Meet Yeoville Police's Station Commissioner, Sen. Supt. Lobisi Motaung by CLICKING HERE. Contact him on 083 748 3095 or
The contact numbers for the Yeoville Police Station are: 487-5900 / 487-5925 / 487-5926 / 487-5928
For the Sector Manager, your dedicated cop for Observatory, phone: Andile Ndlebe on 072 302 5056
To report suspicious vehicles and cars in the suburb, phone 072-NO-CRIME (072-66-27463), your dedicated hotline to prevent crime in Observatory
CLICK HERE to learn about the suburb's Domestic Forum, aimed at involving your helper in our fight against crime
Capt. Andile Ndlebe and Yeoville's Exhibit Manager TK Nhlapo with some of the dagga
A whiff of a success
The Yeoville Police confiscated 178 kg dagga worth about R300 000 from a flat in Yeoville last Tuesday - the biggest haul to date, says your Sector Policeman, Andile Ndlebe.
Ndlebe, who was recently promoted to the rank of Captain, praised the arresting officer, const Vusumuzi Peter Mogane. "He acted on an informant's tip-off and arrested the security guard of the building." The man had bag upon bag of illegal dagga stowed in his room.
He will appear in court this week. "To keep that amount of dagga off our streets, is truly a feather in the cap of the yeoville Police," Ndlebe says.
All smiles - and with reason
MORE thank you's
The Observatory Ratepayers Association and the Observatory Crime Sector Forum on Wednesday hosted a thank you party for all the donors to the Morpho Touch Fund at our local restaurant, Portugalia. Of the 40 donors, 30 joined us for a good time.
All the computers, fans, water coolers, jackets and torches are now handed over to the Police. The rest of the fund will be used to erect cameras (we hope more than one) throughout the suburb to strengthen the Yeoville Police in the fight against crime.
At the back from left is Pieter van der Linde from Kentucky Fried Chicken in Yeoville, who donated R3 000; Corne Smalberger, who represented Tracker who fitted an unmarked Police vehicle with a tracking computer and yours truly with the red hair and all. Middle from left is Raj Thamberon from KFC in Orange Grove; Rita Brown, a resident whose company Summit Fund Solutions donated R22 500; Colin Northmore, head of Sacred Heart College who donated R2 500 and capt Andile Ndlebe. Front from left is King Peter from Hewlett-Packard, who donated 3 iPAQs to the Yeoville Police and Superintendent Lucky Matlaila.
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on 25 September 2007
Sen. Supt Lobisi Motaung and Insp. Andile Ndlebe are all smiles with their new computers.
Yeoville Police get their Morpho Touch AND MORE - thanks to YOU!
Thank you, Observatory! Because of you we have R63 000 in the Morpho Touch Fund. This little handheld device helps the Police to identify suspicious people and cars and costs R22 500.
We have already secured one Morpho Touch for FREE (and it has proven to be successful already - a wanted criminal was arrested through its use) and will now buy three more.
Tracker has also come to the party and installed a Tracking Police Computer in the anti-hijacking unit's unmarked car. Within days two cars were recovered with the help of this tracking unit.
The left-over moneyof our fund? We have already supplied the Police with three computers and have ordered some jackets and torches.
Here is a list of the people who have given so generously.
MorphoTouch Fund:
Darryl, Rand View R1 000 Paid Internet Kelly Raffoul, Mons Rd R 500 Paid Internet Pam McGurk, Gerard St R 500 Paid Internet Patricia Lehle R1 000 Paid Internet Peter Andrew R 750 Paid Internet Scharneck Family, St Georges R1 000 Paid Internet Johan Visser, Grace Road R4 000 Paid Internet 072-NO-CRIME R1 000 Paid Internet Camera Press, Gerard St R 450 Paid Cash Sacred Heart College R2 500 Pledged
Const Brian Sono with the vehicle TRACKER fitted so kindly.
Stallion Security R2 500 Paid Cheque Raleigh Hardware R 500 Paid Cheque Dr Okesokun R 250 Paid Cheque Bellevue Pharmacy R 100 Paid Cheque Nando’s R5 000 Paid Cheque
Min Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi with the Morpho Touch machine, From left at the back is Supt. Lucky Matlaila, Insp. Andile Ndlebe, Insp. Gerhard Pretorius and the station commissioner, Sen. Supt. Lobisi Motaung.
Rockey Liquor R 200 Paid Cash Hypermeat R 200 Paid Cash Yeoville Pawnshop R 50 Paid Cash MSR Merchants R 500 Paid Internet FNB R2 000 Paid Chubb R1 000 Pledged Caon family, 8 Fourie R3 000 Paid
Ruth Edmonds R1 000 Paid internet
Marinus vd Luitengaarde R1 000 Paid internet
Eamon Scott R1 000 Pledged
Rita Brown R22 500 pledged Rachel Browne R500 Paid Internet Kentucky Fried Chicken R8 000 Pledged Paul Marangos R1 000 Paid
Total R63 000
Should you wish to make a donation, however small, pay it into ORA's account with the word MORPH and your name as reference. Our banking details are:
Observatory Ratepayers Association FNB Park Meadows Acc: 62131 487359 Branch code: 256 655
For more information, call Sen. Supt. Motaung on 083-748-3095; Patrick Murphy, chair of the Observatory Crime Sector Forum on 082-690-3090; or Carine Hartman, chair of the Observatory Ratepayers Association on 082-515-8499.
Updated 29 August 2007 by
Let's find money for the Yeoville Police's wish list
The Yeoville Police Station is winning the war against crime: not only have they drastically reduced crime figures for Yeoville and Observatory, but they were voted third best out of 23 stations throughout the city and surrounding areas last month (April).
Their two specialized units operating in the suburbs brought hi-jacking down and they had great successes in arresting suspects on the Most Wanted list.
But to give them more clout, Sen Supt. Lobisi Motaung, station Commissioner at Yeoville, appealed to us to help them find the money for a Morpho Touch machine: a portable fingerprint machine that will help them identify wanted criminals on the spot.
The Yeoville Police, the Observatory Crime Sector Forum and the Observatory Ratepayers Association (ORA) are raising the R22 500 needed for this and are appealing to you to help us secure the much-needed Morpho Touch machine.
We have so far approached Independent Newspaper, who last year set aside R1 million for Policing Forums and are keeping our fingers crossed. The Yeoville Community Policing Forum, who received R8 000 from ORA two years ago, has also been approached to help with the fund-raising.
If you want to approach your company for a donation, e-mail
for a formal letter, signed by all interested parties.
And, of course, should you wish to make a donation, however small, feel free to pay it into ORA's account with the word MORPH and your name as reference. Our banking details are:
Observatory Ratepayers Association FNB Park Meadows Acc: 62131 487359 Branch code: 256 655
For more information, call Sen. Supt. Motaung on 083-748-3095; Patrick Murphy, chair of the Observatory Crime Sector Forum on 082-690-3090; or Carine Hartman, chair of the Observatory Ratepayers Association on 082-515-8499.
Updated 6 June 2007 by
Crimes you reported the past week:
Even if your house is empty, ACTIVATE YOUR ALARM. 179 St Georges Road inside the Observatory Estate enclosure was sold recently and has been standing empty for a couple of weeks. It was broken into last week and thieves leisurely removed all bathroom fittings, all the handles on the kitchen cupboards and doors and even dissembled the Art Deco chandeliers to remove all the brass fittings. To add insult to injury they even walked off with the swimming pool pump. So be warned...
What the Yeoville Police reported from 7 February to 14 February 2007 - with some safety hints from your local cops:
1. OBSERVATORY (SECTOR 3)
Theft - 3 cases Burglary Residential - 1 case Robbery with fire-arm - 1 case
2. The following convictions were made:
Yeoville CAS 336/11/2006 - Possession of Stolen Property Sentenced: Period of 6 months Yeoville CAS 1091/06/2006 - Attempted Theft of Motor Vehicle Sentenced: Period of 5 years Yeoville CAS 876/03/2006 - House Breaking & Theft Sentenced: Period of 8 years Yeoville CAS 534/06/2006 - Armed Robbery Sentenced: Period of 8 years
SAFETY AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY
When you are coming home driving your vehicle, you should be alert. If there is vehicle behind you, you should take precautions. Do not open your gate, but allow the vehicle to first pass before opening. We are encouraging people to start Street Committee Meetings where they will form Street Patrollers. You can contact the police if you have any suspicions.
If we are involved in Street Committees as communities we will know each other and if you suspect something you can phone your neighbours and people who are staying with you because once they appear criminals will run away.
We must reclaim our streets from criminals. Together we win, but divided we fall.
Yeoville Police
