environment: graffiti
Graffiti is an act of vandalism that impacts negatively on residents and damages the image of a neighbourhood. It is often associated with criminal elements and is seen as a reflection of social breakdown and a lack of citizenship, certainly if left unchecked, it could lead to the gradual breakdown of urban areas.
Within Newlands there are certain graffiti hotspots: walls of properties facing the M3, the trees along the M3 and into the forest, subways and Paradise Motors. Most graffiti in Newlands has no message whatsoever and is just an intertagger code between neighbourhood youngsters.
scout hall: before and after, october 2011
The graffiti on the Scout Hall in Greenford Road has (finally) been successfully removed. As this is Council property, this was a great opportunity to put the new graffitti bylaw to the test. After a somewhat lengthly tender process and considerable involvement from residents, the graffiti was finally removed:
Before...
After ...
the nra graffiti team at work: 25 october 2009
John Rogers and his grandson, Samuel McIntosh, dedicated their Sunday to cleaning up graffiti located below De Waal Drive opposite the Forestry Station.
Tools of the trade.
Undergraduate graffiti-buster, Samuel, at work.
Bridge over the Cannon Stream opposite the Forestry Station and below de Waal Drive.
The removal of graffiti on private property is the owner's responsibility. Advice can be obtained from johnrogers1944@gmail.com or U-Turn can be contracted to remove it, speak with Ron Wilson on 084 608 8925.
Graffiti on public property will be removed by the City Council and must be reported via the C3 reporting service contactUs@capetown.gov.za.
The City Council is in the process of drafting a new graffiti by-law. This by-law will provide the City with the necessary authority to clamp down on graffiti vandals and to claim the costs of cleaning up graffiti from perpetrators. Read this Draft By-Law on the City Council's Website.