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Click here to find out how you can support the Hugh Wyndam Park upgrade!

Please support the Community Submission! To view the Draft Version of the Community Submission, click here!

Subscriptions for 2009

Many have responded, to those people we say a big Thank-you.

If you haven't already paid, please don't delay any longer - it's secure and simple, just follow the procedure below.

Amount: R300 [basic] or R600
[optional], includes contribution to our 'war-chest'
{to fight unscrupulous developers}]

1./ Pay to the account: Parktown North Ratepayers & Residents Association
Bank Details: Nedbank
Branch: 100 Main Str
Branch Code: 197905
Acc. No. 1979351392

2./ Send confirmation of payment by email to: pnr@mweb.co.za

or mail: PO Box 72435, Parkview, 2122


Councillor's newsletter

Extract from Councillor Ian Ollis's latest newsletter.
The full text appears at NEWS/COUNCILLOR'S NEWSLETTER or, to go directly, click here


Extract -

I have been privileged to be the ward 90 ward councillor for the past 3 years and I have enjoyed the rough and tumble of political life. The ongoing construction of Gautrain and the World cup have spurred the City and many property owners and developers into action. The opening up of the telecommunications market resulting in Neotel, Vodacom, MTN and Telkom embarking on rapid roll out of new fibre-optic cables throughout the city. All of these, while laying a very firm foundation for the future, have turned our lovely leafy suburbs and business nodes into one gigantic construction site, with trenches, hoardings, dust and traffic. The imininent start of the contsruction of the New Bus Rapid Transit System will only add to our chaotic lives.

The Bus Rapid Transit System will be implemented on Oxford Road and Rivonia Road towards the second half of this year. We welcome this public transport innitiative. The plan is to reserve the two central lanes on Oxford/Rivonia exclusively for buses. This will mean in some locations that some traffic will need to be diverted off this main arterial to accommodate the buses. Streets which may have to carry additional traffic will be Jan Smuts in the Saxonwold/Parkwood area, Rudd Road and Corlett Drive in Illovo and Bompas and Melville Roads in the Illovo /Hyde Park area. Please send queries and objections to: email: reavayabrt@bolweki.co.za or telephone (011)7986001 or fax (011)798 6010 or write to Fezile Majola at Bolweki-SSI, P.O.Box 867, Gallo Manor 2052. Saxonwold Residents have a petition in this regard on www.safesaxonwold.org/oxfordroad/

CRIME REPORTING

  • EMERGENCY PHONE 10111
  • OR PARKVIEW POLICE AT 486 5000.
  • PLEASE REPORT ANY CRIME, NO MATTER HOW INSIGNIFICANT. STATISTICS ARE NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE BY SAPS. IF YOU DON'T WANT THE 'BOTHER OF GOING TO THE STATION', e-mail: PARKVIEW-SAPS@saps.org.za

For Safety and Security Tips see ...


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goto the website at http://www.parktownnorth.org.za, or click here

Click the tab - 'Noticeboard'

And then click on 'what's on' -
and you will get to the calendar page of happenings
within and nearby to, Parktown North.


 

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from our 'Summer' newsletter -

SAFETY & SECURITY

Negotiations between the PNRA and ADT (as the dominant security firm operating in Parktown North, with an estimated 80% share of the security company business) take place on a continuing basis.

Major new concessions were agreed upon in a meeting between the PNRA, Mike Kidson (Head of Community Security Services) and Tinus Swanepoel, ADTCommunity Security Manager of ADT. These include:
  • Two dedicated vehicles (one response vehicle and one Patrol vehicle)
  • The recent addition of a 4X4 Proactive Patrol vehicle. This effectively means we have 3 dedicated vehicles for Parktown North proactively patrolling our suburb at any given time, rather than just responding to a signal relayed from the control centre.
Our suburb has eleven Localized Security Schemes (24hour guards)
First Avenue East [2]
2nd Avenue [2]
4th Avenue
8th Avenue
11 th Avenue [2]
12th ave
13th Avenue [2]
 

All these sites are supervised by ADT reaction and supervisory staff during a 24 hour period. All of the sites are in radio communication with the patrol vehicle and with each other. 'Guard track' patrolling systems in each hut monitors the movement of each guard. Each site is linked via panic button to the control room which in turn will dispatch a response vehicle.
Task teams work closely with Parkview SAPS on special operations in and around the Parktown North suburb. A dedicated Community Security Manager for the Parktown North Suburb will liaise with the relevant managers of each department should the need arise. ADT have promised to mount CCTV cameras on all 13 entry and exit points in Parktown North in a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of this additional surveillance method.
The PNRA has had meetings with Chief superintendent Nanda Moodley of Parkview Police regarding facilitating close links with ADT and more particularly, having the localised security schemes in a direct link with the Parkview Police patrol vehicles – allowing ADT guards to call in the police if they see any suspicious vehicles/activity or disturbances. The crucial factor here is that the SA Police have the right to (1) stop and search, (2) pursue over walls and (3) shoot if warranted. Negotiations to improve security are ongoing. We will monitor the situation to ensure ADT delivers as promised and continues to upgrade their services to Parktown North

 

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We are interested in your thoughts, ideas and feedback!

The City of Johannesburg Council has a long-term plan for the development of JHB and for Parktown North. This broad plan is referred to as the Regional Spatial Develpment Framework (RSDF). It has become clear to the Parktown North Residents' Association (PNRA) that a Community Submission would have to be drawn up in order to flesh out the city's general plan. By doing this we'll create clear guidelines about what is and is not allowed in terms of development in PTN. The council will thus in future use the Community Submission to either approve / reject applications for land use, rezoning etc.