Crime Reports/Misdaad Verslae

Crime South Africa

Waarskuwing:

ROOI:

Dui gewoonlik op gevaarlike teiken/ gaan weerstand kry/ roof/ kaping/ plaasaanval.

Coke blikkie/bottels/rooi lap/lint/KFC boks – weerstand verwag/ persone met vuurwapens/ mense wat

paraat is/ goeie hekke en diefwering/ alarm.

Weet jy het ‘n wapen/ is paraat/ gewoonlik 2 of meer Coke blikkies/bottels/ander rooi teken +kombinasie

met klippe/stene.

Coke blik/bottle met oopkant na huis – gemerk – iemand tuis.

Coke blik bv wat regop staan – niemand in huis, minder gevaarlike teiken.

Rooi lint/ sak, met of sonder knope in – pasop vir honde gif!!!

Rooi tekens ook in kombinasie met klippe/take, proppies ens.

Maak seker daar is nie enige tekens voor julle huise/hekke nie.

Crime Statistics. See Crime Stats SA

Planning to visit South Africa? Safety tips

Think it's impossible for thieves to enter your house via a window. The

size of the openings in the window frame are too small. Think again.

Clever thieves can enter through any opening larger than a human head. Check out these images.

What is petty crime? A type of crime which is not considered serious when compared

with some other crimes. Petty crime such as shoplifting. Cambridge Dictionary.

Thieves dismantle and remove steel railings from bridges. The steel is sold for scap metal. Nou begin misdadigers brûe in Pretoria te teiken. Relings van brûe word net eenvoudig verwyder vir die

staal wat dan as skroot verkoop word. Verkeersligkabels word ook gesteel. Raadslid Marika Kruger-Muller staan hier by 'n opening waar daar eens 'n deel van 'n reling was. Bron en foto. Centurion Rekord.

Hekke by oop velde en terreine word ook geteiken en verwyder.

This is what remained of a VW Velocity 1 hour after being stolen.

A series of CCTV images shows how two armed suspects enter a property in Centurion and make their way towards an open

garage where they hijacked a car and shot dead the owner. Pictures: SAPS

Ex-convict gives firsthand advice against criminals

Many South Africans can benefit from firsthand advice on how to avoid being easy targets for criminals.

An ex-convict who goes by the name of Freedom (He uses this name from possible victimisation) knows exactly this and is devoting to helping people better safeguard themselves against crime. "I want you to start think like a criminal. I also want you to be practical and not just listen to my advice," Freedom recently said

at an annual meeting held by the Muckleneuk Lukasrand Property and ResidentsAssociation.

Freedom served 7 years in prison for the crimes he committed and it was there where something as simple

as a spoon made him decide to turn his life around. "My spoon was stolen from me in prison, and in jail something like a spoon is very valuable.

It was a painful experience. I teh realised how painful it must have been for the many people i have robbed

in my life."

At the meeting, he focused on ways of helping people safeguard themselves from house break-ins and robberies, whether they were at home or not, as well as smash-and-grabs. Freedom said it was important

that property owners informed their domestic workers and gardeners about axactly who to allow on their property, especially when owners were not at their homes.

"Criminals target housekeepers and gardeners first, also, they are smooth talkers and will try to talk their

way into the house," he warned. Freedom promoted the use of beams on properties and explained that,

when it was triggered and the alarm was activated, thieves tended to panic and might decide not to go

ahead with the robbery. "No criminal wants to be caught. I was scared as hell each time i committed a

crime."

He encourage people to regularly test their alarms and monitor what the response time would be. He instructed people in cars to be vigilant when they were driving. "Pay attention and watch your mirrors at all times. Don't type on your phone. Also, don't drink and drive. Drunken people are eay targets. And women,

stop putting on your make-up when you are driving. "

He added that it was important that people got involved with the policing forums in their communities and to keep a watchful eye out for each other. "There is no such thing as 100% security, but you can be that 1%

that adds to security as a community working together. Article by Dianne Chapman. Rekord.

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