Umzinto Community Watch

31/08/2026

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27/08/2026

St Odilo primary school. Harringworth, Rural Umzinto.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & RURAL SAFETY OUTREACH

​SAPS Umzinto recently hosted a successful Rural Safety Imbizo at the St. Odilo School Hall in Olufafa, Ward 11.

​During the gathering, Lt. Col. Ndwalane addressed community members on critical safety concerns, focusing on curbing murders, robberies, assaults, and illegal liquor trading. He strongly emphasized the importance of community partnership and working closely with the police to build a safer neighborhood.

​We are also proud to announce the successful launch of a new 13-member CPF Sub-Forum to help bridge the gap between residents and law enforcement! 🤝✨

​A huge thank you to all key stakeholders who joined and supported the initiative.

16/07/2026

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LACO recently claimed that its campaigns have helped place approximately 4,500 South Africans in jobs. But it raises a difficult constitutional question: who has the authority to decide who may work, who must be dismissed, and how the law should be enforced? asks Lasanthan Pillay.

Click the link to read the full column: https://tinylink.net/ZKBUz

11/06/2026

Rapid Land Invasion at the Park Rynie Road Gateway to Umzinto 🚨

​A coordinated, illegal land invasion is taking place right now on the main Park Rynie entrance road (on the SAPS/state-owned land).

​What started as brush clearing on Sundays has quickly escalated into a potential major crisis. Mature trees have been chopped down on the forested slope above the river to erect at least 20 shacks across two levels.

​If this is not stopped immediately by authorities, it will have massive, long-term consequences for our entire town:

​🔴 Complete Economic Choke Point: This road probably handles 80% of our town’s traffic and all heavy cargo trucks. It is our primary economic artery. If a major settlement establishes here, it leaves our main gateway highly vulnerable to protest blockades, traffic friction, and serious pedestrian accidents. It is a dark narrow road that at night will be a major hazard.

🔴 Mudslide & Safety Risks: Chopping down large trees on a steep slope completely destroys the soil structure. During heavy rains, this hillside is at severe risk of a mudslide collapsing directly onto the main road below.

🔴 Environmental Pollution: With zero plumbing or sanitation right above the riverbank, human waste and refuse will wash straight into the river, further destroying the aquatic ecosystem and contaminating water used downstream. Our drinking water comes from the dam fed by the river.

🔴 Grid Blackouts & Electrocution: Illegal electricity connections (izinyoka) will inevitably be run across or under the road. This creates a lethal electrocution risk for pedestrians and will overload our local substations, burning out infrastructure and causing more prolonged blackouts for paying residents.

🔴 Ratepayer Financial Drain: Our municipality is already financially stretched. Every new illegal settlement siphons scarce ratepayer funds away from fixing our roads and streetlights into providing emergency water and portable sanitation.

​Time is of the essence!

03/06/2026

Don't incite violence

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[POLICE WARN RESIDENTS AGAINST POSTING OR SHARING MESSAGES THAT INCITE VIOLENCE]

Police in KwaZulu-Natal have issued a stern warning to residents to refrain from posting, distributing and or sharing voice messages or social media posts, commenting on social media posts, or making statements on any public platform which promote violence or destruction of property.

The province of KwaZulu-Natal has been experiencing a wave of marches, and although the marches have largely been peaceful, police have noted with disdain social media posts and public statements made by certain individuals which has the potential of inciting violence and lawlessness during planned marches.

Members of the public are reminded to take note of Section 14 of the Cybercrimes Act, Act No. 19 of 2020, which says that any person who discloses, by means of an electronic communications service, a data message to a person, group of persons or the general public with the intention to incite the causing of any damage to property belonging to; or violence against a person or a group of persons, is guilty of an offence.

Police in KwaZulu-Natal have successfully used this section of the Act to charge Philani Ronnie Gumede, who was a member of Operation Dudula in March 2022. After distributing inflammatory voice note promoting the chasing away of foreign nationals out of Durban, entering into their shops, salons and their workplaces, the court found him guilty and was sentenced to a fine of R10 000 or three years’ direct imprisonment.

The right to march is protected in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, however such a right comes with the responsibility to be exercised within the confines of the law, and in consideration of the rights of others. Police are monitoring the public space and cybercrimes officers will be profiling posts and statements that are deemed to be inciting violence.

Police have already made pronouncements that the planners of the 30 June 2026 march have promised peaceful demonstrations. Police will however, deploy accordingly pre, during and post 30 June 2026 to ensure stability, peace and order. Anyone who will be found to be breaking the law will be dealt with in accordance with the law without fear, favour or prejudice.
https://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/ms.php

30/05/2026

No violence or intimidation allowed. And SAPS meant it because arrests of ring leaders have already been made.

https://www.facebook.com/100061522455986/posts/1411665554227513/

KwaZulu-Natal braces for possible disruption as police intensify deployments ahead of a planned truck drivers’ protest. SAPS says violence, intimidation and infrastructure damage will not be tolerated.
READ more here: https://tinyurl.com/6bde5vvb

30/05/2026

24/05/2026

Not all foreigners are here illegally and they are protected by the same rights we all share.
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21/05/2026

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19/05/2026

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