Festive season plan
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19
2015 ON THE MOVE: Yusuf Abramjee THE HEAD of Lead SA and Crime Line, Yusuf Abramjee, is leaving Primedia broadcasting where he was head of news and current affairs and head of communications.
Primedia Broadcasting said yesterday the activist would be leaving the company at the end of next month after almost 21 years service to “pursue multiple local and global interests”.
Abramjee will become global communication director for CrimeStoppers International (CSI) next year.
“At the same time I will also be doing international relief work. On the domestic front, my activism will continue and I will focus on mobilisation and communication,” he said.
Announcing his appointment, CSI said Abramjee would be responsible for working with organisations like Interpol, World Wide Fund for Nature and the UN Office of Drug and Crime as well as developing new media partnerships.
Abramjee took over Primedia’s Crime Line in 2007. In 2010, he helped to found Lead SA, a national initiative aimed at encouraging South Africans to be active citizens, which is a partnership between Primedia and Independent Media, publishers of the Cape Argus and The Star.
The Star’s editor, Kevin Ritchie, said Abramjee’s energy would be missed. “He has inspired so many people, me most of all.
“With his passion and determination for active citizenship at grassroots level, he will leave big shoes to fill,” said Ritchie.
Primedia broadcasting chief executive, Terry Volkwyn, thanked Abramjee for his dedicated contribution. – Samantha Hartshorne WITH the festive season on the horizon, the City of Cape Town has beefed up its emergency services and added numbers to its traffic and law enforcement complement in a bid to decrease the number of deaths.
Yesterday, mayor Patricia de Lille outlined the city’s Festive Season Preparedness Plan, approved by the mayoral committee on Tuesday.
She said the city could only plead with residents to behave this season.
“We can only give them the necessary information. It is then up to the individual to take action…”
The city will deploy 1 612 metro police, law enforcement and traffic officers; at least 849 firefighters will be available; 10 permanent cityemployed lifeguards and 153 seasonal and parttime lifeguards will be on beaches; and at least 2 338 temporary staff members will enhance cleansing services.