NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2013

2013 has been declared the Centenary Year of Killarney-Riviera. As part of our Centenary Project we will be highlighting various aspects of our heritage in successive newsletters through the course of the year.

Killarney was originally… Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2012

It has been resolved at our public meetings to declare 1913 the Centenary Year of Killarney-Riviera. This choice is based on the fact that, as far as we can tell, the area was proclaimed a township… Continue reading →

CAT BURGLAR
We have a gang of cat burglars operating in our area. They really can climb up sheer walls to higher floors, and can get in through windows so small that you would think it’s impossible. Unless you have… Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 2012

Traffic Safety:
We have received several requests from residents to lobby for a traffic circle or similar at the corner of 3rd Street and 2nd Ave, which has seen some quite serious accidents. The JRA required… Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER – MAY 2012

MUNICIPAL BUDGET PROBLEMS
Our Ward Councillor, Marcelle Ravid, is one of the members of the Section 79 Transportation Committee. She has reported back to us that the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is “in dire straits”. They… Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2012

NEW TREES FINALLY ARRIVE
We thank City Parks for the nine new trees they planted in the 4th Street Park. After a rocky start, all of them are alive and well. More trees have been planted… Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2011

SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Congratulations to Earls’ Court, whose 2nd Ave garden is setting new benchmarks for beauty. Thanks also for having a palisade boundary fence, which allows us all to share that beauty.

NEW TREES PROMISED… Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER – JUNE 2011

VICTIM SUPPORT CENTRE
Hillbrow Police Station operates a Victim Support Room, where lost children and crime victims can have some privacy while they talk to detectives, receive first aid, wait to be collected and so forth.… Continue reading →

NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2011

VICTIM SUPPORT CENTRE
Hillbrow Police Station operates a Victim Support Room, where lost children and crime victims can have some privacy while they talk to detectives, receive first aid, wait to be collected and the like.… Continue reading →

FANTASTIC ANTI-CRIME INITIATIVE !

The SAPS have issued dedicated cell-phones to every SAPS SECTOR PATROL vehicle, so that the community can contact their local police patrol car anytime we see suspicious people or activities.

The number for the Killarney Sector… Continue reading →