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Francois Pretorius, a jeweller in Bethal whofaces charges for the double murder of Dr. Hannes and Ms Ibel Beukes, will appear in court again on 15 July 2020. The case was postponed after Pretorius appointed a new advocate, was referred for psychiatric evaluation. The court heard that he had a family history of Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy, with Sub-cortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). This disease is an inherited disease of the blood vessels that occurs when the thickening of blood vessel walls blocks the flow of blood to the brain. The disease primarily affects the small blood vessels in the white matter of the brain, and is characterized by migraines and multiple strokes which can progress to dementia. The disease can also cause severe depression and changes in behavior and personality. Pretorius will be evaluated by three different medical professionals to determine the validity of the claims. As Pretorius has been classified as a flight risk, he has been, and will remain in custody. Alleged killer referred for psych evaluation Alleged killer referred for psych evaluation Double murder accused, Franscois Pretorius. Double murder accused, Franscois Pretorius. 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 14 July 2020 The court heard that he had a family history of Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy, with Sub-cortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). This disease is an inherited disease of the blood vessels that occurs when the thickening of blood vessel walls blocks the flow of blood to the brain. Francois Pretorius, a jeweller in Bethal whofaces charges for the double murder of Dr. Hannes and Ms Ibel Beukes, will appear in court again on 15 July 2020. The case was postponed after Pretorius appointed a new advocate, was referred for psychiatric evaluation. The court heard that he had a family history of Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy, with Sub-cortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). This disease is an inherited disease of the blood vessels that occurs when the thickening of blood vessel walls blocks the flow of blood to the brain. The disease primarily affects the small blood vessels in the white matter of the brain, and is characterized by migraines and multiple strokes which can progress to dementia. The disease can also cause severe depression and changes in behavior and personality. Pretorius will be evaluated by three different medical professionals to determine the validity of the claims. As Pretorius has been classified as a flight risk, he has been, and will remain in custody. < Previous Article Next Article >

Vehicle license renewals made easy at SAPO 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 12 January 2021 ce. Mokoatle says it does not matter if you did not receive a renewal notice; the renewal form (ALV) can also be downloaded from the SAPO website. You will need to present an identity document when renewing your motor vehicle licence. Motorists in Ermelo, Ganala-Kriel, Siyabuswa, Mbombela, Thulamahashe and Volksrust can now renew their car licences much more conveniently at their local South African Post Office (SAPO). This service is offered in cooperation with the Mpumalanga Government. Cash as well as debit and credit cards are accepted as payment for the renewal of motor vehicle licences. “Post Offices offer an extra venue for renewing motor vehicle licences,” says regional manager Thomas Mokoatlo. “Post Offices are also open on Saturdays from 08:00 to 12:30, and that is a blessing for people who work during the week.” Unlike other licence renewal agencies, the post office does not charge a cent extra for the service. The client pays only the amount on the renewal form. Also, there is no need to return days later to collect your licence disk. You leave the post office with your new licence. Mokoatle says it does not matter if you did not receive a renewal notice; the renewal form (ALV) can also be downloaded from the SAPO website. You will need to present an identity document when renewing your motor vehicle licence. The Post Offices offer a bulk renewal service for fleet owners, who can drop off their renewals and collect their disks later. The renewal of motor vehicle licences is one of the most popular transactions at Post Office branches – clear evidence of the success of this service. During the past financial year more than three million motorists renewed their car licences at a post office branch. Motorists who have received a traffic fine issued in terms of the AARTO Act can pay the traffic fine at any Post Office countrywide. < Previous Article Next Article >

Nkomazi grensposte amptelik heropen 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 13 October 2020 Alhoewel daar onlangs geen padongelukke gerapporteer is nie, het die LUR vir padveiligheid, Gabisile Tshabalala, motoriste aangemoedig om die paaie versigtig te gebruik. “Na die heropening van toegangspoorte, verwag ons 'n groot toename in die transportvolume op ons paaie. Ons wil almal versoek om versigtig te wees." Die Nkomazi-substreek huisves drie internasionale grensposte, naamlik Lebombo, wat die land en Mosambiek van mekaar skei, en Matsamo en Mananga, wat albei toegangspunte tot die Koninkryk eSwatini is. Vragmotors wat goedere vervoer het na Mosambiek, moes ure in die ry wag om die grens oor te steek, terwyl die verkeer na die land vlot geloop het. Matsamo en Mananga het egter minder mense ontvang wat tussen die twee lande gereis het. Dit volg nadat grensposte amptelik hul hekke vir internasionale reise onlangs heropen het. Die besigste was Lebombo, wat 'n groot aantal Suid-Afrikaanse toeriste na Mosambiek sien reis het. Voordat die grense op 27 Maart 2020 gesluit is, het plaaslike ondernemings aan die kant van die grensposte floreer, maar het vinnig 'n neusduik ervaar nadat die grendeltyd in werking getree het. Alhoewel daar onlangs geen padongelukke gerapporteer is nie, het die LUR vir padveiligheid, Gabisile Tshabalala, motoriste aangemoedig om die paaie versigtig te gebruik. “Na die heropening van toegangspoorte, verwag ons 'n groot toename in die transportvolume op ons paaie. Ons wil almal versoek om versigtig te wees. Ons werk saam met alle belanghebbendes, en is gereed om die verhoogde verkeersvolumes wat deur die provinsie vanuit die buurlande in en uit die land kom, te hanteer. Daar is geen verdraagsaamheid teenoor roekelose en nalatige bestuur nie.” het Tshabalala afgesluit. < Previous Article Next Article >

Phoenix Rotary maak kinder-hartjies bly 1/2 Share SH HATTINGH 12 January 2021 Elke kind het ‘n pakkie lekkers, ‘n heerlike worsbroodjie en ‘n Lego stel gekry. Dit was die mooiste oomblikke om te koester, om te sien waar al die kinder hartjies dankbaar is vir wat hulle ontvang het, en om daai glimlaggies op elke gesiggie te kon sien. Op Woensdag, 16 Desember het die Phoenix Rotary drie kinderhuise besoek. Die missie van die dag was om die Kersfees gevoel te versprei, en ook die boodskap uit te dra waaroor Kersfees regtig gaan. Die lede het almal die oggend by Holiday Inn ontmoet, waar hulle die beplanning vir die dag gedoen het. Die drie kinderhuise wat hulle besoek het was Children of the Dawn in Wesselton, dan Bambanani, wat op die Piet Retief pad is, en laastens die CMR kinderhuis in Pet Straat. Een van die lede het as kersvader opgetof, en het aan elke kind ‘n geskenkie oorhandig. Elke kind het ‘n pakkie lekkers, ‘n heerlike worsbroodjie en ‘n Lego stel gekry. Dit was die mooiste oomblikke om te koester, om te sien waar al die kinder hartjies dankbaar is vir wat hulle ontvang het, en om daai glimlaggies op elke gesiggie te kon sien. Die bestuur van die Phoenix Rotary, Lakesh Maharaj, wil graag die gemeenskap nooi om deel te word van hulle span. Vir enige navrae kan Lakesh gekontak word by 083 532 2266. < Previous Article Next Article >

Sy behaal ‘n brons medalje in die Street Dance-kompetisie. Na aanleiding van hierdie uitstaande prestasies wat Johnke behaal het, is sy gekies om deel te wees van ‘n ABS-produksie, Danslyn 2020, wat verskyn op kykNET. Errie dans plek los in Danslyn 2020 1/1 Share INHOUD VERSKAF 18 Augustus 2020 Sy behaal ‘n brons medalje in die Street Dance-kompetisie. Na aanleiding van hierdie uitstaande prestasies wat Johnke behaal het, is sy gekies om deel te wees van ‘n ABS-produksie, Danslyn 2020, wat verskyn op kykNET. 'n Graad 9-leerder van Hoërskool Ermelo, Johnke Prinsloo, het tydens die inperkingstyd deelgeneem aan SDS- (Solo Dance Schoolsport), SDL- (Solo Danca Latina), asook Street Dance-kompetisies. Die plekke vir die kompetisies is behaal na die beoordeling van video’s wat die deelnemers ingestuur het. Johnke verower 12 goue medaljes, drie silwer medaljes, drie brons medaljes, ses vierde plekke, een vyfde plek en drie sesde plekke in die Solo Dance School sport-kompetisie. Die kategorieë waaraan sy deelgeneem het, sluit onderandere Hip Hop, Performing Arts, Solo Latin, Rhythm & Movement, Cha Cha, R&M en Street Fixture in. In die Solo Dança Latina-kompetisie behaal sy vyf goue medaljes, twee silwer medaljes, drie brons medaljes en twee vierde plekke. Die kategorieë waaraan Jonhke tydens dié kompetisie deelgeneem het is Energy, Samba, Jive, Bhangra, Jazz, Spanish, Cha Cha, Slow Style, Ballet en Paso Doble. Sy behaal ‘n brons medalje in die Street Dance-kompetisie. Na aanleiding van hierdie uitstaande prestasies wat Johnke behaal het, is sy gekies om deel te wees van ‘n ABS-produksie, Danslyn 2020, wat verskyn op kykNET. Baie geluk, Johnke. Die Erries is trots op jou. Mag jou hart en voete saam dans op die ritme van jou sukses. Baie geluk, Johnke. Die Erries is trots op jou. Mag jou hart en voete saam dans op die ritme van jou sukses. < Previous Article Next Article >

Phezukomkhono, the current administration took a decision to transform the programme to ‘Siyathuthuka ’, a Zulu word for “We are developing” or “we are putting development into action” Enterprise Development to align it to the new vision of GSDM. GSDM presents State Of The District Address 1/3 Share GK CRONJE 1 June 2021 Phezukomkhono, the current administration took a decision to transform the programme to ‘Siyathuthuka ’, a Zulu word for “We are developing” or “we are putting development into action” Enterprise Development to align it to the new vision of GSDM. On 27 May 2021, Gert Sibande District Municiaplity presented the State Of The District Address (SODA), which coincides with Africa Month, under the national theme “The year of Arts, Culture and Heritage: in the year of Charlotte Maxeke”, where democracy and freedom were forged on the shoulders of giants. This year marks the 150th anniversary of struggle icon and human rights campaigner, Charlotte Maxeke. The State of the Gert Sibande District address took place on the 427th day of the national lockdown in South Africa. “Gender Based Violence is still a thorn in our lives. Just this past Saturday, I attended a funeral of a young person, 27 years old who was stabbed to death by someone who was supposed to protect her. She left her small children behind. We strongly condemn such acts. Masibaphathe kahle esizwana nabo. Masingahlukumezi muntu. Masingabulalani. Masithole usizo uma sinenkinga yokuthukuthela ngokweqile. We urge those in abusive relationships, those who fear for their lives to seek help and open cases at the SAPS.” the speaker said. “The Deputy Minister for Defense and Military Veterans Honourable Thabang Makwetla was appointed as a DDM champion for our District. We wish to take this time and appreciate his unwavering support and involvement in the development of the Gert Sibande district. We also appreciate all stakeholders involved in growing the District such as the sector departments, Local House of Traditional Leaders and various other partners. The Gert Sibande District Municipality (GSDM) is set on growing the district by looking at alternative sources of income and approaches including the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). In this regard, the GSDM is establishing an Aerospace Industrial Hub to be located at the Ermelo Airfield (FAEO), a land the local municipality of Msukaligwa has transferred to the District in support of this vision. This industrial hub is developed to host Aerospace manufacturers, specifically Aeronautics and Space Original Equipment Manufacturers as well as subsystems and component suppliers. Furthermore, the industrial hub will host an Aerospace Institute as well as an Aerospace Technology and Small Medium and Macro Enterprise (SMME) Incubator. Formerly known as Phezukomkhono, the current administration took a decision to transform the programme to ‘Siyathuthuka ’, a Zulu word for “We are developing” or “we are putting development into action” Enterprise Development to align it to the new vision of GSDM . Siyathuthuka is the district flagship EPWP program established with the objective to reduce unemployment and contribute towards skills development through EPWP implementation and training there by promoting sustainable livelihoods, as well as to contribute to the creation of work opportunities and income, contribute to the creation of work opportunities, and income support to poor and unemployed people. support to poor and unemployed people. This, and many more achievements were highlighted during the SODA. < Previous Article Next Article >

Devin Rheeders needs your help 1/1 Share SM HATTINGH 9 November 2021 Many of the symptoms of auditory neuropathy can also be caused by more common types of hearing loss. Devin Rheeders (4) needs the assistance of the Ermelo community. Devin has been evaluated at the Ear Institute’s Cochlear Implant Unit. The diagnosis of a profound sensorineural hearing loss was made, with a comprehensive audiological test battery, which included electroacoustic and advanced audiometric procedures. The most powerful hearing aids indicated insufficient hearing thresholds for normal functioning and development. Implanting Devin will give him access to sound which will provide him with the only chance of age-appropriate speech and language development. This will help him to perform better at school, and provide him opportunity to a better education resulting in independent employment as an adult in the future. If not implanted, it may lead to permanent changes in the auditory cortex in the brain, which may make it impossible to benefit from a cochlear implant, or any form of hearing restoration surgery in future. Auditory neuropathy is a rare type of hearing loss. It is caused by disruption of the nerve impulses travelling from the inner ear to the brain, although what causes this is unknown, and there is no cure. Both ears are usually affected, and the hearing loss ranges from mild to severe. Auditory neuropathy is sometimes referred to as a form of neural or nerve deafness. In some cases, the affected person can hear, but has difficulty understanding spoken words, particularly in noisy environments. Hearing and understanding speech may be improved by the use of hearing aids or cochlear implants. The symptoms of auditory neuropathy vary from one person to the next, and can fluctuate. Symptoms can include: mild to severe hearing loss, sounds fading in and out, difficulty understanding spoken words (speech perception), normal hearing but with poor speech perception worsened speech perception in noisy environments. Many of the symptoms of auditory neuropathy can also be caused by more common types of hearing loss. Devin is not on an active medical aid, and will therefore have to raise the entire amount of R375 000 to proceed with this life-changing operation. The gift of hearing is a gift of life, and Devin will benefit from a cochlear implant for the rest of his life. Donations can be paid into the following bank account, referring to the stipulated bank reference: Account name: Foundation for Children with a Hearing Loss in SA, Standard Bank, Branch: Gezina, Branch code: 01484500, Account number 011794798, Reference AB00468/Devin. Please send proof of all payments, together with your contact details to the Foundation manager: erika@hearingloss.org.za . In some cases, donations are tax deductible, please enquire with us. < Previous Article Next Article >

Mirror Trading International collapses, R5B worth of bitcoin lost 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 20 April 2021 CEO, Johann Steynberg, fled the country with over R5 billion worth of investors’ bitcoin. BTC Global, better known as Mirror Trading International, was a bitcoin investment scam that ran from mid-2017 to early 2018. It claimed to offer clients a way to invest in a trading pool managed by a “master trader”, Steven Twain. Social media was flooded with recruitment posts, with many of the posts being flogged by residents in and around Ermelo, hoping to get rich quick. Many residents in Ermelo and surroundings foolishly touted MTI as the golden goose of the ages, and condescendingly looked down upon those who saw it as a scam. A reported 27 000 people were scammed by BTC Global, including South Africans, Americans, and Australians. MTI went through a few iterations, but its surge in growth came after it adopted a multilevel marketing referral system and switched away from more conventional “copy trading” to purportedly using an automated trading program, or “bot”. Several warnings were issued from official bodies, including the Texas State Securities Board, Canada’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers, and South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). South Africans, however, decided to look the other way. In its warning from August last year, the FSCA recommended that people withdraw their money from MTI as soon as possible. “Mirror Trading International is another example of why the industry must spread the word that algorithmic trading platforms promising unrealistically high returns are nearly always scams. When cryptocurrency exchanges and other services learn of these scams and receive their cryptocurrency addresses, they should discourage users from sending funds to those addresses or at least warn them that financial losses are highly likely.” cryptocurrency observer and venture capitalist, Dovey Wan, said in a statement. This follows the final collapse of MTI after its CEO, Johann Steynberg, fled the country with over R5 billion worth of investors’ bitcoin. According to the South African common law, liquidators are in a position to claim money back from participants of this illegal scheme. < Previous Article Next Article >

Huawei Technologies - Invitation To Comment 1/2 Share PAID CONTENT 26 January 2021 Msukalikwa Municipality has received an application in terms of Msukaligwa Spatial Planning and Land Use management by-law 2016. A copy of the application is available for inspection during office hours (09h00 and 17h00) at the City Planning Department situated at Corner Kerk & Taute Street, Ermelo, 2351. Comments on the application may be submitted to the City Planning Department in writing to: P.O Box 48, Ermelo, 2350 or hand deliver at Corner Kerk & Taute Street, Ermelo, 2351, by the 10th of February 2021. The Msukaligwa Municipality may refuse to accept comments submitted after the closing date. Any person who failed to lodge comments by the closing date will not have the right to appeal against the decision of the Municipality. < Previous Article Next Article >

Revised school calender extends academic year 1/0 Share GK CRONJE 4 August 2020 In terms of the new version of the calendar, the teaching, learning and assessment for the 2020 academic year must be concluded by 15 December 2020 for Grades R to 11. Grade 12 examinations will be completed by this time, and the grading of papers will be wrapped up by January, and results released by 23 February 2021. After much debate, the terms of the new version of the calendar will see that schools resume on 24 August 2020, with as little as 156 actual school days for pupils. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) made the announcement on Saturday. In the previous announcement, Grade 12 pupils and teachers would only take a one-week break, returning to school on 3 August, while Grade 7 pupils would go back to class on August 10 after a two-week break. “The department considered the impact of the decision on the current calendar. The policy process to amend the school calendar commenced considering the urgency of the matter as necessitated by the prevalent COVID-19 environment,” the statement read. In terms of the new version of the calendar, the teaching, learning and assessment for the 2020 academic year must be concluded by 15 December 2020 for Grades R to 11. Grade 12 examinations will be completed by this time, and the grading of papers will be wrapped up by January, and results released by 23 February 2021. The new school year will commence on 25 January 2021. Information published as stated by the DBE at time of publication < Previous Article Next Article >

Ouma Toys rus sag by die Here se voete 1/1 Share GK CRONJE 3 August 2021 Die familie bedank graag vir Kobus Taljaard, AEA, en Xolani Ngomane, BAA, van Life Care Response Ambulansdienste vir hul flink hulp en bystand tydens ‘n vreeslike deurmekaar en hartseer tyd. Anna Cecilia Cook, meer bekend as Ouma Toys, gebore op 10 Maart 1942, is op die oggend van 27 Julie 2021 huiswaarts geroep deur haar hemelse Vader. Ouma Toys sal deur die gemeenskap en haar vriende onthou word as ‘n ystervrou met ‘n hart van goud, altyd bereid om haar laaste te gee om ander te help. “As die somer se eerste reën val, en die vars,vrugbare grondreuk tref die aarde, sal ek Ouma altyd onthou. As die vlinders vry vlieg, en op ‘n kosmos tot rus kom, sal ek Ouma altyd in my hart en siel vashou. As die trane val, en die waarom’s kom, sal ek Ouma se glimlag koester, en altyd die beter tye in my geheue laat ontvou. Liefste Ouma Toys, die trane val in vlae soos ek hierdie huldeblyk skryf, maar nie net trane van hartseer omdat ek Ouma se liefde, omgee en altyd verstaan sal mis nie, maar ook trane van blydskap omdat ek weet Ouma is gelukkig en veilig in Ouma se hemelhuis. Ouma se vlamrooi hare van Ouma se jong dae wapper weer in die wind soos wat Ouma in die goue strate van die hemel baljaar. Rus sag, my liefste Ouma Toys. Ouma was die beste Ouma waarvoor enige iemand kon vra. Hou my plek in die hemel vir my, tot ons weer ontmoet.” - Oneindige liefde, “Ouvrou” (Tanya). “My mom was a very extraordinary person, which in turn made her well loved by all. As a mother, she was always super protective, and was always concerned about everyone’s wellbeing. Her passion was to pray for the needy and the helpless, in each and everyone’s quest to find and to need the Lord Jesus Christ in each of their lives. As a Grandmother, she always kept each of the kids in her prayers everyday. She loved them dearly, and the desire of her heart was to do this task, if you can call it until the day she rest her head. She has completed the task, and according to us, she graduated with honors. We also know that she has been received with open arms, as Jesus was with her all the way in the last hour. Mammy, rest sweet and rejuvenate your strength in the arms of our Lord Jesus.” - Love, Charles. “Mammie... Hoe begin mens dankie sê vir mammie? Vir 'n lewe van liefde en omgee, van opofferings sodat ons kon hê. Dankie sê vir mammie wat ons die regte pad gewys het om te stap, sodat ons ook die kroon van die lewe kan ontvang. Ek sê dankie dat Vader God my ma se enigste dogter gemaak het, dankie vir die seën wat mammie in my lewe was, en altyd sal wees. Jubel en dans voor die Koning van die heelal, want ma het tot die einde toe uitgehou. Ek sal na mammie verlang totdat ons weer ontmoet.” Baie liefde, Michele. “Ma was ‘n wonderlike ma vir my, en vir ons, en ons was, en is steeds, ontsettend lief vir ma. Ek gaan ma se gesprekke en geselsies vreeslik mis hier by die huis. Ons sal altyd vir ma lief wees.” Diepe liefde, Tony. Die familie bedank graag vir Kobus Taljaard, AEA, en Xolani Ngomane, BAA, van Life Care Response Ambulansdienste vir hul flink hulp en bystand tydens ‘n vreeslike deurmekaar en hartseer tyd. Hul bedank ook graag AVBOB se personeel vir hul bystand. Laastens, maar nie die minste nie, bedank die familie die Tribune ePaper personeel vir hul hulp en meegevoel. Ouma Toys se finale totsiens was klaar deur familie gedoen, en die kerkdiens se datum en besonderhede sal persoonlik aan nabye vriende gestuur word. < Previous Article Next Article >

Hierdie riool loop dan verby ‘n nabygeleë skool, wat eerstens onaanvaarbaar is. Tweedens eindig die riool op in die Pet Dam, wat dan veroorsaak dat die dam verslyk. Ruik soos gebrek aan dienslewering 1/4 Share GK CRONJE 25 May 2021 Hierdie riool loop dan verby ‘n nabygeleë skool, wat eerstens onaanvaarbaar is. Tweedens eindig die riool op in die Pet Dam, wat dan veroorsaak dat die dam verslyk. Die skokkende nalatigheid vanaf Msukaligwa Plaaslike Munisipaliteit (MLM) rakende die onderhoud van die rioolsisteem in Ermelo en omliggende areas, laat talle inwoners om op te snork met rou riool, en die stank en gesondheidsrisikos wat gepaard gaan met verstopte rioolpype. Die rioolsisteem in President Fouché Laan is in so erge mate afgeskeep, dat daar op ‘n bykans weeklikse basis rou riool bruis vanuit die mangate. Hierdie area is al in die kollig vir meer as drie jaar, waar daar weekliks klagtes ingedien word, maar geen gehoor gegee word vanaf MLM nie. Geen daadwerkilike poging word aangewend vanaf MLM om die probleem op te klaar nie. Tot die bittere frustrasie van inwoners oorkant dié gemors, pleit MLM, sowel as wyksraadslede, bewusteloos, met die relevante departement van MLM wat die rioolpype halfhartig ontblok, in plaas van om direkte aksie te neem en die groter probleem van die infrastruktuur op te los. Inwoners moet maar net tevrede wees met die flou verskoning dat hulle die konstante probleme blameer op die feit dat daar onregmatig gebou en verleng word by baie wonings, sonder die goedkeuring van ‘n bouinspekteur of dorpsbeplanner. Ander verskonings sluit in ‘n gebrek aan finansies, gebrek aan gereedskap en masjienerie, en ‘n reeks ander belaglike bogstories. MLM het in die verlede ook aangedui dat uitbreiding van die aantal inwoners die reeds bouvallige rioolsisteem uiteraard oorlaai. Inwoners van dié area laat egter nie weer toe dat MLM heuning om hul monde smeer nie, en beplan om protes aan te teken teenoor die beplande meenthuis kompleks in die area. “Ek weet nie onder wat se klip hierdie munisipaliteit se stadsbeplanner uitgekruip het nie. Ek weet nie eers of daar ‘n gekwalifiseerde beplanner is wat weet wat hy doen nie. Ek is nie geniaal nie, maar logika sê vir my dat daar geen manier is dat hulle net planne vir komplekse kan goedkeur, terwyl hul duidelik weet dat die infrastruktuur klaar vrot is nie.” Dié is die woorde van ‘n inwoner in die area, wat anoniem wil bly. “Hulle bou en bou en bou net, waar gaan dit eindig? Soos dit is sit ons bykans elke dag sonder elektrisiteit, en nou wil hulle nog ‘n spul komplekse bou. Hulle sê dat die 88kVA lyn “oorlaai” is, en dat dit die rede is dat ons in die donker sit en vingers tel. Maar tog keur hulle links en regs nuwe ontwikkelinge goed sonder om te aarsel. Soos dit is loop die stront die strate vol voor my huis, ek kan nie my deure of vensters oppmaak sonder om te versmag in die stank nie. My kinders kan nie buite speel nie want dit is uiters gevaarlik, veral tydens die COVID pandemie wat ons in is. Die munisipaliteit preek oor higiëne en wat nog alles, maar hulle kan nie eers basiese dienste verskaf nie. Waar is ons raadslid? Wie is ons raadslid? Geen mens weet nie. Ek het telkens die gesondheidsinspekteur in die hande probeer kry, maar loop in mure vas by die munisipaliteit. Hulle is van geen hulp nie. Skandelik, dit is die woord. Skandelik.” Na aanleiding van die vorige verklaring wat deur MLM uitgereik was, is die toekoms donker vir inwoners van die area, omrede daar na bewering geen finansies in die MLM koffers is nie. Die toestand in President Fouché Laan is al van so aard dat daar slote gegrou is langs die mangate waar die rou riool uitborrel, en dié vloei dan vrylik na die middel van die veld toe. Hierdie riool loop dan verby ‘n nabygeleë skool, wat eerstens onaanvaarbaar is. Tweedens eindig die riool op in die Pet Dam, wat dan veroorsaak dat die dam verslyk. Die Tribune het met MLM se woordvoerder, Mandla Zwane, gepraat. Dié wil inwoners verseker dat daar aandag gegee word aan die probleem, en dat hy die relevante departement in kennis gestel het van die riool. Zwane het ook gesê dat hul ‘n plan van aksie bekend sal stel rakende die dienslewering in die area sodra die begrotingsvergadering afgehandel is. Sien meer foto’s en video’s op ons Facebook blad, Tribune Ermelo. < Previous Article Next Article >