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ISOLABANTU AUGUST 2015
Umfazana usinde ekufeni ngomlilo UFEZEKA Mrwetyana ominyaka engama 31 usadomboza ebonga uNkulunkulu ngethamsanqa lokusinda ekufeni ngumlilo emva kokuba ityotyombe lakhe lintunyekwe ngomlilo. UMrwetyana lo uhlala kwinkampu yoogobityholo eDoornbach cebekuhle eDunoon uve ivumba le diesel waze wavuka kobunzulu ubuthongo logama idangatye lomlilo belihlasela ucango lwakhe.Uvuse abamelwane ngoko nangoko baze bakwazi ukuwucima phambi kokuba wenza umonakalo omkhulu. Ukanti iinzame zikamaspala weSixeko zokuzama ukusika lendawo ngokutsha zikhatywe zathi saa ngabahlali abathe bakha amatyotyombe ngendlovu. Le nkqubo ibizakucutha ukuxinana nobunyukunyuku basematyotyombeni nto leyo ibizakubangela izithuthi zoncedo ezifana ne ambulance, izicimi
mlilo neveniz zamapolisa zingene lula xa kukho inkathazo. Ngoku abahlali basaqhubeka besakha amatyotyomeb nakwesiphina isithuba somhlaba abasibonayo. Ooceba namagosa esixeko akhuthaza uluntu ukuba lubize amapolisa ochitho matyotyombe xa ebona ukundlovwa kusenziwa. UMrwetyana yena ukwiqela labahlali abaxhasa lenkqubo yesiXeko kwaye ungomnye woontamnani abakhawuleza baxelele isiXeko xa ebona kugxunyekwa ityotyombe. Kwiveki ephelileyo uwe emnxebeni ebeiza amagosa esiXeko asakubona abantu besakha ngenkani. Kuthe kanti uzinqikele elitye elinembovane kuba emva koko ityotyombe lakhe liye latshiswa. Uthi ukuba ebengavukanga ngekuthetha ukuba imizi emininzi nayo itshile. “Ndifuna amapolisa aphande kwaye abambe abantu abenze lento kuba ndiphantse ndafa,” uthethe
watsho. Ummelwane wakhe uMampinga Velaphi, ominyaka ingama 78, uthi uvuswe zizikhalo zika Mrwetyana obengcangcazela luloyiko. UVelaphi uthi naye uqumbe usisifu sesisehlo kuba sichaphazela ubomi babo kakubi. UThandie Vingca ohlala kufuphi apho abasoze bayeke ukwazisa isiXeko xa bebona abandlovi. Uthi urhanela ukuba indlu kaMrwetyana itshiswe ngabandloovi. “Bangafane basoyikise, basigrogrise sizakuqhuba sibanqanda xa besenza oku,” ufunge watsho uVingca. Uceba walapho uLubabalo Makeleni usigxeke kabukhali esi sehlo. “Kukho abantu abakhohlakeley phakathi kwethu, abangayifuniyo inyani. Siza kwenza konke okusemandleni siqinisekise ukuba bayabanjwa yingalo yomthetho,” uMakeleni utyityimbise umnwe. Othethela amapolisa ephondweni uConstable Noloyiso Rwexana ungqinile ukuba benza uphando ngesisehlo.
Report fire incidents directly to fire department, says fire chief
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LLEGAL electricity connections with wires hanging loose, abandoned cars parked on the side of the road side and mechanics repairing broken and worn out cars on the side of the road, are some of the challenges the City Fire Department in Milnerton experience when responding a desperate fire incident calls. Last Friday the City Fire Department in Milnerton embarked on an education and fire awareness drive, aimed at providing a profile of the department, not always seen by the public, and help residents understand what they go through when they respond to desperate fire incidents calls.
Mark Smith, a fire chief at Milnerton Fire Station told Dunoon community leaders that sometimes fire victims called the South African Police crime hotline to report a fire incident. “What delays a quicker response sometimes is that people call a SAPS crime hotline to report a fire incident and the SAPS protocol is that they first go to the fire scene and investigate then call us,” he said urging residents to call the fire department directly. Smith said because of the challenges experienced to reach a fire scene on time, victims got angry accusing them of taking too long to reach the fire scene and stoned fire engines and fire fighting and rescue crew.
NEWS BRIEFS
Man bust with dagga Police patroling Dunoon Area on 15 August found 2.238kg of dagga hidden in a house in Kwezi Street following a public tip off. Constable Tania Scott and her partner found the dagga rolled in a plastic. A forty-year old male suspect was arrested on the scene. This once again shows how successfully drugs can be taken off the streets when communities work together with the police.
He said another challenge was that when fire fighters are battling a blaze, residents, used axes to chop off the fire hoses to create a sprinkler thinking that their action
he said. Siyahlala squatter camp resident Sibongile Mbondlela, 34, said she was glad to see the fire fighting and rescue team conducting an education awareness campaign on their challenges. “We are very glad to see them. They
will help douse the fire quicker ignorant that they were destroying the fire equipment and delaying the process to extinguish the blaze. He said some residents that had upgraded their RDP houses had covered fire hydrants and when the fire engines tanks water run dry they had to start searching for fire hydrants while property and lives was at stake. “ We need to engage more with the community to provide a broad-based education on fire fighting. People want to assist us. We be visiting Joe Slovo Park near in Milnerton and other areas,”
can see how we stay and know how to respond to mitigate their challenges and reach a fire scene on time. Thier delay in reaching our squatter camps during a fire incident is because of squatter camps are inaccessible,” said Mbondlela. She said residents would would be
glad if the Milnerton Fire Department can tell them when there is opportunities to train fir fighting volunteers so they can be part of it and help fight fires and save lives.