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"contents": "<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motorists passing the Table View beachfront on Wednesday, 13 November 2024 were met by a large roadblock, while a breath testing van obtained breathalyser readings from anyone suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith were launching the city’s festive season safety campaign in the area. They said the city-wide programme would extend through the holiday season and into early 2025.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This programme will include a record number of police on duty, with more than 5,000 law-enforcement personnel deployed this holiday season. Hill-Lewis said the city would deploy in shifts 1,000 law enforcement training college cadets and 4,000 uniformed enforcement and emergency personnel.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2460422\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/y_FL4eIQ.jpg\" alt=\"cape town festive season hill-lewis\" width=\"1844\" height=\"1122\" /> <em>Mayor Gordon Hill-Lewis launched the City Of Cape Town’s festive season safety plan in Table View on Wednesday. (Photo: Supplied)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drink driving remains high on the city’s agenda and, according to Hill-Lewis, roadblocks will be held every day.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“To anyone that thinks that he can drink and drive this festive season, there will be roadblocks spread throughout Cape Town. You cannot get away with drinking and driving so please don’t even try it. You will get caught and the consequence will be severe,” he said.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On combating crime in hotspot areas, Smith said: “In all our violent crime hotspot areas, law enforcement will be beefed up with additional deployments from those law-enforcement training cadets.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the hotspots include Manenberg, Mitchells Plain, Hanover Park, Atlantis, Elsies River, Lavender Hill and Khayelitsha, all of which feature gang violence and recent mass shootings.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drones will be employed in hotspot locations to make it easier for officers to enter these areas while also reducing potential injuries to law enforcement officers by informing them of any hazards. 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If the city’s ward councillors had distributed a draft plan to the various CPFs, we could have provided the city with critical information on specific hot spots and where to strike.”</span>\r\n<h4><b>Unsafe road fears</b></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baden Powell Drive remains one of the roads listed as posing a significant concern to motorists travelling from the N2 to Mitchells Plain and Muizenberg.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two weeks ago, a driver and his co-worker were travelling along Baden Powell Drive when they were hijacked due to a sand closure on this stretch of road near Monwabisi, forcing them to take a detour.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The driver, who is still receiving trauma counselling, told Daily Maverick he wants to remain anonymous. The driver took a detour through Khayelitsha on his way back to Baden Powell Drive. As he was manoeuvring through the area, he noticed a vehicle make a U-turn and pull in front of him. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four armed men allegedly apprehended them, ordered them out of the vehicle, and forced him into the rear. The kidnappers allegedly stole his bank cards and checked his bank apps to verify that he did not have any money in his account.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The driver and his passenger’s heads were covered before they were dumped in a deserted location and given the keys to their bakkie. They escaped unharmed.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding to the incident caused by the sand closure, Smith said informal structures’ encroachment on Baden Powell Drive had created an environment in which smash and grabs and attacks were now quite easy.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2460423\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/k9nwuvcg.jpg\" alt=\"cape town festive season law enforcement\" width=\"1848\" height=\"1143\" /> <em>From left: City of Cape Town Mayor Gordon-Hill-Lewis, Safety and Security portfolio chairperson Councillor Mzwakhe Nqavashe and the city’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety JP Smith. Random breath testing will be carried out at all roadblocks in the city over the festive season. (Photo: Supplied)</em></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“You need [law enforcement] vehicles with an incredibly high level of presence to make that road safe. 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Mayor Gordon Hill-Lewis launched the City Of Cape Town’s festive season safety plan in Table View on Wednesday. (Photo: Supplied)
From left: City of Cape Town Mayor Gordon-Hill-Lewis, Safety and Security portfolio chairperson Councillor Mzwakhe Nqavashe and the city’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety JP Smith. Random breath testing will be carried out at all roadblocks in the city over the festive season. (Photo: Supplied)