{"id":48001,"date":"2023-11-14T05:30:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/unsightly-screen-at-athlone-cricket-field-demolished-20231114\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:47:15","slug":"unsightly-screen-at-athlone-cricket-field-demolished-20231114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/unsightly-screen-at-athlone-cricket-field-demolished-20231114\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsightly screen at Athlone cricket field demolished"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An unsightly\u00a0cinderblock site screen at an Athlone cricket field have been demolished.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Following the demolition,\u00a0it has now become another battle to have the rubble removed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The City of Cape Town\u00a0has scheduled the removal of the debris and rubble for Friday 17 November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>With the removal of the cinderblock site screen in Clover Crescent, it has now become another battle to have the rubble removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, <span><em>People\u2019s Pos<\/em>t<\/span> reported on residents concerns around a cricket site screen at the Clover Crescent Cricket pitch which had been an attraction for anti-social, criminal and unhygienic behaviour (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/unsightly-screens-20230904\" target=\"_blank\">Unsightly screen<\/a>\u201d, 5 September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While residents claimed the City of Cape Town had warned against them taking matters into their own hands to remove this cinderblock wall, permission was granted at a later date, confirms Patricia van der Ross, Mayco member for community services and health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, Clover Crescent Street Committee chair Enver Solomons said these screens were not only a convenient hideaway for criminals targeting residents, prostitution, homelessness and drug use, but are also at risk of falling over. One of these three screens has already fallen over during a strong wind storm, while another was taken down in a few hours by a 68-year-old man armed with a sledge hammer. The City denied poor building claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Recreation and Parks Department confirmed the current walls had been standing for two years and do not present any safety concerns,\u201d said Van der Ross at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_938ce595\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9837\/6a4767f44f8b4de5ac9a05e1295ae1ee.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11c7ba601b984edb82d706e1120d5c70.jpg\" title=\"The site screen before it was removed by residents in September.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The site screen before it was removed by residents in September.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Several meetings have been held around the concerns of these screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Recreation and Parks Department gave permission to the resident to remove the wall. The decision was taken at a Facility Management meeting,\u201d says Van der Ross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since receiving the permission to remove this wall at a meeting, it has now caused another problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was demolished on Saturday 16 September, and we have no problems since the wall has been removed, less criminal activity,\u201d Solomons says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The one concern is now the rubble, which still lies in a pile on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only problem we have with the rubble is that kids play on it and it can hurt them. I have exhausted my channels at the City to have the rubble removed and I have reference numbers to prove this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While now two months later, Van der Ross confirms the removal has been scheduled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Department has scheduled the removal of the debris and rubble for Friday 17 November,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the removal of the cinderblock site screen in Clover Crescent, it has now become another battle to have the rubble 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