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Taxi bosses want MyCiTi contract changed

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unoon taxi bosses want to renegotiate the MyCiTi bus 12 year contract approved by the City of Cape Town council in August 2013.

The plan to renegotiate the contract comes after the City’s recent clampdown on unlicensed minibus taxis operating on the west coast, including Dunoon and Joe Slovo Park in Milnerton.

Taxi bosses responded to the clampdown with violent protests. MyCiTi bus stations were vandalised, a truck and a car were set ablaze, and stones were thrown at several motorists on the N7.

The protests that erupted toward the end of September were suspended in the first week of October after Dunoon residents intervened and requested the taxi bosses to form a working committee to meet with the City to negotiate on the issues affecting their industry, such as operating permits.

The taxi bosses are fighting over operating permits in the Dunoon area as well as on the west coast. During the initial roll-out of the first phase of the MyCiTi bus project, taxi bosses were compensated for surrendering their minibus taxis to the City by being given shares in a MyCiTi Vehicle Operating Company called Kidrogen.

It is this company that was awarded the 12 year contract in 2013.

On Wednesday last week a delegation from the Dunoon Taxi Association (DTA), accom-

panied by Dunoon ward councillor Lubabalo Makeleni and representatives of the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) Dunoon branch, met executive mayor Dan Plato at the Civic Centre to discuss the industry’s frustrations.

The meeting, Makeleni said, was about “dissatisfaction of the [taxi] owners regarding the [MyCiTi bus] contract they signed with the City”.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Not surprised by violent protests in Dunoon As a resident of Table View, the violent protests in Dunoon earlier this month left me feeling very sad, but not at all surprised.

I visited Dunoon Library twice, just a few weeks ago, and while I was very impressed with the library itself, I was truly shocked by what I saw just outside this state-ofthe-art building. The smell of raw sewage was overpowering, the roads through Dunoon were a nightmare of potholes, traffic and pedestrians with no pavements to safely walk on.

As the founder of EOA Npc, a non-profit organisation based in Langa, I am quite accustomed to township-life. Besides Langa, I also carry out training programs in Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Nyanga, Phillipi, etc.

But nothing could compare to the conditions I witnessed in Dunoon.

Check out the August issue of Isolabantu, the local Dunoon newspaper; “Children play in streets of sewage.”

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Children play in streets of sewage This article, written by Peter Luhanga, will give people who’ve never been to Dunoon a small taste of what it is like to live there.

There is an enormous gap in this country, between the middle-class and the poor, and most people living in Dunoon work in the middle-class suburbs. So, while people living in the suburbs know little to nothing about the living conditions in Dunoon, most people from Dunoon know quite well what life is like in the suburbs, where they work. Domestic cleaners, gardeners, cashiers, construction workers, etc, are all well aware of how the other half live.

Around the same time that I visited the library, I couldn’t help noticing roadworks being carried out along the N7 and Wood Drive. The white lines were being re-painted on the N7 and walkways laid out on Wood Drive. I see this often in Table View and it never fails to puzzle me. Who decides where tax-payers, and rate-payers, money is spent? And as human beings – all of us – what should we prioritize?

Why are white lines being repainted, when children have to play in “streets of sewage”? Why are they not fixing those horrific toilets, which are not fit for animals to use, let alone human beings?

Remember the saying; If you treat people like animals, they will behave like animals.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why things went so wrong in Dunoon last week. Take a visit to the library, or read the Isolabantu news and the answer will hit you in the face, like the smell of raw sewage. ~Melinda Bechus

By PETER LUHANGA

Used condoms and puddles of raw sewage lie festering on the ground around communal standpipes where residents of Dunoon’s Ethembeni informal settlement collect water for drinking and cooking.

There are young children who mistake the discarded used condoms for balloons and blow them up, resulting in parents fearing they might contract sexually transmitted diseases.

Choosing a career Five things to help you become when you don’t know what to do a successful adult There are thousands of career options. The question is: how will you pick a career that's right for you? If you don't have the tiniest idea of what you want to do, the task may seem too great to overcome. Guess what? It isn't.

Put enough thought into it, and you will increase your chances of making a good decision that will see you through for a lifetime.

Create a shortlist At this point, start to narrow down your list. Based on what you researched so far, begin eliminating the careers you don't want to pursue. You should end up with fewer than two to five occupations on your "shortlist."

If your reasons for finding a career unacceptable are non-negotiable, cross it off your list. Remove everything with duties that don't appeal to you. Get rid of any occupation if you are unable to or unwilling to fulfill the educational or other requirements, or if you lack some of the soft skills necessary to succeed in it.

Identify your goals Once you make a decision, identify your long- and shortterm goals. Doing this will allow you to eventually work in your

chosen field. Long-term goals typically take about three to five years to reach, while you can usually fulfill a short-term goal in six months to three years.

Let the research you did about required education and training be your guide. If you don't have all the details, do some more research. Once you have all the information you need, set your goals. An example of a long-term goal would be completing your education and training. Shortterm goals include applying for university, apprenticeship, training, internship or other training programmes.

Write a career action plan Put together a career action plan, a written document that lays out all the steps you will have to take to reach your goals.

Think of it as a roadmap that will take you from point A to B, and then to C and D. Write down all your short- and long-term goals and the steps you will have to take to reach each one. Include any anticipated barriers that could get in the way of achieving your goals, and the ways you can overcome them. ~ Vuyo Magobiyane

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1. Growth doesn’t stop when you become an adult.

Being an adult and reaching your full potential means constantly learning and growing. Embrace learning something new every day, challenge yourself to go beyond what you think is possible and be willing to adopt new life philosophies.

Twenty years from now, you will want to have grown rich with life experiences and wisdom.

Opportunities don’t fall in your lap, but they are always placed within your reach.

It’s up to you to take action and reach out to grab on to every opportunity.

There is a difference between “can’t” and “won’t.”

Can you, or won’t you?

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will be able to learn eventually. Ask yourself – and be honest – is it something you simply don’t want to do or is it something you truly do not have the skills to accomplish? Change the ‘won’t’ to ‘will’ and you’ll see that you actually can.

Successful people will do things that unsuccessful people will not.

If you’re not willing to do the work or do what is necessary to be successful, then you never will be if something is truly worth having (that degree, a new business, a healthier body, etc.) and if you want it bad enough, no excuse or road block will keep you from reaching your goal.

Be that someone.

Don’t wait around for someone else to do something, take action and be that someone. ~ Vuyo Magobiyane

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Taxi bosses want MyCiTi contract changed He says the frustration relates to new routes where there is demand for taxi and this was not put into conderation during the initial planning and negotiations of the MyCiTi first phase.

Makeleni said routes south Bellville, Durbanville, and Wolwervier were never thought of at the time, but now with the population growth of Dunoon, there is demands for taxi services in those new routes.

“I have made it clear to the mayor (Dan Plato) that the violent protests by taxi bosses was temporarily suspended. We (residents) convinced taxi bosses to suspend the strike until discussions resume. This was agreed at a public meeting earlier this month,” said Makeleni.

He said after the meeting with Plato it had been agreed that a workshop to hosted by the City and all departments needed to be held with the Dunoon taxi bosses and the community working committee.

He said taxi bosses want the 12-year contract revoked as new taxis are needed in the area.

Dunoon Sanco representative Bulelwa Mayende, who was part of the delegation

that met Plato, said they wanted the mayor to assist the DTA with proper regulations to enable them to operate without being intimidated on all the routes.

Mayende said a city of Cape Town commuter survey conducted last year revealed that there was indeed demand for taxi’s in the Dunoon area and this was backed by an inboard taxi survey conducted by the taxi bosses earlier this year.

“The City of Cape Town agreed there is demand for taxis and taxi services do not affect the revenue generated by MyCiTi buses,” said Mayende.

She says for example, MyCiTi buses and taxis were full to capacity during rush hour yet there were still people left at the taxi rank.

Additionally, some people preferred taxis as they took them straight to their destination.

“We need these taxis to operate. We are appealing to the City to treat the request for operating permits and the establishment of the Transport Operating Company (TOC) as a matter of urgency. We persuaded taxi bosses to suspend the strike. The strike is not off, it’s suspended,” she said.

When called for comment on Thursday,

Commuters wait in line at the Dunoon taxi.

Photo: Peter Luhanga

Plato confirmed meeting the taxi bosses and the community representatives, saying it was their first engagement on the issue, but refused to provide a detailed response.

Dunoon Taxi Association’s (DTA) general secretary Frank Qotyiwe also only confirmed meeting Plato and didn’t want to elaborate further.

In the meantime, former mayco member for transport and urban development, now GOOD party secretary, Brett Herron, said he is aware that there’s a shortage of capacity and frequency on the MyCiTi system.

He says the taxi industry is more competitive and the direct routes are more convenient for some passengers.

“We were working on a new business model when I left. The Dunoon feeder had also not been introduced because the roadways had too much encroachment and the buses couldn’t fit. We were meant to be working with the taxi industry on a new model,” said Herron.

“The challenge for the City is that the deputy mayor Ian Neilson had been ward councillor in Table View when MyCiTi was planned and had promised the community that ‘all taxis would be removed’. Now the community is complaining about the presence of taxis.”

Herron said Neilson’s promise was “stupid because even if the model had worked as planned there.

Car trapped in pothole full of sewage

A bakkie came to the rescue of a motorist whose car got stuck in a deep pool of sewage on Tulip Street in Dunoon on Sunday October 20.

PETER LUHANGA A large pool of sewage in a Dunoon street is so deep, a motorist thinking he could drive through it got stuck. His car sunk axle-deep in the stinking muck and he had to pulled out by a bakkie.

The incident happened in Tulip Street the morning of Sunday 20 October.

Residents attempted to warn the driver to avoid driving through the sewage seeping from a manhole in the middle of the road, shouting and flagging him down.

The man tried to proceed slowly, but his front wheel stuck in the sewage hole.

Vuyokazi Mehlwana, who lives on the street not far where the sewage has been flowing for the past two weeks, saw the drama unfold at around 11am.

Mehlwana says she heard people shouting and when she stepped outside her RDP house she saw a motorist attempting to drive through the pool of sewage.

She says after the motorist got stuck, residents attempted to help him to push the car out but were unable to because the whole front of the car was axle deep in the sewage.

She says the residents then organised a bakkie to pull the Toyota Corolla out. Once it was plucked from the fetid pool, residents started cheering.

“The driver took another route,” said Mehlwana.

She said sewage started bubbling out of the manhole earlier on 3 October, more than two weeks since the incident. She has proof the sewage overflow has been reported to the City, but each time she reported the problem, she was given a new reference number, yet the health hazard has not been fixed.

“It's bad. It's affecting us residents. The stench is like coming from inside the house.

We have to close our doors and windows every time we eat a meal, no matter what time of day,” she said.

The deep and wide pool of sewage in Tulip Street is not an isolated incident: “ In Dunoon, every corner in the road there is raw sewage bubbling out and flowing downstream,” says Mehlwana.

Ward councillor Lubabalo Makeleni said he has noticed that City officials did not respond to complaints about blocked and overflowing sewerage in the township, and that some of the City’s contact telephone numbers for reporting faults did not work.

Makeleni said he has reported all the service delivery challenges in the township to executive mayor Dan Plato, who had promised to visit Dunoon and listen to residents’ complaints.

He said representatives from the subcouncil are scheduled to visit the township on October 22.

“We are not happy with the inhumane living conditions,” said Makeleni.

Water and waste mayco member Xanthea

Limberg said the water and sanitation department has a masterplanning soft ware modelling programme for the entire City that flags all pipelines in the City that have or could in the foreseeable future have capacity problems after the City’s densification initiative.

The model, Limberg, said also considers increasing backyard tenants, future developments and informal settlements.

“This being said, sewer overflows in almost 100% of cases are not caused by ageing or poorly maintained pipes, or capacity problems, but rather by misuse of the sewage system. Common causes of blockages include rags, wet wipes, general litter, building rubble, animal carcasses, food waste, tampons and sanitary pads, condoms etc.

She said residents are reminded that according to the City’s by-laws only human waste, greywater and toilet paper should be allowed into the sewage system.

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Oonotaxi bafuna kujongisiswe isivumelwano seebhasi Abanini beetaxi eDunoon bathi makuphindwe kuyiwe etafileni kushukuxwe isivumelwano senkqubo yezothutho lweebhasi uMyCiTi esineminyaka engamashumi amabini esaphunyezwa sisiXeko saseKapa ngo28 August 2013.

Eliceno loba makuphindwe kuxoxwe lilandela emveni kokuba isiXeko siye saqinisa isandla kwiitaxi ezingenamphepha mvume zokuthutha abantu eWest Coast equka iDunoon neJoe Slovo eMilnerton.

Oonotaxi baphendule ngokuthatha uqhankqalazo olunobundlobongela kuchithwa ze kutshiswe izikhululo zikaMyCiTi, isigadla kunye nenkqwelo ze kwagityiselwa abaqhubi ku N7.

Oluqhankqalazo oluqale ekupheleni kukaSeptember luye lwamiswa kwiveki yokuqala ka October emveni kokungenelela kwabahlala baseDunoon. Baye bacela ukuba oonotaxi benze ikomiti ezakudibana ze ixoxe nesiXeko ukuze kuxoxwe ngoluhlu lwengxaki abanazo eziqhuka lomba weempemphamvume.

Uyantlukwana ibangwa lugunya lokuthutha eDunoon nakwiWest Coast jikelele. Ngethuba kuqalwa uMyCiTi abanini beetaxi babuyekezelwa ukuxuthwa kweengqwelo zabo ngezabelo kunkampani eqhuba uMyCiTi uKidrogen.

Yile nkampani ayafumana esisivumelwano seminyaka eli-12 ngo2013. NgoLwesithathu odlulileyo isigqeba esisuka kwiDunoon Association (DTA), likhatshwa nguceba waseDunoon uLubabalo Makeleni kunye nabamele iSouth African National Civic Organisation

(Sanco) yaseDunoon kwadityanwa nosodolophu uDan Plato eCivic Centre kwaxoxwa.

Lomhlangano, ngokutsho kuka Makeleni, "ebebanjwelwe ukuxoxwa ukungoneliseki koonotaxi malunga nesivumelwano sika MyCiTI abasityikitya nesiXeko."

Uthe ingxuba kaxaka kukuba kukho isidinho setaxi kwimizila emitsha nto leyo ingazange ishukuxwe ngethuba kusungulwa uMyCiTi. Uthe imizila esemazantsi eBellville, Durbanville naseWolwervier zange icingwe ngeloxesha kodwa ngoku ikhulile iDunoon yaye kudingeka iitaxi.

"Ndikubeke kwacaca kusodolophu (uDan Plato) ukuba uqhanqalazo olunobundlobongela lumisiwe okwethutyana. (Singabahlali) Sikwazile ukuthetha nonotaxi ukuba lumiswe uqhankqalazo ngethuba siqala iingxoxo. Oku kwavunywa kwintlanganiso yoluntu ekuqaleni kwalenyanga," utshilo uMakeleni.

Uthe emveni kwentlanganiso noPlato kuye kwamiswa ukuba kubekho iworkshop ezakubanjwa sisiceko onke amasebe abekhona oonotaxi neko nekomiti yoluntu ibekhona.

Uthe onotaxi bafuna esisivumelwano seminyaka eli-12 sirhoxiswe kuba iitaxi ziyadingeka kulendawo.

Omele uSanco eDunoon uBulelwa Mayende ebengomnye wesisigqeba esiye sadibana noPlata, uthe bafun usodolophu ancedise iDTA ngemigaqo ezakuqinisekisa ukuba basebenza kakuhle ngphandle kokoyikiswa kulemizila.

UMayende uthe iseve eyenzwa sisiXeko

saseKapa kunyaka ophelileyo safumanisa ukuba sikhona isidingo seetaxi eDunoon yaye oku kwakukhathswa yiseve eyenziwa ezitaxini ngonootaxi ekuqaleni kwalonyaka.

"IsiXeko sivumile ukuba sikhon isidigo seetaxi yaye iinkonzo zothutho ngeetaxi akuchazeli iinzuzo ka MyCiTi," utshilo uMayende.

Uthe umzekelo ngowokuba xa ilixesha loxinwano endleleni ziyagcwala iibhasi zikaMyCiTi neetaxi zigcwale babakhona abantu abadinga iinqwelo.

"Siyazidinga ezitaxi. Zizo zodwa ezinokubeka apho uyakhona nokuba awunamali. Siyabongoza kwisixeko ukuba siwukhawulezele lomba wokukhupha iimphephamvume. Sikwazile ukuthetha nonotaxi ukuba kumiswe uqhankqalazo lilonke luphelanga lusamisiwiswe."

Ngethuba simbamba emxebeni ngoLwesine uPlato uvumile ukube lomhlangano ubanjiwe nonotaxi neenkokheli zoluntu esithi ibiz-

intethozokuqala akafunanga ukunaba.

Unobhala weDTA uFrank Qotyiwe naye uvumile ukuba lomhlangano ubokhona naye akanaba.

Owayesandula kuba lilungu lwekomoti kasodolophu, ongunobhala weGood uBret Herron uthe uyayazi ukuba uMyCiTi wayongazonelisi izidingo zothutho. Yaye iitaxi bezixelenga zikwahlisa abantu kufutshane kunebhasi.

"Besisebenza kwindlela entsh yokushishin phambi kokuba ndimke. Bekunzima ukuxelemge zekuthathwe abantu eDunoon kuba iibhasi bezingoneli ezindleleni nto leyo ebangela ukuba iitaxi zisebenze ngcono. Uthe umcela mngeni kuba usekela sodolophu uIan Neilson ebenguceba eTable View ethembisa abantu uba zizakususwa zonke iitaxi. Ngoku abahlali bakhalaza ngeetaxi kodwa uMyCiTi ukhona yaye iitaxi zibasa abantu apho ibhasi ingafiki khona"

IPosi yongele uSassa ibhiliyoni yeeranti Umbhali wethu Iqumbu iSouth African Social Security Agency (SASSA) yonge ibhiliyoni yeeranti yemali karhulumente emveni kokuphela kwesivumelwano sayo noCash Paymaster Services (CPS) ngoSeptember 2018.

USASSA uye wajongisisa indlela abhatala ngayo imali kwabo bafumana isibonelelo sikarhulumente ze kwatshintshw indlela yokubhatalwa kwabantu kwindawo ezithile nto leyo iphelise ukutsalwa kwemali okungagunyaziswanga.

Oku kwenzeke ngokomyalelo wenkundla yomgaqo siseko ngomhla ka 29 November 2017, ejoliswe kuSassa kunye nomphathiswa wezophuhliso loluntu esithi mabaseke indlela entsha yokuba abantu bafumane imali kuzwe lonke.

UShivani Wahab, osisithethi sakwaSassa kwiphondo lentshona koloni uthe olutshintsho lujolise ekulungiseni izikhalazo ebezivela kwabo bafumana isibonelelo kunye nemibutho efana noBlack Sash.

Obubudlelwane bukhokele ekubeni yiposi yasemzansi afrika ekhupha imali yesibonelelo.

"Lendlela intsha inika abantu ithuba lokuba bakhethe ukuba imali yabo iye kwibhanki zabo okanye kwikhadi lika Sassa," utshilo.

Indawo ezithile ebezinikela ngemali ziye zavalwa.

UWahab ukukhabile okuveliswe luphando lweBlack Sash kwingxelo eyafumanisa ukuba basekhona abantu abasebenzisa amakhadi akwaGrinrod aluhlaza ngelithi abazange banikwe ithuba lokuphefumla koluphando. IBlack Sash ityhola ukuba uSassa akakwazi okwehlukanisa phakatji kwamasi nempukane.

Kukho nesityholo sokuba igosa elithile lak-

waSassa lalile ukunceda umntu obefuna utshintsha ikhadi.

Uthe lengxelo igqibe ngokungalunganga ukuba kunzima ufumana uncedo kwaSassa kodwa impendulo ifumaneka phakathi kwentsuku ezili-14 emveni kwesikhalazo yaye akho kwasidingo se-afidavid, ngamampunge aqulathwe kulengxelo.

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sotshintsho MyCiTi goes digital Isiphakamiso kumthetho kamasipala wezendlela

Staff Writer The MyCiTi bus service now boasts a mobile app and fresh website, launched earlier this month.

The new app and website provides live updates and notifications relating to timetables, routes, and provides news alerts to customers while they are travelling.

The City considers online platforms as a reliable source of information commuters can depend on while creating possibilities for residents who may be reluctant to use the MyCiTi service due to time-sensitive schedules.

“I believe this is a great investment into the lives of our MyCiTi customers,” said transport mayco member Felicity Purchase.

Over the years the need for real time information has proved to be one of the top priorities for MyCiTi commuters, she said, adding that being able to manage their time by tailoring their route and schedules, and

finding the buses best suited to their needs, is empowering and satisfying.

The app and website allows passengers to track their bus.

“Our latest MyCiTi annual passenger survey found that 90% of our passengers own a smartphone and more than 80% are happy to receive information about MyCiTi digitally,” she said.

The aim of the new app and website is to respond to these needs by creating a quick and efficient way to interact with our customers while they are travelling,’ said Purchase.

The MyCiTi app can be downloaded free on Apple (iOS) and Android (Google Play) app stores.

She said the next priority is to make the live updates on Google Maps available to third-party developers for use in their own soft ware applications, subject to guidelines prescribing the use of the data and the MyCiTi brand.

IApp yabakhweli bakaMyCiTi

Umbhali wethu

"Siyabongoza uluntu ukuba lothathe inxaxheba kule ngxoxo kusekho ithuba," utshilo

Ithuba loluntu lokuxhamla kwisiphakamiso sotshintsho kwimithetho kamasipala lizakuphela ngomhla ka 31 October 2019.

Lomthethwa owayilwa ngo2011 ojolise kwizithuthi zoluntu nezendlela jikelele lomthetha wayejoliswe ekuxuthweni konomyayi kwabo babhaqwe bewusebenzisa beqhuba.

Kuzwelonke akuvumelekanga ukusebenzisa unomyayi xa uqhuba. Ekapa, umthetho uvumela amagosa ukuba awuxuthe.

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Our children need reading help

Staff Writer Countrywide reading clubs to teach children to read and understand are being set up by the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), and participants are being sought to help.

In the next few months NECT will send invites through the media, schools and community organisations to participate in its programmes and finalise the National Reading Plan.

The NECT aims to raise technical and material resources to improve the education of nearly 13 million children of school-going age in the country.

Participants would be involved in NECT’s Education Dialogues to shape national policy which led the Department of Basic Education to coordinate Early Childhood Development and to introduce a three-stream curriculum model to include technical and vocational education alongside the academ-

ic programme.

“We are facing a crisis as serious as – if not worse than – the HIV/AIDS pandemic,” said NECT spokesperson Lindelwa Mjangqeka.

She said the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study found 78 percent of Grade 4 learners were found to be unable to read for meaning.

“What good is reading or school education if it cannot help our children to identify and interpret explicitly stated information or make straightforward inferences about events and reasons for actions,” she said, adding this means that South Africa’s future leaders will not be able to make sense of their world.

Mjangqeka blamed the reading crisis on the lack of access to age-appropriate reading material, the inability of teachers to teach reading, and the absence of a reading culture.

She encouraged every South African to play their part to strengthen they public education.

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Liyaphela ixesha lwabathathe umhlalaphantsi lokufumana izaphulelo

Umbhali wethu Abathathe umhlalaphantsi bayabongozwa ukuba bayobhalisela ukufumana izaphulelo ekubhataleni umasipala phambi kuka30 November 2019. Abathathe umhlalaphantsi abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-60 ababefumene isaphulelo kwithuba lokuhlola ngo2015 bayabongozwa uba bayobhalisa kwakhona. Nabaqalayo ukubhalisela isaphulelo bamkelekile.

"Kwakunyanzelekile ukuba abo batya umhlalaphantsi babhalise nyaka nanyaka.

Ukuze sithule uxanduva oluninzi siyitshintshile lenkqubo ngoku babhalisela iminyaka emithathu," utshilo usekela sodolophu uIan Neilson.

UNeilson uthi isiXeko sizama kangangoko ukuzama ukuyenza lula lenkqubo," Uhlolo lweminyaka emithathu edlulileuo luphele ngoJune 2019 olulandelayo luqale 1 July 2019. Bhalisa ngokuthumela iemail okanye uyekwiofisi kamasipala ekufutshane kunawe.

Abanikazi bezindlu abaphila ngenjamnkam okanye izibonelo zikarhulumente abafumana imali efikelela ku R17 500 ngonyaka basenokusifumana isaphulelo.

Uthe konyuke ngeR2500 kwabo banokuncedwa ngesaphulelo. Uthe amakhaya afumana iR4500 ukuyotsho kuR17500 ngonyaka nabo izaphulelo zizakujongwa.

Uthe nabanikazi bezindlu abarhola ngaphantsi kwama-R6000 ngenyanga nokuba banangaphi bayakhuthazwa babhalise.

"Sikhuthaza abo bathathe umhlalaphantsi abalungayo bathathe amanyathelo kwangoku. Ukusukela kuNovember ukubheka phambili kuzakuba maxhaphetshu kwiofisi zethu. Bangakulibali oku." Wongeze ngelithi bazakunceda kangangoko banako.

"Kulamaxesha sikuwo sinexinezelelo ngakwezoqoqosho uyafuneka umrhi ukuze kuncedeke amakhaya nohlahlolwabiwo mali," utshilo.

Construction company has completed only 20% of housing contract Eastern Cape Human Settlements department blamed for delays Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik In 2015 Gauteng-based company Vuikani Construction and Transport was awarded a R82-million tender to build 489 houses in villages in the Cofimvaba district. Four years later, only 95 houses have been completed and residents are fed-up.

Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements spokesperson Masiza Mazizi confirmed that 140 RDP houses had been partly completed and 254 houses had not even been started.

He said to date R23,849,431 had been spent.

Angry residents and councillors in the villages where the houses were to be built said the construction company was unacceptably slow.

Ward1 councillor Wanda Vani told GroundUp each year Vuikani built only ten houses in his ward.

“This year Vuikani came in June and left in

August. They only finished the houses they left last year,” he said.

Ward 2 councillor Neliswa Gadeni said the company was not capable of doing the job.

In her ward, only 18 houses had been completed.

Ward 4 councillor Manyewu Shasha said in his ward Vuikani had stopped working. “Not a single house has been finished since 2016,” he said.

Frustrated housing beneficiaries said they cannot complete the houses as most of them are unemployed and dependant on social grants.

Vuikani Construction and Transport Managing Director Sibusiso Makwedini blamed the Department of Human Settlements for the delays, which he said were due to late payments.

Makwedini said at meetings between the contractor, the department and ward councillors, the department would confirm that there was a lack of budget.

An RDP house built early in 2017 is still without a roof. Photo by Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

“This is not easy on us. Yes, the tender is R82 million, but we were not given all the money. Last year we were given R7 million and we used all of it. And this year we are about to finish the budget,” he said.

Ward 2 residents said that Vuikani construction told them that they were running out of material.

Mazizi said he was not aware of this.

He said the original contract in September 2015 was for 15 months, but it was extended to 31 March 2021 due to budget constraints from the department. He said the contractor had not been aware that the project would cover 17 villages. There had been further delays in the planning process and as a result of “geotechnical activities” he said.

Seventy-year-old Nomathemba Ncamile

said her house had been built in early 2016.

The contractor had left and come back months later in 2017 to knock the house down because of defects. It had not been rebuilt, though Vuikani had come back to the area in June this year and rebuilt two other houses.

Other residents said there were dozens of sites with no progress on them. In one village there were more than 50 building sites with no construction taking place.

“There are old people who are hoping to benefit from these houses and are tired of waiting,” said one resident.

Makwedini promised that by next week the contractors would be back on all sites.

—GroundUp

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 e-mail 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 2019. The last PSIF meeting for this year is on Thursday, 28 November 2019.

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 5227.

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Shop owner a no show at Equality Court hearing

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Sheriff’s office blamed for delaying case Barbara Maregele The notice to appear in court served on the owner of a store where Liezel Haskin’s son was denied access was not done in time said Mitchells Plain Magistrate Rene Hindley in the Equality Court.

Haskin’s five-year-old son, Connor, has Down syndrome and developmental delays associated with West syndrome. He requires around-the-clock care and he uses a specialneeds wheelchair known as a buggy.

In April, Haskin went to a superette in Woodlands, Mitchells Plain, to buy groceries. She was told she could no longer enter the store with Connor’s buggy.

Haskin told GroundUp that she explained to the staff that she was a single mother and could not leave Connor without proper care.

She was told to either “leave Connor in his buggy at the door or carry him while shopping in the store”.

The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities referred Haskin’s case to law firm Webber Wentzel. Candidate lawyer Nkosinathi Thema and attorney Odette Gendenhuys are now assisting Haskin to take the

store owner, Salaudin Khan, to the Equality Court.

They argue that the way Haskin and Connor were treated is in direct breach of the Equality Act, which states that discrimination on the basis of someone’s disability is unfair.

The case had been set down for a directions hearing on Friday, the purpose of which is for the magistrate to advise the parties on how to conduct the case.

But Khan didn’t pitch up. Hindley asked if adequate steps had been taken to ensure that Khan was aware of the proceedings.

Notice should be served 14 days before the hearing date. The delay was with the Sheriff’s office and Hindley urged Thema to ensure that notice was served on Khan personally.

“If he is trying to evade, the Sheriff has to indicate what his problems were in trying to serve Mr Khan,” she said.

Hindley said she would meet with the Sheriff’s Office this week to discuss issues related to their conduct.

The matter is expected to return to court on 11 November.--GroundUp.

Liezel Haskin and her lawyer Nkosinathi Thema outside the Equality Court in Mitchells Plain on Friday. Photo: Barbara Maragele

West Coast town erupts in protests over housing mess-up

The mayor and residents met Monday night. Later, when the meeting moved to a hall, a brick was thrown through the window.

Photo supplied

The title deeds of several people were withdrawn at the last minute after it was discovered that they did not qualify for the Velddrif housing project Barbara Maregele The small West Coast town of Velddrif was on Monday 14 October brought to a standstill as scores of residents took to the streets to protest over the allocation of newly built houses, among other things.

Since early on Monday, groups of protesters blockaded roads with burning tyres and rubbish around the Noordhoek community where the new development is under construction. The R11-million housing project is expected to produce 107 new homes in Noordhoek.

Throughout the day, police and community groups sporadically confronted each other after several of the newly-built homes were vandalised, with doors removed and windows broken.

In a bid to restore calm, officials from the Bergrivier Municipality met the community late last night. But after an hour, the meeting was brought to an abrupt end when a brick was thrown through a window of the community hall. No injuries were reported. It is

unclear whether anyone was arrested.

The local soup kitchen building and a nearby shop were also vandalised. The area remained tense on Tuesday.

Resident Ronald January told GroundUp that he had paid a deposit on one of the new RDP houses and was meant to move in two months ago. But on the day the 30 homes were handed over, the municipality withdrew the title deeds from January and several other beneficiaries because it was only discovered at that stage that they did not qualify.

“When we were meant to do the handover of the houses, they [the council] told us that because I didn’t have dependents living with me permanently, we couldn’t get the house anymore,” said January.

“The problem is, there are so many people I know of who moved into their houses who don’t have dependents or a family. This is what we are saying is unfair,” he said.

January said it was the municipality’s responsibility to complete qualification checks

before approving his application and accepting his deposit. “We were expecting to move in and then this happened. It’s not right,” he said.

The local housing committee has accused the municipality of excluding them from the process. They said the problem could have been avoided had they been notified when it was discovered that some of the beneficiaries’ offers would be rescinded.

“This has been going on for two months now. The committee has been requesting meetings with the municipality to resolve the issue. But nothing happened. Now people decided to protest,” said activist Jean Japhtas.

Bergrivier Municipality Mayor Ray van Rooy, who attended the meeting on 14 Oc-

tober, said he would investigate.

“The problem is that national government approved the families that were going to benefit from the housing project. We put the names up at the local library for public comment – as is required. This is when we were informed that seven people, whose names were on the list, did not have dependents, had income of more than R3,500, or didn’t meet one of the other requirements. We couldn’t hand over the houses once we discovered that,” he said.

Van Rooy said he had asked Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Tertius Simmers to attend a meeting with the community.

—GroundUp

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Fast and furious at Killarney Motor Show

Dave Abrahams Ever wanted to get 'Fast and Furious' in a high-revving rear wheel drive performance car?

Here's your chance: One of the most exciting new attractions at the 2019 Killarney Motor Show is the opportunity to ride along as the drivers of the E36 Cup throw their BMW 3 Series racers very, very sideways on the Extreme Arena.

The Killarney Motor Show is powered by Kfm 94.5 at Killarney International Raceway on Sunday 27 October.

The E36 is the third-generation BMW 3 Series, built from 1990 to 2000 and remains immensely popular in South Africa. It's regarded as one of the best-balanced and most 'chuckable' sports sedans ever offered to local petrol heads. Powered by a screaming three-litre straight six, it's a popular basis for rallycross and drifting specials.

Local group the E36 Cup race these models in main circuit races or rallycross and they'll have about 10 cars on parade at the Killarney Motor Show on Sunday 27 October, ready to give you the ride of your life.

The cars are modified for racing with very short gearing so, although their top speed is only around 185km/h, their acceleration is electrifying – and will be even more so in the tight confines of the Extreme Arena.

To be part of the action will cost you R200 for five intense laps and the ride is open to all adults and children who are tall enough to see over the dashboard when strapped in.

The E36 crew will provide you with a crash helmet and strap you in for the slide of your life.

Book at the E36 pits at the end of the main straight, where the dragstrip crosses the Kfm Straight. You won't have to wait there for your turn - the crew will tell you exactly when your ride is scheduled, so you can go off and enjoy the Killarney Motor Show until then.

That includes a full Tar Oval Racing event; you'll get to see them at no extra cost at the biggest, most hands-on motor show in the Western Cape, open from 10:00am to 5:00pm – book at Computicket ( https://tickets.computicket.com/event/killarney_motor_show/6926375 ) or pay at the gate, both events for R100 for adults, R40 for scholars under 16 and free if you're under 12.

This year's show will feature no less than four active circuits, starting with the Tar Oval, where the 'Stockies' will be in action all day. Next door to that is the Extreme Arena, where you'll experience non-stop entertainment including the E36 Passenger Rides, stunts, drifting, burnouts, classic motorcycle

and even vintage tractor parades and tug-owar contests.

There will be public karting on the 'K' circuit, while the new car dealers have their own dedicated test drive circuit for the first time, offering test drives on the latest models all day.

Dakar Rally hero Kobus Potgieter will be running a round of the Western Cape FootUp Trials championship over all sorts of natural obstacles on the back straight, while international stunt stars the Le Riche brothers will amaze you with impossible stunts on two wheels, including riding almost four metres straight up the side of a truck!

All of this in a new, more accessible layout

that includes an entirely new category of exhibitors and fascinating new displays, live music and a fun fair in the pits paddock offering exciting rides for children of all ages and more than 100 stalls selling just about anything you can think of for your car - and your tummy, with a huge variety of watering holes serving ice-cold drinks, sitdown eateries and takeaway vendors.

But it's really all about the cars, trucks and motorcycles, with close to 1300 vehicles on show, including new models not seen before in the Western Cape (some of which you'll actually get the chance to drive on the Test Circuit), classic and exotic cars bearing names such as Porsche, Jaguar and Alfa Romeo from 1902 to the 1980s, and powerful racing cars and bikes.

The Streetcar Show on the Porsche Club Straight will feature cars of all types and sizes, customised inside and out and modified as only the Mother City's petrolheads can do it, into 'hot rods', American-style musclecars and 'stance cars' lowered to within millimetres of the tar.

Nearly all of the vehicles on show are driven to Killarney. That's what the biggest motor show in the Western Cape is all about.

It's for real – and you're invited.

SPORT

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Chiefs praised for fighting spirit

Not for the first time this season, Kaizer Chiefs snatched victory from the jaws of defeat over the weekend, and they have been praised for the fight that they showed in Cape Town.

Soccer Laduma The Glamour Boys looked to be heading out of the Telkom Knockout at the first hurdle as they battled to get level with Cape Town City following Kermit Erasmus’ opener, but Samir Nurkovic stepped up to the late in the dying embers of the game to get them level and take things to extra-time

Daniel Cardoso, who missed a penalty in normal time, stepped up to convert in the shootout and was followed by Leonardo Castro, Khama Billiat and Erick Mathoho who hit the back of the net to seal victory.

Ernst Middendorp, who is currently leading Chiefs to their best start to a season since 2014/15, was full of praise for his troops, especially after seeing them once again come

from behind to get a result.

Speaking to Chiefs’ official website, the German said, “It was expected to be an intense game… We knew they were going to come hard at us. We dominated in the initial stages of the game, but I thought missing the penalty slowed us down a bit. Credit though must go to the team because we fought until the end.

“After missing the penalty, we allowed them to come at us. It is part of the game and it happens to the best in the world. Moments later we conceded against the run of play. It is good that we regrouped and back strongly after making a series of changes.”

—Soccer Laduma

Chillie Boy's take the under-10 Dunoon LFA crown David Rossouw Youth football in the Dunoon Local Football Association has improved to the point it is the shop window for the beautiful game in Dunoon. Good football was seen in all the junior divisions, from the under-ten to the under-18 teams. In the under-ten division the

exciting Chillie BoysFC team lost only three matches of their 18 league matches.

Chillie Boys FC compete well against the more establish teams like FC Mimosa, Pioneer, Liverpool and even against the top academy teams like Spice 4 Life, Nova Nacional, and Dunoon YSA to reach the top spot. The team was not given a chance to win

the league at the beginning of the season, but their hard work and determination let them believe they could come out on top. It wasn’t easy for the youngsters as they had to face other teams who were also determined to be champions of the Dunoon LFA league.

With a three point lead over coach Amos Siwayi’s FC Mimosa team, the pressure was

building and the Chillie Boys couldn’t afford a slip. But coach Joseph Moyane’s team kept their heads cool and held their lead until the last match and were crowned the 2019 league champions of the Dunoon LFA.

Arsenal under-10s break through barriers David Rossouw Junior football has improved significantly as the soccer season draws to an end in Atlantis and Dunoon.

The Arsenal FC under-10 team from Witsand settlement are the surprise soccer package of the club. Not only did they perform well above expectations but they also stand

a chance of finishing as runners up in the Atlantis LFA league if they win their remaining matches.This young Witsand team has improved remarkably from where they were at the beginning of the season. The team had to struggle in the beginning of the season due to training facilities not always being available, but that didn’t stop them playing top football.

According to coach Kwezi Beqezi, the team

has performed well above expectations and if it wasn’t for a couple of setbacks at the beginning of the season they could be in a much better position.

“Our main focus point now is to get these youngsters focused on the remaining matches as they can lose interest very quickly if we don’t keep them busy training,” said Beqezi.

“We are very proud of the achievements of

the junior devisions at Arsenal and it shows that our development programs are reaping the benefits now.”

He said now that structures are in place, they hoped to increase junior memberships next year.

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