Work should start within a week and will probably continue for a 3 month period and regular update shall be given.

Smart Village is South Africa’s leading, next generation infrastructure solutions and service provider. We deploy state-of-the-art fibre optic networks that enable fully integrated multimedia, telecommunication, IP solutions and services to residential estates, commercial developments or hospitality establishments.

Experience a fusion of lifestyle and technology with converged Quadra - Play™ services:

•    Television Signal Distribution and Interactive IPTV
•    Telephone Line Service and Voice over IP (VoIP)
•    Broadband Internet with speeds of up to 10Mbps 
•    Security and Pre-Clearance Access Solutions

It is also important for us to establish what your unique preferences are with regards to internet, telecommunication, security and multimedia services at your home. So if you would please assist us by completing a short online survey, it would be much appreciated. It should only take a few minutes of your valuable time. The Online Survey can be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://bit.ly/DainfernSurvey.

For your added convenience a paper based Survey Form is also available at the Clubhouse from Laura or Reception.

As of Monday the 14th of June, there will be a Smart Village representative, Isabel Venter, available at the Dainfern Clubhouse, in the Members Bar, from 09h00 to 18h00, Monday to Friday, to demonstrate the exciting services that will be available to you as a resident, as well as to answer any further questions that you might have.

If Dainfern Residents are able to get a group of up to 40 people to attend a presentation at a time suitable to both the group and Smart Village representatives, the Games Room at the Clubhouse will be made available for group presentations.   You will need to book the group presentation with Laura at laura@dainfern.co.za or 011 875 0492 to ensure that the room is available and Smart Village has been advised to make extra personnel available.

Writes ...

Yesterday afternoon I attended the World Cup security brief held at the Consular section and presented by Mr Aubrey Pieters. Those of you who have attended the security courses at the BHC when you first arrived will be aware of his pedigree and his background as an independent security advisor. It was an interesting brief which was well received by both the black and the white faces in the audience.

Due to the large number of Police (SAPS) that will be required to actually police the event, the criminals and the security advisors are aware that the World Cup period is going to be like another holiday period for the criminal fraternity. The SAPS will be concentrating on the areas most frequented by visitors/tourists. These will be at the Football stadiums, the Fan parks, ORT airport, hotels in the cities and the routes to the stadiums. This leaves the criminals to have a free run at the suburbs! The criminals are fully aware of this too. They understand that the reaction time for SAPS to get to an incident will be long - if they come at all.

The crimes that will increase are home invasions, driveway robberies and carjacking at your home.

Home invasions. These are likely to take place when the criminals see a number of cars in driveways of homes. This would indicate that there are a group of friends watching a match who will be distracted. Normally alcohol is involved and there is usually a door open where the guys have been at the BBQ. They will attempt to jump the fence or get into the property and rob everyone of their personnel effects.

Carjackings. No change to the normal brief from Aubrey. Gangs will target women (normally) in a supermarket and inform other gang members who are in the car park waiting to follow you home. The advice is to pay attention to who else turns the same way as you do at junctions. The car tailing you is likely to be 3 or 4 cars back. If you think you are being tailed head to a petrol station or large shopping centre and get out the car and phone for help. Do not try to get home and get in the front gate. Either phone ADT and get them to meet you somewhere or better still phone the Dip Police. They will not be involved in
football match security..

Driveway robberies. Be very aware of who or what is in your street or outside your house when you approach it. If somebody is loitering or if you pass a car with one or two occupants apparently sat idly, do not enter your drive.. Always pull up parallel to your drive and open the gate. Never pull up in front of the gate and then open it. That will be the time when you get boxed in by the car full of trouble and you won't have much time to react. They are then likely to steal what you have on you (wallets, purses, rings, mobile phones, laptops etc) and then shoot off or worst still get you to open the house and go in with you.

For those of you who are going to the games, the trouble you are likely to come across will be either a few drunken yobs looking for a fight or pickpockets. The security agencies are aware that major public gatherings like the World Cup will attract international pickpockets from around the world. These guys are experts and you will not know that it has happened until many hours later. Gents wallets are normally kept in the back right pocket of trousers. Move it. Split your money and cards. Be careful.

Smash and grabs will increase too. Tourists will leave cameras, phones and bags on car seats. Rich pickings for the smash and grab gangs. If you don't already have the smash and grab film on your car windows go and get it done now. If you can't afford it, the advice is to drive with your windows down about half an inch. This makes it 4 times harder to smash the window.

For those with children the World Cup is going to be a particularly bad time for child abductions. In South Africa there are 15 abductions/kidnappings every day and they see this as a crime which will get out of hand over the World Cup period. Human trafficking gangs know that the schools are all on holiday over the tournament. They will target shopping malls, cafes, cinemas, public toilets and toy departments in shops. The SA authorities estimate that approx 300,000
Africans will come over the borders for the tournament. The borders will not be able to cope with the surge and checks will be cursory in most cases. Babies will be abducted for scrupulous adoption agencies in Nigeria and the like. Children aged 4-8 will be targeted for the porn industry. Those children around 9 - 13 for prostitution.

Keep an eye on your children! Do not send them off to the toilets alone. Do not let them go to the toy section while you do the rest of your shopping.

Please pass this on to your families.

The Key message is that crime is likely to increase and the response by the Police will be slow. Stay alert and street wise and you should be fine..

Regards

Mick

M P BOYLE
Major
Staff Officer Coordination
British Peace Support Team
(South Africa)

Tel: +27 (0) 12 674 5082
Fax: +27 (0) 12 674 5084
Cell: +27 (0) 83 449 3534

The tender documents are with three independent security contractors and these tenders are due in by noon on Friday 21st . All tenders will be opened in the presence of Dainfern staff and the consultants. The consultants will then spend a couple of days reviewing and should be in a position, with the sub-committee, to make recommendations to the Dainfern Trustees and Estate Management by the end of next week.