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The gate to the West Wits Hospital has been a busy place during the past month as various contractors have been working at the site.
Adele Louw infrastructure and buildings have facility will be used by the Health clinics, converting under-utilised remained in good condition after Department. ones into dedicated facilities, using AngloGold Ashanti’s West Wits the closure process. The hospital According to DID’s spokesperson, alternative construction methods to Hospital is being transformed into a was licensed for 294 beds which Ms Ramona Baijnath, the provincial complement existing capacity and facility where several Covid-19 provided medical services for all department’s major refurbishment acquiring additional space at exter- patients can be treated. AGA employees and their families of the hospital is still underway. nal facilities,” she says. Although it Various contractors have been during its operational life cycle,” he “The AngloGold Ashanti Hospital is not clear when the AGA hospital busy at the hospital during the last says. refurbishment will consist of 22 will be ready for its first Covid-19 month after the government an- The Herald contacted the commu- wards,” says Baijnath. patients, the acting Head of DID, nounced that it had been identified nication officer of the Department During the visit to the newly- Mr Richard Makhumisani, said as a treatment facility for Covid-19 of Health in the West Rand, Mr refurbished wards at Chris Hani work at hospitals is done in line patients. Thuso Montwedi, for more informa- Baragwanath Hospital earlier, MEC with the required health infrastruc- According to AGA’s spokesperson, tion on the work being done at the Motara explained the four-pillar ture standards. As far as could be Mr Chris Nthite, the company hospital. He said the Department of provincial strategy of building determined, this is one of only two already handed over the hospital to Infrastructure Development (DID) in sufficient space in the fight against such dedicated Covid-19 facilities the Gauteng Department of Health the province was administrating the the Covid-19 pandemic. that will be opened in the West on 8 April, after signing a no-fee work on the infrastructure. Once The plan involves upgrading Rand. The other one is in Mulders- lease agreement. “The hospital the job has been completed, the existing wards in hospitals and drift. 2 www.carletonvilleherald.com Carletonville Herald 21 Mei 2020
In the Herald 20 years ago – Father shoots son in theft drama The Carletonville Herald reported on The man, the owner of a shebeen could not see him because of many issues in the community in its in house No. 4136 in Kyalethu secti- the heavily- issues of 20 years ago. on, stormed out of his house to tinted windows. A father from Khutsong shot his announce that South Africa had won He said the car came to a standstill Kaartjies vir die onderskeie verto- child when he thought a robber was the soccer game when he heard his about three houses from his and he nings het van tussen R10 en R18 trying to get into his car. car’s engine. ran into his house to call the police. gewissel. Pick n Pay in Carletonville According to Supt Tommie Thomp- When the car started moving, he When they arrived at the scene, het 2 kg Country Fair honderbraai- son, the officer in command at the reportedly shot a few shots in the they discovered that he had shot his stukke vir R18.99, 8 kg Pedigree Khutsong Police Station, the 63-year- direction of the wheel, but not even stepson in the chest twice. hondekos vir R46.99, 500 g Kellogg’s old man said in his statement that he the flat tyre could stop the “robber”. Die rolprente, Erin Brokovich en Rice Crispies vir R13.25 en 200 g was watching soccer at home on He then allegedly shot in the Scream 3 het by die Kine by die Romany Creams vir R5.35 in ‘n Saturday 18:00. direction of the driver, although he Carletonville Sportkompleks gewys. advertensie te koop aangebied. From the editor Water leaks wasting millions Adele Louw One thing that has become clear during the lockdown is that people need reliable in- While the Merafong City Local formation, especially about their Municipality is planning to push communities. up rates, it is doing nothing Since the national lockdown started, the about water leaks that lead to Herald was distributed for free at certain thousands of rands in losses. outlets. This was done to ensure that as Residents living around the many people as possible have access to re- intersection of Agnew Road and liable information. Reinecke Street in Carletonville Keeping our com- have been complaining about munities informed is the pillar upon which water theft since last year. They the Herald has always stood. Even though say unsavoury characters in the lockdown regulations are expected to relax area are stealing water from in the coming weeks, there is still a need what seems to be a water valve for solid information. on the main water line. Besides communities having to be infor- “I have called the municipality med about the specific lockdown regulati- several times to report the ons that affect their daily lives, the advent problem, but no one has atten- of fake news has also been a thorn in the ded to it,” one of them said. flesh of many. On Monday, another resident The decision to distribute the Herald at complained that he had seen no cost was not taken lightly, but the need people stealing water at the of our community to access information same place. has trumped all other considerations. Closer inspection showed that One of the open maintenance holes on the side of Reinecke Street, where people are getting their A free, unbiased media is an integral part there are two open maintenance water illegally. of any well-functioning democracy. With- holes at the problem site, which out access to critical information, an infor- is situated next to the sidewalk in Reinecke Street, “Water near so much electricity is never a safe mation-desert is created, which opens the between the Agnew Road intersection and the thing,” a resident complained. door for misinformation to spread. turn-off to Cactus Street. The maintenance holes Although the municipality is slow to cut down on A misinformed public is a dangerous si- are filled with water that has been spilt when the its water wastage, it recently proposed increases of tuation because, without reliable inform- thieves open the valve. between five and 10 per cent for residents’ water ation, people cannot make informed deci- At the time of the Herald’s visit, a group of men, use from 1 July, when the new financial year sions about pertinent issues. presumably the ones who usually repair vehicle begins. It is in light of the above that we have de- exhausts on the nearby sidewalk, stared at the The municipality’s water losses have often been cided to keep the Herald free of charge in Herald’s journalist and the resident who had more than 40 per cent of the water it has pur- the future. reported the matter. chased from Rand Water during the past few years. The issues tackled in the Herald will not These people are allegedly some of the culprits The Herald asked the municipality about the change. The Herald that has be- who steal water at the site. Those living at the Reinecke Street problems on Tuesday. come an institution in Carletonville over informal dumping site next to Agnew Road, where It promised to attend to the problems “as soon the last 50 years will remain, you just won’t the municipal waste removal trucks were previously as possible”. have to pay for it. stored, have also been blamed. Illegal miners “The issue will need a combined intervention As of 1 June, the Herald will be distri- allegedly sometimes get their water from there. between the municipality and law enforcement buted door-to-door in certain areas and Meanwhile, water is leaking from the sidewalk in sector. This will be done as soon as possible,” the available at retail outlets. front of the municipality’s electrical sub-station in municipality said about the people who are still Reinecke Street again. living at the old waste removal truck site.