{"id":10079,"date":"2018-06-04T09:09:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T07:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/?p=10079"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:30:03","slug":"webafrica-assists-the-buccleauch-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/general\/webafrica-assists-the-buccleauch-ra\/","title":{"rendered":"Webafrica assists the Buccleuch RA and Stops Thieves in Their Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Webafrica is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our communities. Like all big companies, we have a social responsibility, and if we all make small contributions where we can, it can make a big difference in the long run. We don&#8217;t usually like to talk too much about what we do in the community because we feel it is a responsibility and not a bragging right, however, we thought you would enjoy this success story.<\/p>\n<p>The story of the Buccleuch Residents Association is a wonderful example of how a simple contribution can improve lives.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2018 we met up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/mybuccleuch.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buccleuch Residents Association<\/a> (BRA) about their Fibre needs. We quickly discovered, though, that the number one thing on everyone\u2019s minds was not internet access, but rather the security of their community.<\/p>\n<p>How could we expect them to care about what we were offering them when they had such important things on their minds? So we decided to find a way to help.<\/p>\n<p>Webafrica made a contribution which enabled the association to purchase and install new security technology and cameras (which they had identified as their primary need).<\/p>\n<p>Within<em> one week<\/em> of installation, a criminal who had been committing crimes in the area was arrested by the police, thanks to the security footage they now had available to them.<\/p>\n<p>Crime rates in the community are already dropping as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Since the installation of their new security tech, the Buccleuch community is already enjoying a safer way of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webafrica is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our communities. Like all big companies, we have a social responsibility, and if we all make small contributions where we can, it can make a big difference in the long run. We don&#8217;t usually like to talk too much about what we do in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":10080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Webafrica-Cares.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdAWxt-2Cz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14211,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079\/revisions\/14211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.webafrica.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}