The Solidarity Movement wishes to thank each and every person who was involved in organising the national protest action against crime held on 19 May for their support and participation. Communities joined forces on this day and voiced their disapproval of crime in more than 300 locations across South Africa.
As mentioned in the memorandum, the protest action was not the end of our campaign against crime, but merely the beginning. We, as citizens, have a social responsibility to get involved in community safety actions.
The Solidarity Movement consists of, among others, community-driven organisations like AfriForum, Helping Hand and the trade union Solidarity. It was decided that AfriForum will drive the next phase campaign against crime.
As part of the strategy against crime, communities must be empowered to organise safety initiatives. The aim of this phase is to –
• enable crosspollination between communities’ safety initiatives; and
• to develop an outline of best practices and methods of community safety.
We request you to share information on the working methods and infrastructure of safety initiatives in your community with us. Tell us which safety actions in your community are effective, what challenges you face and who the community leaders are. Please provide all the details concerning the community initiatives.
E-mail your name, town, suburb and a description to rooi@solidariteit.co.za. The data will be processed and published on the website www.crimeprotest.co.za. The information will help us to put our heads together and to enable every community to become part of the solution to crime.
Kind regards,
Nantes Kelder
Head: Community Safety
AfriForum
Tel: 086-10-200-30
Fax: 012-664 1281
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