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Simple habits, safer homes.
Practical things every household in Malabar can do this week. Most break-ins and thefts happen where it is easy: make it hard.
At home
- Lock gates and doors, also when you are home and in the day.
- Keep the front of the house lit at night; motion lights on the sides and back.
- Don't leave ladders, tools or keys where they can be seen or reached.
- Test your alarm and panic button once a month.
- Know your neighbours' numbers, and save 075 798 4386 and 10111.
On the street
- Walk with someone after dark; stay on lit streets.
- Keep your phone out of sight; be aware of who is around you at the ATM and taxi stops.
- Children: agree a safe route to school and a family code word.
- If you feel followed, go to a shop, a mosque, a busy place, and call.
Your car
- Check the car locked (remote jamming): pull the handle.
- Nothing on the seats, not even a jacket.
- At your gate: look around before you stop; if something is wrong, drive on and call.
- Note registrations of vehicles that circle the street, and report them.
Scams and fake callers
- Malabar Patrols will never ask for your login code, PIN or money on WhatsApp.
- Ask for ID from anyone who comes to "read the meter" or "fix the line", and phone the company to check.
- Don't forward unverified crime messages: check our news page first.
During a crime
- Your life is worth more than your things: don't resist an armed person.
- Press SOS in the app, or WhatsApp SOS, and call 10111 or 112 when it is safe.
- Remember faces, clothes, voices, vehicles and the direction they went.
After a crime
- Don't touch or clean anything until SAPS has seen the scene.
- Open a case at SAPS Gelvandale and keep the case number.
- Ask for help: GBV Command Centre 0800 428 428, Childline 116.
- Tell the patrol, so we can watch for the same people or vehicle.
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