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Because of its population of wealthy people, including diplomats as well as government ministers such as Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula and Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, the Waterkloof suburb is a constant target of criminals.

Between April 2010 and March 2011, a total of 114 burglaries, 889 cases of car theft and 77 house robberies were reported at Brooklyn police station - under which Waterkloof and surrounding suburbs fall.

The three operational cameras are part of the first phase of the project spearheaded by private security company ADT which will see a total of 40 surveillance cameras strategically placed on streets entering Newkloof, Waterkloof, Monument Park West, Constantia Park, Garsfontein, Constantia Glen Security Village - as well as Moreleta Park.

The 24-hour surveillance system - with vehicle registration recognition capabilities - is also linked to the police's stolen vehicle database and police are alerted once the system identifies a vehicle as being stolen.

Constantia Park and Waterkloof Glen Residents Association director Renier Engelbrecht said their area once had one of the highest crime rates but their crime prevention drives, started in April 2009, had seen crime dropping by 50 percent.

She said 310 residents were issued with 2- way radios to report suspicious activities.

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Wed Jun 19 00:32:17 SAST 2013 ::

Apr 16, 2012

PleaseGetReal

But mr. president, I thought SA is a safe place and the citizen's of SA should not worry? Was this not the headlines about a week ago.
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Apr 16, 2012

BaleliM

Get police that are not trigger happy with the innocent and are not perpetually getting bribes and are actually in great physical form instead of huffing and puffing and whilst you are at it, get cops that are passionate about the job and maybe, just maybe, the crime rate will go down.
This nosense of selecting the rich to get protection is BS. We all need protection and we are paying our taxes to get that protection.
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Apr 16, 2012

Mzalaz

Sowetan, could you pls leave us alone abt stories concerning Zuma's wives, they don't do 4 kol for this country beside enjoying bling bling life style, yah thet r more than safe while millions of sa citizens r unsafe b'coz of criminals of this country, so what?
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Apr 16, 2012

ApelMankotsana

This President is useless...He and Nathi Mthethwa has just lifted a suspension of Richard Mdluli, and stopped an investigation by the Hawks in investigating allegations of corruption, nepotism and mismanagement of the police "slush fund" but yet no disciplinary action is taken against him, simply because JZ sees Mdluli as the one assistinh him to gather inteeligence information about the activities prior to Mangaung.....
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Apr 16, 2012

kudi

I wonder if Z will get a secon term - things that he does - with all this women - he is said he likes his women meaty yoooooooooooooooh
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Apr 16, 2012

GODESS

manje thina singenaphi lapho?
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Apr 16, 2012

cornelius

This way the old man can check up on who visits ?
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Apr 16, 2012

Shredder

There is no problem if she lives there. She is a 2nd lady if there is anything like that? Zuma is confusing our vocab.
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Apr 16, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

How ironic that they have all this high tech gadgets and the last time I checked....... there was no crime in Mzansi


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Apr 16, 2012

TKay

What about the ordinary streets, like my streets that does not have high profile people
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