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All smiles as school opens Curro Academy Sandown’s executive head, Charisse le Roux, proudly celebrated the school’s first day with learner Kazimla Madabane who is in Grade 1 this year. The brand new school also has a nursery school, Curro Castle. The Castle opened its doors to learners on Monday 8 January while schools across the country opened for education on Wednesday 17 January.
WARD 113: PROGRESS IN 2017, PLANS IN 2018
Plans and progress RICHARD ROBERTS @richardjohn_rj
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new year means new possibilities, but also new challenges. Last month TygerBurger approached a few ward councillors on the West Coast to find out more about the challenges faced in 2017, and what they have planned for 2018. Joy McCarthy, councillor for ward 113 which includes Flamingo Vlei, Killarney Gardens, Sunridge, Parklands and Table View, told the newspaper that quite a number of projects have been undertaken to date with the 2017/2018 budget allocation received in July last year. Projects undertaken include the installation and maintenance of Licence Plate Rec-
ognition (LPR) cameras for which R200 000 was set aside, as well as a crime prevention programme to support vulnerable groups. The LPR camera project, according to McCarthy, has yielded amazing results since its inception and has also significantly reduced crime in the area. It has also assisted in apprehending serious criminals entering the neighbourhood, she says. “This was started as a legacy project by Councillor (Heather) Brenner and I in 2011, as the biggest concern among our residents was safety and security. “We spoke with JP Smith (Mayco member for safety and security) who assisted us with the purchase through his department. “In the first four years, we each allocated R200 000 to create a ‘ring of steel’ around the entire subcouncil, and then we started fill-
ing in with additional cameras at key hotspots in our respective wards,” says McCarthy. The area forms part of the LPR user group across the peninsula, which regularly exchanges information with the other user groups to prevent crime. “Other wards in our subcouncil have since joined us, adding to the success of the project,” McCarthy says. In addition to the LPR project is a crime prevention programme for which R180 000 was set aside. “This allows me to request after-hours operations from Law Enforcement, especially in moving along the vagrants who congregate along the canal on the West Coast Road (R27) and elsewhere in my ward.” V To page 2.
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