What is Umdloti Smart Village?
The vision of Umdloti Smart Village is peace of mind for every resident and visible civic pride.
We want to achieve a sustainable self-management model that will allow Umdloti Village to operate on the principles of a gated estate, i.e. offering high levels of security and community development.
Umdloti Village NPC (Not for Profit Company) offers a hi-tech Precinct Management package that includes tight security alongside “clean & green” services and community development.
How does Smart Village work?
A Precinct Management Team is answerable to the NPC board and community
Creates the equivalent of a secure ‘gated-estate’ using hi-tech fibre and CCTV instead of walls and gates
Pool resources to ensure that our Village continues to develop economically and socially without losing its charm or environmental ethos
Enhance civic pride and collaboration as a driving force for our community
Why are we doing this?
A South African reality is “community self-management”. Our community established the eMdloti UIP (Urban Improvement Project) (a Section 21 non-profit company) in 2014. The UIP was dependent on donations.
Urban developments around our village, failing municipal infrastructure and rising crime levels are putting pressure on our “community self-management” model. Umdloti Smart Village asks members to commit to a monthly subscription.
What does Smart Village look like on the ground?
The key components are:
A professional Precinct Manager who manages the NPC service providers (security and “clean and green”) and co-ordinates community responses to matters of common interest (such as communicating, reporting faults, liaising with the local authority and marketing the Village).
Hi-tech security technology deployment in the Village, including:
Fibre-based Number Plate Recognition and CCTV cameras reporting to a 24/7 Control Room
A dedicated Response vehicle, with a highly trained armed officer that actively patrols 24/7 and responds within two minutes to any anomalies identified by the surveillance system, or to home alarms or call-outs by subscribers.
Roaming patrol officers in key locations with communication to the vehicles and Control Room.
What Location does the Umdloti Village model cover?
Umdloti Smart Village includes all primary and secondary roads in Umdloti. This includes
Bellamont Road
North Beach Road
South Beach Road and
All the respective secondary roads as well as Newsel Road.