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Issue: Mid - July, 2020

July deadline to relocate 1,500 Dunoon families “is no longer feasible”

Dunoon of potholes and raw sewage

Court order means millions of children can return to pre-school centres

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Shack with a swimming pool and Table Mountain view But Viziyalo Madola’s community still shares just one toilet

VIZIYALO MADOLA dug a swimming pool in his shack’s backyard in the Zwelitsha informal settlement, Cape Town.

Photo: Peter Luhanga

PETER LUHANGA

With magnificent views of Table Mountain, modern new homes go up daily in the burgeoning affluent suburb of Parklands, north of Tableview in Cape Town. Right next door, over the Diep River,

is Zwelitsha, an informal settlement with equally good vistas, but where hundreds of families share one bucket toilet and have no piped water during this global coronavirus pandemic.

Located behind Doornbach informal settlement, Zwelitsha, which means ‘a new world’, is on private land occupied since April

2019, despite attempts

by City of Cape Town law enforcement agencies and the Red Ants to evict the occupiers.

Most purchased plots from community leaders who co-ordinated the occupation, but who were later disowned.

One of the new leaders, Viziyalo Madola, was one of those who

bought his large plot. His shack boasts a lounge, a kitchenette, and a master bedroom. He also has a kennel for his pitbull puppy, “JJ”. The father of four has now dug his family a swimming pool with views of Table Mountain.

The pool is filled with rain and water from the wetland on which the settlement is located.

Before putting up his shack, he elevated the foundation with quarry stones to prevent rain water flooding his home.

“I want to live a lifestyle which my government should have provided. I am 42 years old now. I can’t wait for the government to get a swimming pool … I am getting there slowly. You

see how big my ground is? I have dreams,” he told GroundUp. However, according to Madolo the 300 families in his section share just one bucket toilet. Water is supplied by City tankers which park on Malibongwe Drive.

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July deadline to relocate 1,500 Dunoon families “is no longer feasible” The units will not be for ownership. They will be owned by the province and leased to the beneficiaries,” says MEC PETER LUHANGA ILISO LABANTU It is unclear whether authorities will meet their July deadline to relocate 1,500 families from Dunoon to nearby Winning Way industrial park. The relocation to the Transitional Residential Units (TRUs) is to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 as Dunoon is overcrowded and currently considered a pandemic hotspot.

On 21 November, businesses were asked to comment on the City of Cape Town’s application to rezone three vacant plots, constituting about 4,732 square metres of the Winning Way industrial park.

The proposed rezoned property will be added to land the City and pro-

vincial government had bought for R64.6 million.

Three months ago, Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu announced government plans to relocate people from overcrowded areas in Dunoon and Kosovo.

Beneficiaries, identified on the Housing Demand Database, will not return to their current homes after being relocated.

During a site visit with Sisulu, Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Tertius Simmers told GroundUp that residents would be moved to the TRU in July.

Since May, there have been sporadic protests in

the area sparked by the plans to relocate residents onto the Winning Way land.

The unrest prompted Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Tertius Simmers to visit the area on Monday. He was accompanied by other officials on the Dunoon Project Steering Committee who also did a presentation to update residents on the progress of the project.

According to the presentation: • Appointment of professionals, identify and secure land is 100% completed • Statutory planning is 50% completed • The design of internal and bulk services is 40%

Umhla wokugqibela kaJulayi ukuze kufuduswe iintsapho ezili-1,500 zeDunoon “awusasebenzi” iyunithi azizukuba zezabaninimzi. Zizokuba ngezabanini bephondo, beqeshiselwe kubaxhamli, ”utshilo u-MEC INTATHELI YABASEBENZI

ILISO LABANTU Akukaziwa ukuba abasemagunyeni bazakuhlangabezana nexesha labo likaJulayi ukuze bafudukele kwiintsapho ezili-1,500 zisuka eDunoon ziye kwiParking Winning Way. Ukufuduselwa kwiZiko lokuHlaliswa kweeThutyana (i-TRUs) ukunciphisa ukusasazeka kwe-Covid-19 njengoko i-Dunoon inabantu abaninzi kwaye kungokunje ithathwa njengeyona ndawo inobhubhane.

Ngomhla wama-21 ku-Novemba, amashishini acelwa ukuba anike izimvo ngesicelo seSixeko saseKapa sokuphinda enze iziza ezintathu ezingenabantu, ezimalunga ne-4,732 yeemitha zepaki ye Winning Way park yeprojekthi. Lo mhlaba ucandwe ngokutsha uza

kongezwa kumhlaba iSixeko kwaye urhulumente wephondo aye wawuthenga nge-R64.6 yezigidi.

Kwiinyanga ezintathu ezidlulileyo, Umphathiswa wezaMakhaya, aManzi noGutyulo uLindiwe Sisulu wabhengeza izicwangciso zikarhulumente zokufudusa abantu kwiindawo ezinabantu abaninzi eDunoon naseKosovo.

Abaxhamli, abachongwe kuVimba weDatha yeZindlu, abayi kubuyela kumakhaya abo ngoku emva kokufuduswa.

Ngexesha lotyelelo lukaSisulu, Umphathiswa Wezokuhlaliswa Kwabantu eNtshona Koloni, uTertius Simmers uxelele Iliso Labantu ukuba abahlali bazokufuduselwa kwiTRU ngoJulayi.

Ukusukela ngoMeyi, kubekho uqhanqalazo oluzenzekelayo kule ndawo luvuselelwe zizicwangciso zokufudusa

abahlali kumhlaba we Winning Way. Uqhankqalazo luvuselele u-MEC weNtshona Kapa kwezokuHlaliswa kwaTertius Simmers ukuba batyelele le ndawo ngoMvulo. Wayehamba namanye amagosa kwiKomiti yokuSingathwa kweProjekthi yeDunoon naye enze intetho yokuhlaziya abahlali ngenkqubela phambili yeprojekthi.

Ngokwengcaciso: • Ukuchongwa kweengcali, kuchonga kunye nomhlaba okhuselekileyo kugqityiwe nge-100% • Ukucwangciswa komthetho ngama-50% kugqityiwe

completed Design of top structures is 80% completed • Procurement of contractors for services is only at 15% • Procurement of contractors for top structures is 80% completed • There has not yet been any installation of services It is also not clear who the beneficiaries to be relocated will be.

On 30 June, Simmers said it will cost R180 million to construct the units for 1,500 families.

He assured residents that the area will not be like Blikkiesdorp. He said the housing units will have a 30-year lifespan.

“The units will not be for ownership. They will be owned by the province and leased to the beneficiaries,” said Simmers.

Asked if the project would meet the deadline, Simmers said, “July is not a feasible date. If all goes according to plan it will take 14 to 21 days. Construction will commence once the plans have been approved. We are taking •

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Ukuyilwa kweenkonzo zangaphakathi nangobuninzi ziipesenti ezingama-40 kugqityiwe • Uyilo lwezakhiwo eziphezulu zigqitywe ngama-80% • Ukuthengwa kweenkonzo zeekontraktha kuphela kwi-15% • Ukuthengwa kweekhontraktha zezona zakhiwo ziphezulu ngama-80% egqityiweyo • Akukabikho kufakwa kweenkonzo Akukacaci nokuba abaxhamli abaza kufuduswa ngobani.

Nge 30 kaJune, abakwaSimmers bathe kuzakuxabisa i-R180 yezigidi ukwakha iiyunithi kwiintsapho eziyi-1,500 Uqinisekise abahlali ukuba le ndawo ayizukufana neBlikkiesdorp. Uthe izindlu ziya kuba nobomi beminyaka engama-30.

Iiyunithi aziyi kuba zezabanini. Baza kuba bengabanini bephondo, beqeshiselwe kubaxhamli, ”utshilo uSimmers.

Xa bebuzwa ukuba ngaba iprojekthi le iza kudibana nomhla obekiweyo, uSimmers uthe, “uJulayi asinguye umhla onokwenzeka.

Ukuba konke kuhamba

The site to which 1,500 families will be relocated on Winning Way in Milnerton. Archive Photo: Peter Luhanga

much public engagements … Much disinformation [is] going around,” he said.

Mayco member for Human Settlements Malusi Booi said, “We are in the process of looking for other parcels of vacant land along the N7.

If we get another piece of land those people stopping the project will not benefit from it. We lost two MyCiTi bus stations in Dunoon, one in Milnerton. Budget needs to be redirected to buy buses for the middle class to go to work. At some point we need to arrest someone.”

Booi also rubbished claims that a list of beneficiaries has already been made. “If anyone is circulating a list they must be reported,” he said.

Ward 104 Council-

lor Lubabalo Makeleni (ANC) explained that two informal settlements, Doornbach also known as Site 5 and Siyahlala, were fighting for the earmarked land.

The land had been purchased in 2018 and at the time there were already plans to relocate some residents living near the railway line. “Then Covid-19 happened,” said Makeleni.

A police officer attending the meeting appealed to community leaders to isolate “criminals” taking part in the protests. “Most of these are kids making petrol bombs. Instead of cops dealing with crime, we are dealing with thuggery,” he said.

ngokwesicwangciso kuya kuthatha iintsuku ezili-14 ukuya kweziyi-21.

Ulwakhiwo luza kuqala emva kokuba iiplani zivunyiwe. Sithatha inxaxheba kawonkewonke ... Uninzi lwento ekungaqhelekanga kukujikeleza, utshilo.

Ilungu leMayco kwiNdawo yokuHlaliswa kwaBantu uMalusi Booi uthe, “sikwinkqubo yokujonga ezinye iipasile zomhlaba ongekabinamntu apha kuN7.

Ukuba sifumana esinye isiqwenga somhlaba abo bantu bayimileyo iprojekthi abayi kuxhamla.

Silahlekelwe zizikhululo zebhasi iMyCiTi eDunoon, enye eMilnerton. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali kufuneka luhlengahlengiswe ukuze kuthengwe iibhasi zodidi oluphakathi ukuze zihambise abantu emsebenzini. Ngamaxesha athile kufuneka sibambe umntu. ” U-Booi uphinde wachitha ibango lokuba uluhlu lwabaxhamli sele lwenziwe. “Ukuba nabani na ujikeleza uluhlu kufuneka axelwe,” utshilo.

Uceba weWadi 104 uLubabalo Makeleni (ANC) uchaze ukuba amatyotyombe amabini, iDoornbach ekwabizwa ngokuba yiSiza 5 kunye noSiyahlala, babelwela umhlaba owawuphawuliwe.

Umhlaba wawuthengiwe ngo-2018 kwaye ngelo

xesha kwakusele kukho izicwangciso zokufudusa abanye abahlali abahlala kufutshane nesiporo sikaloliwe. ‘Yenzeka ke iCovid-19,’ utshilo uMakeleni.

Ipolisa elaliye entlanganisweni labongoza iinkokheli zabahlali ukuba zibahlukanise “nezaphuli-mthetho” ezazibakho koluqhanqalazo.

Uninzi lwaba bantwana benza iibhombu zepetro.

Endaweni yokujongana nolwaphulomthetho, sisebenzisana nezaphuli mthetho, ”utshilo.

—GroundUp

POETRY CORNER Silent Killer- COVID-19

by BellaM COVID-19 pandemic The silent killer.

It’s continuously taking from us Our grannies, Our fathers and mothers.

Our uncles and aunts.

Our brothers and sisters, Our daughters and sons.

Even our babies.

Our families are in pain.

Let us come together.

Pray together.

Cry together.

Grieve together.

Mourn together.

Wash our hands sanitise and practice social distancing.

Coronavirus is deadly.

The silent killer- COVID-19

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Shack with a swimming pool and Table Mountain view FROM PAGE 1

Community leader Dolly Vinqishe said, “We need to be treated as South African citizens.”

She said because of the occupiers’ living environment “we just live like the virus is not there but we know it is there”.

Most people in Zwelitsha do not wear masks or practise physical distancing. They can’t afford sanitisers.

Mayco Member for Community Services and Health Zahid Badroodien said 50 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers were being trained to engage directly with residents in

the Dunoon area at targeted high risk areas such as spaza shops, public transport interchanges and shopping centre queues.

“City Health engaged with residents in the informal settlement to provide piping to make their own ‘tippy taps’, as well as provided lids that can be put on recycled two-litre bottles to make portable hand wash solutions such as the tippy tap that can be used in the home.

“Before the pandemic the residents had access to water via connections that they had run themselves from Doornbach.

Since the start of the pandemic, additional water

supplies were provided by means of tankers,” he said.

Mayco Member for Human Settlements Malusi Booi said, “The City is providing some enhanced Covid-19 water and sanitation in some areas of Dunoon. It must be noted, we have limitations, and more and more illegal settlements forming expose residents to health, safety, fire and flooding risks. We cannot cater for all the new settlements at the expense of planned projects, service delivery and Covid-19 efforts.”

—GroundUp.

Refinery to hold memorial for the two young chemical engineers killed in explosion

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UFUNA UKUHLAZIYA ILAYISENISI YESITHUTHI SAKHO?

Kodwa awukhange ukwazi ngenxa yokumiswa ngxi kwezinto yiCOVID-19?

STAFF REPORTER ILISO LABANTU An explosion rocked the Astron Energy oil refinery in Milnerton, Cape Town during the early hours of Thursday 2 July, killing two young chemical engineers and wounding seven.

The blast occurred at 4am, according to the refinery’s corporate affairs media and communications advisor, Suzanne Pullinger.

Pullinger told Iliso Labantu News this week that of the seven wounded workers admitted to hospital, six have been released and one remains in a stable condition, and medical support and counselling has been made available to anyone impacted by the incident.

Pullinger said a memorial service for chemical engineers Mpilo Sibiya (32) and Likhona Vece (27) will take place at the Astron Energy refinery this week.

Astron Energy CEO

OCCUPANTS OF PRIVATE LAND say they delight in the magnificent views of Table Mountain. Photo: Peter Luhanga

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Jonathan Molapo says, “the entire company is in deep distress at the loss of these two young and talented chemical engineers and we will continue to provide the necessary support to their families”.

Meanwhile, Pulling said the explosion has not threatened fuel supplies.

Regarding community health and safety, she says a post-incident risk assessment has been conducted and there is no health risk to the communities surrounding the

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refinery. Regarding safety at the plant, she said the situation was stable, the affected area is barricaded and local authorities were providing continued support.

As to the cause of the incident, she said her company is committed to a full investigation in cooperation with all the relevant authorities in order to find out why the explosion occurred and and to take steps to prevent any recurrence of this tragic event.

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Dunoon of potholes and raw sewage PETER LUHANGA ILISO LABANTU Potholes from deteriorating road infrastructure has become a hallmark of Dunoon, along with a pervasive stench of sewage which overflows from drain covers.

The problem is so severe that residents have resorted to building concrete channels to direct the sewage into storm water drains.

At the Dunoon Taxi Rank where the City of Cape Town is constructing a multi-million-rand transport interchange, the Dumani Road is marred with potholes for a stretch of about ten metres. Next to the rank vendors braai freshly slaughtered meat for sale while mounds of uncollected refuse pile up next to them and customers have to step over pools of sewage.

“In rural areas we have gravel roads and they are much better than our roads in Dunoon,” community leader Vusi Gajana says.

Gajana says when non profit organisations and companies wishing to contribute to upliftment in the township hold the meetings with community leaders, they prefer to meet elsewhere, outside the township.

He says the township’s entire road network is characterised by potholes and sewage overflows.

“There is sewage all over the place. It’s a mess.

Manhole covers are missing everywhere,” he says.

Meanwhile, mayco member for transport, Felicity Purchase, says the City was supposed to commence with a roads maintenance project in Dunoon on 17 June 2020.

Purchase says the City planned to resurface eight

of the busiest roads in this community: • • • • • • • •

Nkunkwana Road Thandabantu Road Denneboom Avenue Sections of Dumani Road Sections of Usasaza Road Sections of Siyabonga Street Nonzamo Road Ngena Street

But Purchase says ongoing violence, intimidation, and threats to demolish equipment has prevented the contractor from going on site as workers’ lives may be in danger.

She said two MyCiTi buses were torched at Potsdam Road and the Omuramba station on 20 June and the construction of the new minibus-taxi facility at the Dunoon Taxi Rank has been disrupted time and time again by

A STRETCH OF ABOUT TEN METRES of Dumani Road in Dunoon next to the taxi rank is marred with potholes filled with sewage. Photo: Peter Luhanga

“thugs going on site and threatening the contractor”.

But Gojana says that this is not an excuse.

“The protest occurred two weeks ago and the

road’s conditions have been deteriorating for a long time now. They never repair them,” he said.

Purchase says the planned road maintenance project will cost the

City R1 945 622.

“The project will commence once the area is calm and it is safe for the contractor and workers to be on site,” she said.

I-Dunoon yemingxunya kunye nogutyulo lwelindle INTATHELI YABASEBENZI

ILISO LABANTU Imingxunya evela kulwakhiwo lokonakaliswa kwendlela iye yangumqondiso weDunoon, kunye nokunuka kwamanzi amdaka okugcwala komhlaba ophuphuma kwimigangatho yokuhambisa amanzi.

Le ngxaki inzima kangangokuba abahlali baphinde bakhetha iindlela zokwakha ikhonkrithi ukuhambisa amanzi amdaka emanzini.

Kwinqanaba leeteksi zaseDunoon apho iSixeko saseKapa sakha khona izithuthi ezizigidi ngezigidi zeerandi, indlela yeDumani itsalwa yimingxunya eyolulwa kangangeemitha ezilishumi. Emva kodidi lwabathengisi bezilwanyana abahlatywe inyama ethengisiweyo ngelixa iindunduma zenkunkuma zingafakwanga ecaleni kwabo kwaye abathengi kufuneka batyhutyhe

iiphuli zelindle.

“Kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni sineendlela zerabha kwaye zingcono kuneendlela zethu eDunoon,” yatsho inkokeli yabahlali uVusi Gajana.

UGajana uthi xa imibutho engenzi nzuzo kunye neenkampani ezinqwenela ukwenza igalelo kuphakanyiso elokishini zibamba iintlanganiso neenkokheli zabahlali, bakhetha ukudibana kwenye indawo, ngaphandle elokishini.

Uthi ilokishi yonke le dolophana iyonke inethiwekhi iphawuleka ngemigangatho kunye nokugcwala kwemilambo.

“Kukho amanzi amdaka kuyo yonke indawo.

Kukungcungcutheka.

Izembozo ze manhole azikho ndawo zonke, ”utshilo.

Okwangoku, ilungu lemayco lezothutho, uFelicity Purchase, uthi iSixeko bekufanele ukuba siqalise ngeprojekthi yokulungiswa kweendlela eDunoon nge-17 kaJuni ka-2020.

Ukuthenga uthi iSixe-

ko sicwangcise ukuphinda sisebenzise iindlela ezisibhozo kwezona ndawo zixakekileyo kuluntu: • Indlela yeNkunkwana • Indlela yeThandabantu • I-Avenue yaseDenneboom • Amacandelo endlela kaDumani • Amacandelo endlela yeUsasaza • Amacandelo eSitalato i-Siyabonga • Indlela yeNonzamo • Isitrato saseNdaa Kodwa uMthengi uthi ubundlobongela obuqhubekayo, ukoyikisa, kunye nosongelo lokudiliza izixhobo kuthintele ikhontrakthi ukuba iqhubeke kwindawo njengoko ubomi babasebenzi bunokuba sengozini.

Uthe kwiibhasi ezimbini zeMyCiTi zitshiswe ePotsdam Road nakwisikhululo iOmuramba ngomhla wama-20 kuJuni kwaye ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo esitsha seeteksi kwindawo yaseDunoon Taxi isikhundla kuphaz-

UMFUNDI EBUYA ESIKOLWENI uhamba ngendlela eyondilisekileyo ye-Dumani Road epakishwe ngemingxunya ezele ngumjelo wamanzi amdaka. Ifoto: Peter Luhanga.

IBHANTI INYATHELA KWIINDUNDUMA zenkunkuma ukuze ikhuphe amanzi amdaka avela elunxwemeni etyhutyha ecaleni kwendlela yeDumani ecaleni kwetaxi yaseDunoon. Iindlela ezininzi elokishini ziqukethe imijelo yokuhambisa amanzi amdaka avela kugutyulo lwelindle. Ifoto: Peter Luhanga

amisekile amaxesha ngamaxesha “ngokuthuthumisa indawo kunye nokusongela indawo ikhontraktha ”.

Kodwa uGojana uthi esi ayisosizathu.

Uqhanqalazo lwen-

zeke kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo kwaye iimeko zendlela ziye zisiba maxongo ixesha elide ngoku. Azikaze zilungiswe, utshilo.

Ukuthenga uthi iprojekthi yokulungiswa

kwendlela iza kuxabisa iSixeko i-R1 945 622.

“Iprojekthi izakuqala nje ukuba indawo izolile kwaye kukhuselekile ukuba ikhontraktha kunye nabasebenzi babe kwindawo,” utshilo.

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Malunga ne Koeberg Public Safety Information Forum

Usektshini 26(4) womthetho NNR uthi “Ubani onesiqinisekiso sokufakela inyukliya umelwe kukuqulunqa iqonga elisekuhleni lokhuseleko ngokomyalelo ukuze akwazi ukuchazela abantu abahlala kumasipala lowo ngemiba nezicwangciso zokhuseleko ngexesha longxamiseko ngokumalunga nenyukliya nokunye okubanga umlilo nokutsha Yintoni iPublic Safety Information Forum (PSIF)?

IPSIF ngamafutshane yintlanganiso ehlala amatyeli amane ngonyaka.Isetyenziswa njengeqonga labahlali abawela kulawulo lomaspala okwingingqi ye Koeberg Nuclear Power Station lokuva bafumane nengcaciso malunga nemiba ephathelene ne nyukliya echaphazela isitishi eso.

Kuxoxwa imiba etheni?

Le forum ixoxa nayiphi na imicimbi nemiba abahlali abafuna ukuyithi thaca etafileni xa bekholelwa kwelokuba ichaphazela impilo yabo, intlalo nendalo nokhuseleko kwesisitishi senyukliya, ingakumbi ukulungela kwaso ukuqubisana nemeko yongxamiseko.

Ngubani omakeze entlanganisweni?

Wonke ubani ohlala kumaspala ongqonge iKoeberg, bonke abachaphazelekayo kwakunye nemibutho okanye iziqu ezinomdla kwimpilo nokhuseleko ngokubhekele kwisikhululo senyukliya bavumelekile kulentlanganiso.

Abo banqwenela ukuza kumele babhalise njengamalungu ePSIF. Kubhaliswa njani?

Nceda thumela igama nefani yakho, nelumbutho owumeleyo (ukuba kunjalo), okanye ungumhlali nge e-mail kwa : JosuhaD@eskom.co.za okanye uqhagamshelane ne ofisi ngokufonela apha: +27 21 550 4238 Zibanjelwa phi iintlanganiso ze PSIF ?

Imihla yentlanganiso iye ipapashwe kwikhalenda yonyaka ebizwa ngokuba yi Koeberg Emergency Plan Calendar, eye yafumaneka esitishini ngo Januwari ka 2020.

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Ungathetha nabani?

Ukufumana iinkcukacha fowunela uLewis Phidza, oyi Koeberg Stakeholder Management Manager, kwinombolo engu. +27 21 550 5758 okanye uthumele umqhafazo kwa: PhidzaNL@eskom.co.za. Kungenjalo ufonele uDebbie Joshua kwa +27 21 550 4238 okanye umqhafazele kwa JoshuaD@eskom.co.za Ukuba awuyifumenanga ikopi ye Koeberg Emergency Calendar kwaye ungumhlalli walengingqi kwisazulu esikumyinge we 16 kiolmeters (eyindawo edinga ungxamiseko lodidi oluphezulu) nceda ufonele i Koeberg Stakeholder Management Department kwa +27 21 550 4238 ngokukhawuleza.

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About the Koeberg Public Safety Information Forum

Section 26(4) of the NNR Act states that “The holder of a nuclear installation license must establish a public safety information forum as prescribed in order to inform the persons living in the municipal area in respect of which an emergency plan has been established on nuclear safety and radiation safety matters.”

What is the Public Safety Information Forum (PSIF)?

The PSIF is a meeting which takes place four times a year. It is used as a platform for residents within the municipal boundary of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, to enquire about and receive nuclear safety related information from the facility.

Which topics are discussed?

The forum will address any topic that the members feel could impact their health, environment, and safety from a nuclear emergency preparedness point of view.

Who should attend?

All persons living within the municipal area around Koeberg, all affected and interested organisations or parties, and any other persons concerned about their health and safety from a nuclear and radiation safety point of view are welcome to attend the forum. Persons wishing to attend are requested to register as a member.

How do I register?

Kindly email your details, i.e. full name, contact number, organisation (if applicable) or indicate whether you are a resident, to JoshuaD@eskom.co.za or contact tel. +27 21 550 4238.

When are the PSIF meetings held?

Dates for the meetings are published in the annual Koeberg Emergency Plan Calendar, which residents around the station would have received in January 2020. The PSIF meeting dates for this year are: • Thursday, 17 September 2020; and • Thursday, 26 November 2020.

Who to talk to For more information, contact Lewis Phidza, Koeberg Stakeholder Management Manager, at tel. +27 21 550 5758 or send an email to PhidzaNL@eskom.co.za. Alternatively contact Debbie Joshua at tel. +27 21 550 4238 or send an email to JoshuaD@eskom.co.za Should you not have received a Koeberg Emergency Plan Calendar and are a resident in the 16km radius of the station (Urgent Protective Action Zone), please contact the Koeberg Stakeholder Management Department at tel. +27 21 550 4238.

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Court order means millions of children can return to preschool centres Judge has harsh words for ministers Lindiwe Zulu and Angie Motshekga

by circular, issuing letters that have, at worst been either unlawful or, at best simply invalid.

“It is clear from expert evidence that they must return to school for their own well-being. They are less likely to get sick if infected, have milder disease, and are probably less infectious than adults.

“And yet neither (ministers) have advanced a single reason for the refusal to open up this sector. It is flagrant abuse of power.”

Judge Fabricius said he agreed with these submis-

sions.

“The State Attorney and his counsel should know that litigation that affects the right of children should not be conducted in this way.

Litigation is not a game,” he said.

The judge said Zulu “seems to have abdicated all responsibility and left it to minister Motshekga to determine when the sector should open”.

“They have both ruled by circular, issuing letters and circulars that have, at worst been either unlawful or, at best simply invalid.

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“The [private ECD] industry is not legally sophisticated, it has been following these circulars slavishly and attempted to implement them to the letter for fear of being arrested or closed down.”

He said the “lack of legal certainty” had “caused untold trauma and distress”.

In terms of the court order, the sector may now re-open, as long as there is compliance with the Covid-19 health regulations.

—GroundUp

ISAZISO SEENTLANGANISO ZAMABHUNGANA: KWEYEKHALA (JULAYI) 2020 Kukhutshwa isaziso sokuba iintlanganiso zamaBhungana angamashumi amabini anesine (24) eSixeko saseKapa ziyakuthi ziqhubekeke ngamaxesha nakwiindawo ezibonakaliswe kwishedyuli engezantsi apha: IBhungana Umhla

MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT LINDIWE ZULU attends the 2020 State of the Nation Address at Parliament in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

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Regulations affecting pre-school children attending non-government centres have changed frequently.

A judge has agreed that the social development and education ministers gave no reason for refusing to open these centres.

He ordered that the sector may re-open in compliance with health regulations.

About 2.7 million grade R and pre-school children who attend nongovernment institutions can return to their centres this week, in terms of an order obtained in the North Gauteng High Court.

Many of these children come from poor communities, and rely on the school’s feeding scheme for their daily meal, Judge Hans Fabricius was told in an application by the Skole-ondersteuning Sentrum (a non-profit company), against the ministers of social development, co-operative governance and basic education.

It was argued that because these institutions were not attached to any public school, in terms

of the Children’s Act they fell under the authority of Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu. But she had refused to engage with them over the Covid-19 lockdown.

Judge Fabricius had harsh words for the minister, ordering her to pay the costs of the application on a punitive scale.

“Her conduct falls short of the standard expected in these crucially important proceedings concerning young and vulnerable children,” he said.

He also criticised basic education minister Angie Motshekga for supporting the return of all learners to schools in two other court cases and then “completely changing course a day before this hearing”. ’’Her conduct falls short of the standard expected in these important proceedings The applicant, supported by amicus (friend of the court) SA Childcare, launched the court action after repeatedly being ignored by Zulu about when the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres, including partial care (for children with special needs) and after care centres could open again.

While Motshekga had issued directives in terms of public schools, Zulu

had not given any directives, leaving these entities in a vacuum.

Initially there had been no opposition from Zulu, and the ministers of education and cooperative governance had agreed to abide by the decision of the court.

Judge Fabricius said he had drafted his judgment, when after-hours on 30 June, he received a notice that the minister of social development intended to raise certain points of law.

One was that the Minister of Basic Education had now directed that no ECD (public or private) could open from 6 July, rendering the clarity the ECD centres were seeking and the court challenge moot.

Lawyers for SA Childcare accused the ministers of taking part in a “strategically planned ambush - a tactic which had become a general means of disposing of the consequences of unlawful administrative actions by simply amending or substituting regulations and directions”.

They said their conduct impacted on the needs of about 2.7 million children, left defenceless in the midst of “what appears to be a cat and mouse game”. ’’They have both ruled

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Dunoon Karate Club faces major challenges during Covid-19 Lockdown

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The Dunoon Karate Club, which was founded 20 years ago, faces major challenges due to the national Covid-19 lockdown.

The club was founded

by Sensei Tommy Koroba when he moved from Johannesburg to Cape Town in 2000, after, according to Sensei Koroba, he saw a lack of opportunities for young people and wanted

to provide martial arts teaching, as well as provide techniques for self defence.

Sensei Koroba believes karate improves the spiritual and moral aspects of children.

“As a club, we have grown from a total of 15 members to 38 members, which shows me that we are on the right track,” said Koroba.

But the Covid-19 restrictions meant it was not possible to keep track of

the young club members’ exercises or participate in training sessions and tournaments, says Sensei Tommy.

Having access to a proper training facility was also a challenge, says Tommy, as the club has only one community hall in which they can practice, and it had to be shared with other sports teams. This meant the karate club was only able to practice twice a week.

But he said the “biggest

problem” was township sports facilities were all locked up during the lockdown, and this delayed pupils’ development.

He is worried that without sporting activities, some young members might be tempted into gangsterism.

“I hope that we will be allowed soon back to training facilities so that we can continue as normal,” said Koroba

Sundowns Confirm Rulani Rulani Mokwena is returning to Mamelodi Sundowns three years after he left to join Orlando Pirates, the Soccer Laduma reports.

The publication reports that the 33-year-old tactician spent the last three months at Chippa United, but walked away at the end of his contract on June 30.

Reports had also suggested he will not be returning to Orlando Pirates after he was seconded by the Buccaneers to Chippa

pre-Covid, according to the report published this week.

However, a few days after he jokingly posted on his social media accounts that he was joining Gavin Hunt in the unemployment queue, the Siya crew can confirm that Mokwena will assume his previous role as Sundowns assistant coach.

He was never really replaced at Chloorkop, with head coach Pitso Mosimane opting to rather elevate goalkeeper coach

Wendell Robinson to work even closer with him and Manqoba Mnqgithi, the other assistant coach.

Mokwena left Downs in 2017 to take up a similar role at Pirates following the arrival of Micho Sredojevic and together they finished runners up behind Sundowns for two seasons in a row and qualified for the CAF Champions League.

But Sredojevic quit abruptly in August last year and Mokwena was made interim coach at

Pirates between then and November prior to the arrival of German mentor Josef Zinnbauer and the two, reportedly, did not see eye to eye.

It was then that Mokwena was “seconded” by the Buccaneers to Chippa three months ago, though he opted to not stay beyond the expiry of his contract on June 30 —Soccer Laduma.