SMS count since 1 May = 21223 April = 28226 March = 40579 Above is the total sms count for all areas for the month so far.
You will only get sms's for your area/suburb.
What is Sun Cell Watch?
Sun Cell Watch is a dynamic, instant method of reporting suspicious behaviour in your neighbourhood to all your neighbours with one SMS to one number: 082 568 6535. The concept is based on STRENGTH IN NUMBERS – the more people registered on the system in a specific neighbourhood, the safer that neighbourhood becomes. Generally the groups are suburbs, but that does not mean to say you can’t create a specific group like just the houses in your road, or for your complex or block of flats.
How does it Sun Cell Watch work?
Simple – any person registered on the system who observes any type of suspicious, unlawful behaviour or witness a criminal activity in their neighbourhood sends a short description to 082 568 6535. Our experienced personnel, on duty 24/7 will immediately check the message to make sure it is indeed a bona fide, lawful and informative report. We might contact the sender to ensure all relevant details are clear. Once clarified/edited/confirmed, the message is forwarded to all registered users in the same street and neighbourhood, as well as the local security and crime watch contacts. This way, a person acting suspiciously within a neighbourhood, will suddenly feel very unwelcome as many eyes will be watching their every move. Our message forwarding system will not send messages related to another neighbourhood to your neighbourhood, so you will only receive relevant messages.
What type of messages will you receive?
We manually check every message before we enter it into our system for forwarding to the relevant users in a neighbourhood. This is an integral part of our service to ensure that you do not receive any irrelevant/illegal/immoral messages.We will not forward messages that contain foul language, serve to obstruct the law and contain indecipherable or irrelevant information.We will forward messages that warn your neighbourhood of any reported suspicious or criminal behaviour, that contain public interest announcements (lost pets, personal affects etc) and messages that encourage you to refer neighbours, friends and family to join the service. From the time we recieve your sms till the time it reaches everybody should be no longer than 45 seconds, but often within 30 seconds. (Should the delay be longer, then we can assume its a network problem or backlog of some form which is out of our control.
About us
Sun Cell Watch is an initiative founded by Craig Adendorff in 2004 who is a role-player in various communities through membership of Round Table and involvement in various neighbourhood watches. Inspired by the message of LEAD SA - that every South African can stand up and make a difference in the lives of others with positive actions, Craig decided to launch Sun Cell Watch in 2004 in Kwa Zulu Natal. Their vision is for every person with access to a mobile phone in South Africa to become the eyes and ears of police and security companies in their local neighbourhoods and to contribute to the safety and security of their communities through instant communication with their neighbours.
For more information, feel free to contact Craig on:craig@suncellwatch.co.za
Sun Cell Watch- Forewarned is Forearmed
* An off-line joining form can also be downloaded here by clicking on the little star. However first try click on the yellow star above.
