elec ur tro yo n ic n o d e e v r i c e e h p a T Tap here to view - i e n t g e a r p a c F tive P D Rustenburg Thrill of the chill... No, let’s be honest about it - thus far the winter of 2020 was not your average winter in Rustenburg and a number of bitterly cold spells have had us reaching for the jerseys, jackets and blankets. Fortunately on Monday this week the latest cold front took its leave, for now, and left us with typically Rustenburg mild winter days. Despite very low morning temperatures over the weekend, the country is slowly but surely preparing itself for longer days and shorter nights. Pictured above, Jacquline Mostert and Miané Smith of Globe Model Look demonstrate that not all of winter is doom and gloom! (Photo: Waldie Volschenk). RLM disappointed by Mey-moord: Sithole Eskom’s “misleading” kry lewenslank statement - p4 - p5 Contact Rustenburg 014 495 3010 014 594 0798 24 JULY 2020 13 Coetzer Street, Rustenburg, 0299 www.rustenburgherald.co.za E-mail: [email protected] GPS Co-ordinates: 25° 40’ 31 S • 27° 15’ 28 E Established 1924 R5-00 VAT INCL PAGE 2 RUSTENBURG HERALD 24 JULY 2020 COVID-19 isolation period now 10 days RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Government has revised the recommended isolation period for patients TambotieKombuis who have tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement issued recently, the Health Minister Dr Zweli - Gratis vir jou Mkhize informed South Africans that the recommended isolation period for patients with confirmed COVID-19 infections is reduced from 14 days to 10 days. He said the recommendation RUSTENBURG HERALD - to reduce the number of days in isolation is based on evidence RUSTENBURG - Jy weet jy het die that most patients with mild COVID-19 infection continue to resep vir die watertand-gereg eens shed the virus from the upper airways for approximately seven op 'n tyd in die Herald gesien, en jy to 12 days. "Furthermore, the presence of detectable virus wou dit nog uitknip - maar toe het dit when testing does not necessarily imply infectiousness. It has jou ontglip. been proven that in mild cases, virus cultures are generally only Moenie bekommerd wees nie, jy gaan positive for 8-9 days after symptom onset," said the Minister. weer 'n kans kry om van die resepte wat voorheen in Rustenburg Herald verskyn het, te versamel. Vir die volgende paar maande gaan daar gereeld 'n keur van Beware when buying online dié resepte uit ons TambotieKombuis in die middelblad van die Herald verskyn. RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - You think it is safe to Maak seker dat jy joune uitknip en bêre. buy online from reputable websites? Think again! Scammers are out in full force, and they are even using legitimate sites to trick people out of their money. Local police has said that they have seen an increase in the reporting of fraud cases involving online transactions. NW Special "Do not pay over any money before you have made absolutely sure that the item you are buying is legitimate," warns capt Elsabé Augoustides, local police Adjustment spokesperson. She says it is especially car transactions that see a lot of people being Budget to be tabled scammed out of their money. "When you agree to meet a prospective seller, make sure RUSTENBURG HERALD - MAHIKENG - The the meeting spot is in a public place that is North West MEC for Finance, Motlalepula safe," capt Augoustides adds. Rosho, will deliver the 2020/21 Special Adjustment Budget later this week. The budget will be tabled on Thursday (23 July) at 09:00. "The historic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn has made it necessary to table such adjustments,” said MEC Rosho. Due to lockdown regulations and restrictions, the budget will be tabled LIVE on the North West Provincial Treasury and the Provincial Legislature Facebook pages. The speech will also be broadcast on all community radio stations. Budget documents will be made available on the Provincial Treasury website (www.treasury.nwpg.gov.za) as soon as the MEC starts to speak. 24 JULIE 2020 RUSTENBURG HERALD BLADSY 3 Mr Johan Wannenburg, a farmer of Shylock just outside Rustenburg alleges RLM “lights out” since 2016 that he is being bribed/ blackmailed by drivers of the Rustenburg Municipality in return for providing him says DA’s Cllr Du Plessis with his water needs. For RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - "Since 2016 Rustenburg Local Municipality the past ten days already, has failed to effectively deal with the maintenance of street lights which has led to an Wannenburg had received increase in criminal activities such as theft, burglary and street muggings. no water whatsoever! The risk of crime has become increasingly high as criminals take advantage of street lights being off at night to conduct their criminal activities", says Cllr Gert Du Plessis - DA Caucus Leader of the Rustenburg Local Municipality. "Some broken and damaged lamp poles have not been replaced since January 2019. When street light poles are damaged, they are usually left where they fall, even in the rare instances where new poles are installed. There are street light poles that pose a danger to motorists and pedestrians as the poles are held up by the cables that Farmer’s water bribery claim: Latest they are supposed to be supporting. RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - The case of a owner of a small-holding There is also no maintenance of traffic in the Shylock area just outside Rustenburg who alleges that he is being bribed lights which causes traffic congestion on and blackmailed by officials/drivers of the Rustenburg Municipality's water truck busy streets and in some cases a danger to :670LQL0D[L services took a turn for the worse over the weekend when a witness came forward the safety of road users as there is no way with information that one of the involved drivers/officials, apparently told villagers in of controlling traffic. In several areas, street /RDGV the area he will no longer deliver water to the farmer because he "took them to the lights burn day and night, when residents 6DQG6WRQH%ULFNV$JJUHJDWHV newspapers!". complain about the waste of electricity, the municipality often responds by threatening &HPHQW The particular farmer who is well-known he is only one of several farmers in the to Rustenburg Herald, told us last Monday area who are dependent on the Rustenburg to turn the lights off permanently", Du Plessis that he was being blackmailed and bribed Municipality for their domestic water needs. said. He says that during previous meetings, VDOHV#ZVWFR]D by a municipal employee of the Rustenburg Rustenburg Herald was told that some the Manager in the Electricity Unit of the VDOHV#ZVWFR]D municipality indicated that the reasons areas Municipality's in the "water services delivery landowners in the area, apparently out of 1R/RDGWRRELJ1R/RDGWRR department" for providing him with much- frustration, had begun to pay the truck drivers do not have working street lights during needed water for his farming and domestic per load for the water which is now totally out the night was due to a defect in the load VPDOOZHZLOOGRWKHPDOO needs. The farmer's land is situated in the of hand. A particular driver has begun to insist control system at the industrial substation Shylock area barely 12 kilometers west of on payment per truckload or by means of and that load control system at the Waterval Rustenburg - an area that is notorious for its expensive whiskey in return for his valuable substation has not been installed. They also lack of potable water, hence the "intervention" cargo, he said. Meanwhile the Rustenburg blame the lack of day and night switches by the Rustenburg Municipality to render Municipality confirmed that the case is being on problems experienced with the supply water delivery services in the area. investigated and that the outcome thereof will chain management process. Residents The farmer told Rustenburg Herald that be communicated shortly. have only received empty promises from the municipality", he said. Illegal structures demolished Traffic Department RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Last week the Rustenburg Crime Combating Unit (RCCU) led an operation to demolish illegally erected structures on a Testing Station piece of land along the R510. According to Mr David Magae, Rustenburg those who stand to benefit from the process, in Swartruggens Local Municipality Spokesperson, part of on the back of a completed audit done by the earmarked land by grabbers, was used the Municipality to significantly reduce the as a site establishment office by one of the number of informal dwellings. temporarily closed appointed contractors for the Rustenburg Rapid Transport (RRT) project. RUSTENBURG HERALD - KOSTER The Municipality's Public Safety Officers - Last week the Rustenburg Herald and an official from the Planning and Human received information that Three Settlements Directorate, descended upon staff members of Kgetlengrivier the portion where land grabs were underway. Local Municipality tested positive After successfully halting the continuation of to COVID-19, and as a result the the construction of illegal structures on the Traffic Department Testing Station in edge of a floodline and within close proximity Swartruggens had to be temporarily to the concrete barrier of the high-way, the closed. group was dispersed and law enforcement "In line with the Covid-19 protocols, patrolled the area over-night to ensure no the Department of Health was informed further illegal activity took place. and is working with the Municipality in This incident follows another separate contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. and unrelated land-grab incident where law All essential services of the Municipality enforcement were called to Dinie Estate, remain available," said Sannah Makgala, along the R24 (Krugersdorp Road), where Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality a group of people were found demarcating spokesperson in a statement issued on the land, and erecting shacks and fences.