CAPE TOWN - In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Western Cape Community Safety Department has launched a neighbourhood watch project in Khayelitsha.
The Safety Improvement Volunteers Project will see members at places of congregation including shops, South African Social Security Agency pay-out points, transport interchanges and schools.Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz said 50 neighbourhood watch groups have been deployed in Khayelitsha.
He said they would provide health advocacy through the promotion of social distancing and the use of masks: “Not a single one in our public must be seen walking without a mask. Masks must become as you put on your underpants and your pants before you go out, so that we stop and fight the infections.
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