors, Van Wyk Electrical, Andreno van Wyk, Lochlo Farms, De Villiers Graaff Primary, Villiersdorp Security, Morne Meiring, Kelkiewyn, Maryna Fourie, Sakkie Malherbe, Jean Mari Mong and parents, Lood and Michelle van Schalkwyk, Anna de Ridder, PSG, Kruger Pharmacy, Brink Spar, Janine van Wyk, Overberg Cabinet Joinery, Rossouw Electrical and Eniel Viljoen. On the left are Jenny Gird and Augusta Loeach, co-owner of Donlo Auto, and Anna de Ridder, finance and insurance consultant who initiated the fund raising drive. PHOTO: ANNETTE THERON
House, business burglaries on the increase “These are professionals. And I suspect they are the same people.” So says Johno du Plessis, a resident of Human Road who is one of many who suffered housebreakings recently. The Gazette reported about the increase in housebreakings last week and Capt. Gerrit Botes, spokesperson for the Caledon Police confirmed house and business burglaries showed an increase in January and February compared to last year. Du Plessis was burgled at 02:00 in
the morning on 22 November last year and again on 9 February this year at 05:00 in the morning. “Two computers were stolen, a hard drive and this time they also took the printer,” says David, Johno’s brother. “But it’s the inconvenience of having to replace all the stolen items and the loss of content that’s truly problematic.” He says what bothers him most, is having to lock up and set alarms. The brothers had an alarm installed after the first burglary. “It is a huge inconvenience and a certain innocence is lost.” David agrees with his brother and
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said they moved to Caledon ten years ago and the sanctuary he has created has become inviolate. “It is a shame these people came and broke my peace. But they were slick. If only they could put the same effort into doing a proper job.” Manny Andrade, another resident of Human Road, says he struggles to sleep at night since their burglary early in February. Items were stolen from his garage. Andrade says the open piece of land between the N2 and Prins Alfred and Human Roads should be fenced off, to restrict access. “Closing this off will act as a de-
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terrent and will not offer an easy escape route to criminals. There have been 15 burglaries since December,” says Andrade. Manie Theron from Caledon Security said on Sunday morning at 03:20 he apprehended a burglar in Demper Road. “We suspect this person is involved in many of the housebreakings in the area.” Theron urges residents to take the necessary security measures to safeguard themselves against perpetrators. “Over the past three months there has been a marked increase in suspicious activity in town.”
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Andrew Buck from Trust Security said security should be a priority. “We’ve experienced no increase in housebreaking during the past month. We want to warn residents however to be vigilant and alert and not to open the door to strangers.” Capt. Botes confirmed that there were 16 housebreakings during February. He urges residents to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicles and people. He says they will continue with awareness campaigns throughout the Theewaterskloof region in an ongoing effort to curb crime.
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