Hi Not great news about your situation and to read of your accounts re Ezethebeni Braai Lounge, and even further afield in Obs. I share your frustration and anxiety, if I may call it that, in that a few of us as activists against these type of disturbances, had made hundreds to near a thousand of similar type calls as your self, and spent myriad of hours in our activism recording and collating the information and in trying to activate the various liquor governing or controlling Agencies, whether directly affected or acting on behalf of others.
According to a meeting a number of months ago, that a few of the Obs Liquor role players had arranged and attended with the Liquor board, City Health, Metro Liquor Enforcement Unit and the local SAPS designated police officer (DPO), there is some hope in sight but it will call for a focused process on your part as an individual affected by the effects of liquor establishment, i.e. noise, malpractices, sale or use of drugs on or by their clientele, under aged patrons, problem licences or late closing hours etc,. The authorities were busy streamlining their departments and processes in order to deal faster and harder against liquor perpetrators. We should thus engage and endear the Agencies/Authorities for support and action to be taken by them, and not be afraid of them. It is very unfortunate that bureaucratic processes often slows down their expected action against perpetrators and even smothers affected resident's hopes of ever finding solutions or retribution for liquor malpractices. As individuals we need to present them with the right information to enable them to act out their controls and enforcement, and I dare note, we need to keep them hot about it, iow, inquire the action that was taken upon your recent or last notice/s. I therefore suggest. Complete an Affidavit via your local SAPS (Woodstock) which should contain: - your name, address, id, and any other situation specifics. - name and address of the transgressing establishment. - date, time and description of the incident of complaint or disturbance. - reference number/s of actual complaint, or any previous complaints. - what you expect to be done about the matter. - what was not done about the mater. The OBSID in many respects are now attending to some matters regarding liquor malpractices and Ursula could be contacted to inquire or inform regarding your situation. I suggest make copies of your affidavit and submit/distribute as follows: - original - Woodstock DPO (Warrant Officer Shell/Sergeant Prins) and request proof of submission. - copy - Mr Shawn Willemse - WC a Liquor Authority - shawn.willemse@ live.co.za - Please request a Complaints form from this department which is a new process and which should be engaged and proven. - copy - Ms Leedo - City Health WC - ,bettie.le...@capetown.gov.za - copy Mr Ladegourdie - Metro Liquor Law Enforcement Unit - nathan.ladegour...@capetown.gov.za - copy Ms Van Stavel - OBSID Manager - c...@obsid.org.za - copy - retain for your own records. - email communication to DPO - Sergeant Prins - woodstock...@saps.gov.za - emailed notice or copy optional - Henk, Frank, James, Brian - kindly inquire email addresses if need be. Always make your telephonic complaints to the numbers below *and request reference numbers and name of the **attendant* in each of your complaints: METRO: 021 590 ...... SAPS: 10111 - All the above is in my opinion and best known practices - commments or correcttions are welcome. Trusting the above would be of value and support in your plight of continuous liquor transgressions. Kind regards(On furlough abroad) James On 18 August 2013 10:10, z <boogief...@gmail.com> wrote: > From my position, this establishment is currently the noisiest in Obz. > Wednesday through to Sunday I am hearing the thud of their music in my bed, > wearing earplugs, through to the morning hours. I've called Woodstock > police regularly to make noise complaints, yet no perceptable action is > being taken, in fact the music's generally become louder over the last few > weeks. > > A big reason why the club is so noisy is because they simply leave their > front doors open and there is no noise dampening , such as curtains or foam > on the walls, effectively turning the space into an amplifier. > > The establishment itself actually has a cool vibe, popular mostly with > seemingly Nigerian & Central African patrons. Which makes me wonder whether > the nature of it's clientele is having a part to play for the police's > inaction? Or maybe it's because I've called the police that often, they now > just ignore me. Sometimes I'm hung-up on without being asked for my > particulars. > > Whatever may be, if this place continues in the manner it is, it's a safe > bet any gains made over the last few years mediating noise in Obz will be > lost. Other clubs are also flaunting noise restrictions more and more, such > as Cafe Ganesh, who are now hosting regular dance parties on the weekend. > The structure of their building also having an amplifying nature, but their > noise is leaked out from the open rooftop > > If you are also being affected by club noise, please comment. Or if you'd > rather not (my preference is to remain anonymous for now), please don't > hesitate taking action by calling the Police and the Liquor Board. > > Woodstock Police - 021 442 3121 > Liquor board - 0860 142 142 > > And if anyone has further advice on what can be done, that would also be > appreciated. I understand that there are more formal protocols that can be > pursued, but I can't seem to find that information. > > Z > > > > > > > -- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > ---------------------------------------------- > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------- > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: o...@obz.org.za > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > ---------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send > email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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