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Pretoria Moot WE DELIVER 17387/12-6-20 *DELIVERY FEE + Ts & Cs APPLY. RIETFONTEIN: 012 329 9339 TM Rietfontein Pavilion WAVERLEY: 012 942 0032 JUNE 12, 2020 • www.rekordmoot.co.za • 012-842-0300 Plaza Link Centre ‘Buurtwagbot’ werp vrugte 2 Smiles as schools re-open partially Temperatures were taken and Spike in gate hands sanitised as grade 7 and 12 learners went back motor thefts to school this Monday after being confi ned to their homes 3 for more than two months due to the coronavirus lockdown. Cloths to wipe their desks were also handed out to each learner. In the photo is Eduplex School learner Madison Da Sillva. Photo: Ron Sibiya SPCA open under level 3 Hospital ‘flood’ worries 4 Increased traffi c- and alcohol-related accidents in level 3 might leave health facilities competing for beds. Sinesipho Schrieber in Tshwane. earmarked for Covid-19 casualty units, particularly our A local paramedic service in the Moot, cases.” trauma units from Monday,” An increase in traffi c accidents and however, believed the availability of Several cases of sexual he said. Patrollies nou alcohol-related violence under level 3 of alcohol alone wasn’t to blame for the recent assault and rape were also Masuku said with more the lockdown has fuelled concerns that spike in traffi c accidents. reported since the start of the alcohol-related trauma cases weer terug there might not be enough hospital beds Instead an increase in road traffi c also level 3 lockdown. that health facilities needed to available should Covid-19 contributed. Gauteng health MEC Bandile respond to and more Covid-19 5 cases peak. “During the lockdown, there were still Masuku told the media on cases admitted, there might be According to the people who bought alcohol illicitly – or Friday the department was a competition for hospital beds Visit our website Department of made their own,” said Life Med ambulance worried about the surge in in the province. for breaking Health, there are service spokesperson Renata Erasmus. trauma cases since the sale He said there was a much- local, national 1 970 hospital However, she added, that alcohol could of alcohol was allowed again needed conversation on healthy and international beds available not be eliminated as a contributing factor. possibly overwhelming state consumption of alcohol within news. in both private Erasmus urged motorists to adhere to the hospitals. the South African society. and public health rules of the road. “There is nothing positive Masuku said this needed to www. care facilities Several traffi c accidents happened over emanating from the sale of be addressed as the outcomes rekordmoot. the weekend in Pretoria. alcohol. We have since had of alcohol abuse negatively co.za However, the provincial government’s a surge of numbers in our affected people’s lives. concerns centred mostly on the alcohol issue. Since the start of lockdown level three and the lifting of the alcohol ban, there were 18 alcohol-related deaths in Gauteng. This was according to community Woodsmoked Eisbein R5935/kg safety MEC Faith Mazibuko, who spoke Cheese Bacon Sausage R4595/500g S i at a Gauteng provincial command council R 26 n Woodsmoked Pork neck steaks 94 /kg c e media briefi ng on Covid-19 on Friday. Theron`s Famous Boerewors R14000/2kg She said pedestrians, motorists and Woodsmoked Pork Belly Ribs R8999/kg motorbike riders were among the fatalities. Prices valid from now until 20 June 2020 Mazibuko urged the public not to drink and drive as she reiterated President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for people to consume alcohol at their homes only. “It’s not a time to get together, one must drink their alcohol on their own.” Mazibuko said 124 assault cases were Exceptional Q uality reported on Monday and the stats since Meats @ Af forda d went up. ble Pr ee ices – H s of n On assaults with intent to cause grievous elping you to stand tall in time bodily harm, 76 cases were reported, she Communtiy safety said. MEC Faith Mazibuko. Mazibuko said these 76 cases fi lled up 076 537 15 24 Theron’s Meat Products like our page Photo: Bennitt Bartl hospitals’ trauma wards. 185 Charlotte Maxeke St • PTA West “This takes up beds that have been 012 327 3938/3939/ 2 PRETORIA MOOT REKORD JUNE 12, 2020 NEWS www.rekordmoot.co.za Project feeds 235 people each day Kayla van Petegem She said they prepared a plate of food for about 235 While the national lockdown people daily. has many residents confi ned “We are not able to give to their homes, it has also the same people food every brought many together to night,” she said. help the homeless. “Our team work according Taetse Durand, eienaar van Sierra Script, Since the start of the to a list. We make sure that wat die ‘bot’ vir AfriForum Oos-Moot each person on that list get national lockdown, many Lede van AfriForum se Oos-Moot buurtwag. programmeer het. residents have joined hands food – even if it is not every to assist the needy in the night.” different areas of Pretoria. Nel said as the lockdown One such a project was period progressed, the need started in the west of Pretoria for help became bigger. ‘Buurtwagbot’ werp vrugte and is run by several residents “With that said, donations in the area. are also getting less and less Kayla van Petegem Inwoners kan dié app op daarvan neem dat munisipale “Projek ek wil help was as the lockdown progressed,” hul slimfone afl aai en die probleme éérs by die Tshwane-metro started as something small she said. AfriForum se Oos-Moot-tak en soekfunksie op Telegram gebruik aangemeld kan word voordat dit by to help people in need and She said they needed about buurtwag in samewerking met die om @AfriForumBuurtBot en @ die Oos-Moot-tak aangemeld kan has now grown to us being R40 000 per day to be able maatskappy Sierra Script funksie Covid19Buurt_Bot op te spoor. word.” able to feed over 200 people to help. bekend as AfriForum-Bot op “Persone wat van dié funskie Hy sê tak- en buurtwaglede sal each day,” said former ward Another person who is part die Telegram-app ontwikkel om gebruik wil maak, sal verpligte die inligting wat hulle op die app councillor Elma Nel, who of the project, Tanita Venter ondersteuning aan gemeenskappe besonderhede moet insleutel, waarna ontvang gebruik om met die nodige was a part of the project. said they were in dire need of tydens die inperking te bied. dit moontlik sal wees om onder nooddienste, instansies en persone Nel said the project was donations. En dié bot het al baie suksesse meer misdaad, noodgevalle en te skakel om spoedige oplossings vir registered as a non-profi t “We need your help to be bereik sedert sy stigting. munisipale probleme aan te meld,” dié probleme te vind. organisation and started able to help those who need it “Die bot, afkorting van robot, sê Opperman. “Die Oos-Moot-tak en buurtwag during the fi rst week of the most,” she said. het ontstaan uit ’n behoefte om “Misdaadverwante probleme bedank Sierra Script vir die gratis national lockdown. She said donations could meer produktief om te gaan met en noodgevalle sal dadelik ontwikkeling van dié funksie. Hulle “The need for help is very be made by contacting her at inligting,” sê Andries Opperman, aan AfriForum se Oos-Moot- beskou dit as hul bydrae om te help big in the area and the project 076-113-4194. veiligheidsvoorsitter van die Oos- beheerkamer deurgestuur word. om die gemeenskap weerbaar te started out by us approaching Venter also thanked the Moot-tak. Dit sal ook as hulpmiddel tydens maak. Hulle verdien ’n applous,” sê businesses for help,” she said. team of Projek ek wil help, “Enigeen wat al op enige patrollies gebruik word.” Opperman. “They assisted us with who worked tirelessly to laangroep of veiligheidsgroep was, Opperman sê die afgelope naweek @AfriForumBuurtBot bied die sponsorships and donations.” assist the needy. sal weet die inligting stroom dikwels het hulle deelgeneem aan AfriForum volgende: net oor mens.” se nasionale versetpatrollie. - Magtiging om by die AfriForum- “Vandag is daar ’n uitkyk vir “Patrolleerders stuur slegs hulle Oos-Moot groep aan te sluit en ’n verdagte, maar môre is daardie ‘live location’ na hulle operasionele misdaad- en munisipale probleme boodskap verlore in al jou ander groep en die bot hou deurgaans boek aan te meld. gesprekke en boodskappe.” van hulle patrollie,” sê hy. @Covid19Buurt_Bot: Hy sê die AfriForum Oos-Moot “Presies waar hulle gery het, - Ontvang die nuutste Covid-19- buurtwag en tak het baie vinnig hoeveel kilometers hulle gery het, statistiek. gegroei. watter insidente hulle hanteer het en - Meld mediese noodgevalle aan “Gou was ons te veel lede op vele meer.” wat aan nooddienste deurgegee ons groep vir die 256 limiet wat Hy sê as ’n patrolleerder ’n word. WhatsApp het,” sê hy. insident hanteer, hoef hy of sy slegs - Rapporteer magsmisbruik. “Daarom het ons oorgeskuif na ’n stemboodskap vir die bot te - Voorsien inligting oor Covid-19- Telegram. Telegram bied presies stuur wat terugvoer gee van daardie toetssentrums. dieselfde funksies as WhatsApp insident en daardie stemboodskap - PatrollieBot (Hierdie is slegs maar net meer.” word in hul databasis gestoor vir vir patrolleerders van AfriForum se “Daar kan byvoorbeeld 200 000 toekomstige verwysing. Oos-Moot-buurtwag) lede op ’n groep wees. Admins het Opperman sê hulle het ook - Stel die beheerkamer en ander baie meer funksies met betrekking ’n behoefte identifi seer aan die patrolleerders in kennis van tot die bestuur van die groep. En munisipale kant.