Hire Your Own Security if You are Not
Happy
The
police have advised the Mohamed sisters, Sijraiya and Fazeela to hire their own
security officers, after they complained to the police that people were
urinating and excreting on the pavement outside their café.
19
November 2012 | Nyambeni Mandiwana
MAKHADO -
The police have advised the Mohamed sisters, Sijraiya and Fazeela to hire their
own security officers, after they complained to the police that people were
urinating and excreting on the pavement outside their café.
The café is located at Makhado Eltivillas, popularly known as the Indian Centre.
The sisters say the problem is particularly a problem on Mondays, when the people drink nearby over the weekend.
Fazeela said she cleans the area with strong chemicals everyday to fight the smell, and that they had lost customers due to the stench.
"We reported the matter to the head of the police’s firearm and liquor control, Lt Ben Bezuidenhout and the chairperson of the Limpopo liquor board, but they did not do anything about it," she said.
"When we rebuke the drunkards, they call us names. They also broke the window of the shop," said Fazeela.
"We don't know who to report the matter to now because law enforcement has turned their back on us. I called a senior police officer to hide in my shop to see how we are treated by these drunk people, and while he was there people urinated on the entrance of our café. Instead of arresting them, he just laughed," she said.
"Municipal workers refuse to remove the excrement, and I have been forced to hire a man who charges me R30 per excrement," she said.
The Makhado police spokesperson, Capt Maano Sadiki said he was engaging with Bezuidenhout to ensure the sisters were protected against unlawful activities.
Sadiki said the police would patrol the premises and the liquor outlet owner would also be engaged about the matter.
He advised the sisters to hire their own security officers to monitor the café when the police are patrolling other areas.
The café is located at Makhado Eltivillas, popularly known as the Indian Centre.
The sisters say the problem is particularly a problem on Mondays, when the people drink nearby over the weekend.
Fazeela said she cleans the area with strong chemicals everyday to fight the smell, and that they had lost customers due to the stench.
"We reported the matter to the head of the police’s firearm and liquor control, Lt Ben Bezuidenhout and the chairperson of the Limpopo liquor board, but they did not do anything about it," she said.
"When we rebuke the drunkards, they call us names. They also broke the window of the shop," said Fazeela.
"We don't know who to report the matter to now because law enforcement has turned their back on us. I called a senior police officer to hide in my shop to see how we are treated by these drunk people, and while he was there people urinated on the entrance of our café. Instead of arresting them, he just laughed," she said.
"Municipal workers refuse to remove the excrement, and I have been forced to hire a man who charges me R30 per excrement," she said.
The Makhado police spokesperson, Capt Maano Sadiki said he was engaging with Bezuidenhout to ensure the sisters were protected against unlawful activities.
Sadiki said the police would patrol the premises and the liquor outlet owner would also be engaged about the matter.
He advised the sisters to hire their own security officers to monitor the café when the police are patrolling other areas.
