Initiatives
I have seen similar initiatives in other areas over the years, where residents become fed-up with a situation and take action.
Many Cape Flats communities are notorious for the gangetjies between their houses that often become crime hotspots.
In some cases, these have been shuttered by agreement of weary communities prepared to do anything to ease opportunistic crime even just slightly.
And the fact is, these small acts usually have a big impact, simply because they remove the ease with which criminals can act, and with that perhaps even the impunity.
There is a lot to be said for small acts like the Bothasig house, having a cascading effect.
Known as the Broken Windows Theory, it was put into practice in an experiment in New York City many years…
