Welcome to the CRRA ~
Conserving Constantia’s rural and cultural landscape for all.
Promoting and safeguarding the interests of ratepayers and residents.
For our latest news please download the April 2022 newsletter HERE
Things happening in the Valley!
All you need to do is drop your recycling at The Constantia Village recycling depo. All the proceeds from GLASS and CARDBOARD go to the Friends of Constantia Valley Greenbelts for maintaining our riverine cultural landscapes.
Below is an invitation to the IDP & Budget Public Meeting to be held at the Alphen Centre Hall, Constantia Main Road, Constantia on Wednesday 6 April 2022 at 18:00.
We always like to support local events, and this one looks like fun! If you don't have plans for Sunday why not go and support Simon's Soiree!We hope you will be Dressed to Impress in White this Sunday at the Simon's Soiree, Prize for the Best Dress Lady and Man! So come with your hats, heels, feathers and all! We can't wait to have a blast with you.
If you haven't got your ticket's yet, we have a few still going:
www.quicket.co.za/events/164093-simons-soiree/
Dear Residents
The Silverhurst Greenbelt is part of the attraction of living in the area.
It had become an area where homeless people were moving around, making fires, leaving piles of litter and unhygienic human waste behind. There is information that they are allegedly peddling drugs from the area as well.
The area has recently been cleaned and the litter disposed of which has greatly improved the Greenbelt.
It is therefore imperative for us to take control as this impacts negatively on safety and property values in the area.
Residents who live close to this greenbelt and others who make use of it frequently have decided to try and improve the current situation by suggesting the posting of an official security guard through a registered guarding company, placing of trail cameras to be monitored at night and regular cleaning up of the alien undergrowth where these people have been hiding.
In order to help with these measures, we need support from local residents, together with the overall management and administration of this project.
Please find below the agenda for the Zoom meeting which will be taking place on this Wednesday evening the 23rd February at 6.30pm, hosted by Constantia Watch and chaired by Dr Errol Elk, a Silverhurst Greenbelt resident.
AGENDA:
• Official security guard to be stationed at the Silverhurst greenbelt main entrance - quotes received
• The use of trail cameras – cost, maintenance and response to alerts
• Clearing of alien undergrowth quarterly
• Finances and administration of the project
Click on the link on Wednesday at 6.30pm to join the meeting, your participation will be welcomed
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Kind Regards,
Constantia Watch
DOCS (Department of Community Safety) Accreditation No: DCS 15/18/312
Please ALL report incidents to CVIC as well as your local SAPS
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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer...We walked this green belt last Sunday. There are still vagrants making shelters there. Human faeces on one path. Shopping trolley and other detritus in many spots.
Don't forget to do you bit! Please share this message as far and wide as you can!
Our Executive Committee deal with many issues which impact on your lifestyle and wellbeing.
We invite you to participate in an opinion survey to help prioritise our list of current issues and suggest any new ones of a general nature you may have.
Please click on the link below to participate in the online survey, it will only take around 3 minutes to complete.
We are so please that the Pristine Earth Collective is having such great success in the Pristine Pathways Constantia Pilot project!
If you don't know about this amazing initiative yet, you need to read about it here: pristinecollective.com/projects/pristinepathways#constantia
And better yet, if you are loving seeing Constantia so clean, why not donate to this worthy cause: www.givengain.com/cc/pristine-pathways-constantia/
We have included some images and the December Stats in the images below.
Are you tired of the poor cellphone signal in the Constantia Valley?
Last year the CRRA were approached by Vodacom as a result of the many complaints they receive regarding the poor cellphone signal in many parts of Constantia, including ‘the mountain’.
A big concern raised by customers, apart from the inconvenience of dropped calls, is that they would be unable to call emergency services, such as an ambulance or security company/SAPS should the need arise. And with many people now working from home, business is also impacted by poor voice quality and insufficient data services.
Vodacom would like to involve the community in finding solutions to this frustrating situation.
Here is a communication from them as an early notice of their proposed planning application. Comments are most welcome!
A very welcome development. The cellphone reception is ridiculously poor in Upper Constantia and now we no longer have a proper landline, (due to Telkom enforced change) if we have Loadshedding, we have no comms at all!
We have a little bit of signal if we stand facing north, under the hibiscus bush outside the bedroom, on the second Tuesday of the month. But only when it’s raining. 🥴 We’re In Abbotsford Avenue. Happy to support the new mast. I offered to have one erected in our garden last year.
Watch the NIMBYs and anti-5G brigade sabotage any new towers and continue to moan about coverage.
We live in Hillcrest Road and have no Vodacom signal inside our home. This only happened after disconnecting our Telkom land line. We are really in a pickle in an emergency
Great that Vodacom are doing something about this problem which has been an issue for many years. The lower part of Rathfelder Avenue is probably the worst, and I have the misfortune of living there. I spent R10 000 installing my own cellular booster which helps a bit. One issue to raise with Vodacom is that, when I've spoken to their network technical people about this, they thought that there was a base station in Southern Cross Drive next to Constantia Place. There is not one there.
I have close to zero Vodacom reception in Constantia Hills. I work from home and cannot make or receive cell phone calls unless I'm in the furtherest corner of my property standing on tip toes.
We live close to the fire station and want to know if it will make a noise or have any adverse affects on houses in close proximity..?
Ah - the inevitable ad hominems and strawmen in this thread that get us nowhere... From those who would rather see a plethora of additional masts every couple of blocks (as Vodacom pitched to CRRA some years back) rather than getting energy-backed fibre solutions for their load-shedding emergencies like the rest of us...
Paul Gordon
Errol Tichart
So great to be able to support locally grown goods!!! If you are looking for festive flowers, you don't have far to go with Jaftha's Flower Farm - Constantia We are so lucky!
We have recently received numerous complaints from residents regarding the poor state of maintenance/grass moving in our greenbelts and public open spaces.
Below is a notice received from our new Councillor Emile Langenhoven @Emile4Ward62
I'm more annoyed that the selling of turf is going on unchecked on Alphen Common with vehicles driving through the seasonal lakebed causing terrible damage.
Enjoy a peak of the best parts of the Constantia Valley with a run through Groot Constantia and a burger from Simon's at Groot Constantia for your efforts! Sounds great!The first trail run was such a success, we can't wait for the next one with Dragonfly Tri on Tuesday 7th December... don't forget to book your tickets: www.entryninja.com/events/77170-2-of-4-summer-trail-run-series
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HELP TO CLEAN UP CONSTANTIA
The City’s Extended Public Works Programme has not been very effective judging from the amount of litter that is still around.
The environment and job creation are amongst the most critical issues for all South Africans today.
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