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IN die twee maande sedert die waterbeperkings op 1 Oktober ingestel is, is daar in die Paarl en Wellington saam meer as 379 miljoen liter water bespaar. Dit is slegs sowat 79% van die besparings-mikpunt van 477 miljoen liter water wat tot nou bespaar moes word. Die gemiddelde daaglikse waterverbruik in die Paarl en Wellington oor die afgelope twee maande het gedaal van die verwagte 44,3 miljoen liter per dag tot 38,1 miljoen liter per dag. Goeie samewerking met die beperkings-maatreëls word ondervind. Dit was egter al nodig om 58 finale waarskuwings uit te reik aan oortreders. Meeste oortreders is mense wat hulle tuine op dae besproei wat hulle nie mag nie, ook wat tussen 10:00 en 16:00 besproei, en wat vir langer as die toegelate ure besproei. Indien 'n persoon na sy eerste oortreding nog steeds nie ag slaan op die beperkings nie, word sy water fisies beperk of 'n boete van R2000 word aan hom opgelê. Wes-Kaapse damme staan nou op 49,7% teen 67,6% verlede jaar. Paarl en Wellington kry 90% van hul water van Wemmershoekdam, wat tans 45,4% vol is, teenoor verlede jaar se 66,6%. |
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A GRAVESIDE is a reminder of the past, telling us the lessons of the past, said Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of the Western Cape, at the unveiling of the Heroes Acre in the Parys cemetery on Thursday. The project is a combined effort of Drakenstein Municipality, Khumbula Healing Centre and Khumbula Youth Project, its offspring. The Heroes Acre will serve as a means of reconciliation and healing for many that have lost their loved ones during the long process of liberation. "In the past the present is shaped and the future determined," said Rasool. He added that reconciliation is not a passive concept, as it is meant to reconcile that which historically seemed irreconcilable. "If it was easy to reconcile, a natural instinct, there would be no marital, societal or political problems. It is however more often the natural instinct to hold grudges." He said for true reconciliation, the process to decrease inequalities must be accelerated. He added that no one should feel threatened to stand in front of the remains of the young people who gave their lives for freedom. "The battle for memory is important. It may seem ironic, but it is more a struggle not to forget those who fought for freedom. "A struggle to tell emerging generations of these young people who didn't have freedom, but they had that elusive capacity of faith in something they yearned for, but haven't seen. "We have to transplant that faith in emerging generations, less they forget." Rasool unveiled the stone at the Heroes Acre. This stone is under a tree symbolising the trees in the bush where cadres used to be taught the art of war and politics outside the borders of South Africa during Apartheid days. Later on, when the Acre is fully developed, the stone will be removed and be placed at a permanent location. The Premier also laid a wreath, together with Cameron Dugmore, Western Cape Minister of Education, the the Commissioner of Police in the province, Mzwandile Petros, General Bongani Jonas of the SA Defence Force, families of the ex-combatants, former combatants and ex-political prisoners. As a gesture of reconciliation, it was thought fitting that the graves of those members of the statutory forces during the apartheid forces (army and police) also be incorporated into the Heroes Acre. A reconciliation path started from the graves of those old forces. Wreaths were also laidon their graves. Khumbula was launched in Mbekweni on 16 December 1998. Its vision being to heal and unite our nation. The objectives of this organisation which is a section 21 company are: to build memorials and monuments in memory of the fallen fighters, to exhume the remains of fallen heroes who died inside and outside the country, to write history from the perspective of ordinary foot soldiers, to heal the scars of painful past and to develop youth and women. |
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A TOTAL of 165 shebeen and tavern owners met at Mbekweni police station recently. They were invited by the neighbourhood watches who are doing shebeen control for a free and safety festive season, the community policing forum, the SAPS and members of the community. Dumisani Mziki, co-ordinator for the neighbourhood watches as well as for the shebeen control, said they want to ensure a safer festive season. The shebeen control programme needs the co-operation of shebeen owners. The programme have five basic legs: * Surveying of shebeens. * Signing of voluntarily code of conduct by all shebeen owner. * Control and monitoring of all shebeens by neighbourhood watches. * Education on drugs abuse and alcohol abuse whereby posters will be distributed to all shebeens and taverns. * Shebeens who don't adhere to this code of conduct will be closed down by the SAPS. Mziki also explained that during the last festive season crime rates increased due to non co-operation of shebeen owners. "We ask the shebeen owners to close on time." Shebeen owners agreed that they are going to make sure that no crime will be committed in and outside their premises. The shebeen owners will be operating as follows: Monday to Thursday from 08:00 to 21:00; Friday and Saturday from 08:00 to 23:00; Sunday from 09:00 to- 21:00. On Christmas Day they will be open from 09:00 to 21:00 and on New Year from 08:00 to 23:00. The station commissioner, supt Dyantyi, urged the community to join hands with the neighbourhood watches, CPF and SAPS to destroy all criminal activities. |
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