Sheppie CBD volunteers need donations

Volunteers who are keeping shoppers and businesses safe in the Port Shepstone CBD are asking the public for donations to continue patrols in town.

The volunteers were mobilised by the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in the Ugu region after a number of people were getting robbed, mugged and killed in the Port Shepstone CBD.

According to the volunteers’ chairperson, Jabulani Ngcobo there are 45 volunteers in total, adding that they have been patrolling the CBD for over a year now.

He said their biggest shortcoming is money to get to Port Shepstone from their homes so that they can continue keeping the town safe.

He explained that for now, they take it upon themselves to find money to get to town.

“Sometimes Santaco collects R20 from taxi owners in different taxi associations so that we can have money to get to town. Initially, we tried opening a bank account through Santaco so that when we get donations, they can go through them, but the issue was that the taxi council is a business on its own and it already has its own bank account so now we have to open our own,” he said.

Ngcobo added that for now, they are pleading with the public to hand in donations to rank managers at the different taxi ranks and specify that the donation is for the volunteers.

He added that they would love for businesses in Port Shepstone to also assist.

“Businesses can try and put donation boxes in their shops for us so that the public can walk in and donate. This is because we love keeping our town safe and clean and we want to continue doing this. That is why we are reaching out to the public and businesses for assistance. It will break out heart to see crime peaking again in the CBD just because we are struggling to find a way to get to Port Shepstone daily,” said Ngcobo.

He added that for more information, the public can contact him on 083 4333957.

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