February 6, 2020 Incorporating Kempton News/Nuus 011-970-3030 Fax: 011-970-4083 FREE Also fi nd us on the internett - www.kemwww.kemptonexpress.co.zapto / E-mail: [email protected] Boyfriend faces KEMPTON Over 2 000 High Court on SCHOOLS runners turn up murder charge3 EXCEL 4 for nite race 16 BOOM... the gates are gone were applied for, but were denied. However, the community still went ahead and installed them. “All road closures have to be in By Puleng Sekabate line with city planning. There is no irch Acres residents were way the municipality will approve left frustrated when 18 the closure of a main road. This Bboom gates were removed was the situation with most of these from their suburb on Wednesday boom gates. morning last week. “We have also received com- The removal was part of an plaints from community members operation led by the metro police’s that the road closures resulted in acting chief superintendent of the dense traffi c every morning.” Edleen precinct, Lawrence Mogale. Mogale told Express that “These boom gates were illegal, residents have to reapply for road which was why they had to be closures every two years. If they do removed,” said Mogale. not, then the closures are deemed “There have been several illegal. complaints from emergency and Norkem Park SAPS members as- ambulance services and police that sisted the metro police and by-laws the closures hinder their operations Download the free app and wardens to enforce the by-laws. as they battle to gain entry into the scan the story to see the According to Mogale, more ille- suburb. removal of the boom gates gal boom gates are to be removed. “One such example was when The gates removed last week were an ambulance was dispatched for Members of the EMPD, Norkem Park SAPS members and other stakeholders remove illegal on streets adjoining Piet-My-Vrou, an emergency, but the woman died boom gates as part of enforcing the by-laws. including Stork Street, Horn- before the ambulance could arrive. bill, Kransduif and Watertrapper “The paramedics said they bat- residents questioned the authori- erected to curb crime and that they have removed the gates if they were avenues. tled to arrive at the said location ties, with some stating that they felt more vulnerable without them. legal. Proper procedures have to be Mogale said the removed gates timeously due to the road closures.” had applied for the road closures. “We hear what community mem- followed,” said Mogale. would be taken to the Ekurhuleni During the removal operation, Residents said that the gates were bers are saying, but we would not “In some cases the closures stores in Spartan to be auctioned. Page 2 NEWS www.kemptonexpress.co.za . KEMPTON EXPRESS February 6, 2020 SNIPPETS CPF to meet in Sectors 1 and 2 Sgt Sharon Tsotsotso, spokesperson for Sebenza SAPS, invites the commu- nities of Sectors One and Two to the Community Policing Forum’s (CPF) public meetings on February 11 and 13. Sector One applies to Chloorkop, Kempton Park West, Esther Park and Cresslawn. The meeting will be held at Edleen Primary School at 6pm on February 11. Sector Two’s meeting applies to residents of Croydon, Kelvin Estate and Spartan and will be held at the In the middle of a park in Bonaero Park, a sewage dam has been created by a contractor working in the suburb. Baptist Church in Croydon on Febru- ary 13 at 6pm. For more information contact Tsot- Sewage dam fl oods park sotso on 073 116 7865. municipal contractor ing informed the City of Ekurhu- and the contractor took place on also overfl owing in residents’ SPCA cheer fund installing new stormwa- leni project manager of the dire Friday. properties. The metro should A ter pipes in Bonaero Park situation. Du Plessis, on behalf “On Thursday, they attempted institute criminal charges against raises good sum has created its own sewage dam of the project manager, asked the to fi x the botched work. I asked this contractor.” in a residential park, leaving contractor to stop all work. for drawings of the so-called On Monday, Du Plessis added Kempton Express’ annual cheer fund residents to live with the mess. However, the contractor’s stormwater inlets, especially the that the metro had no answers. in aid of Kempton Park SPCA has Ward councillor André du senior project manager alleg- one that has pipes at right angles “They simply said the sew- come to an end, raising R38 600 for Plessis said the contractor dam- edly instructed workers to keep to each other, and was told the age would be drained when the the society. aged a sewage line while work- pumping sewage into the pit. drawings were at their offi ce. project is completed by the end SPCA manager Kira Sparrow ing on the new water line. “Where this sewage storage “Do they check the plans at of February. thanked everyone who made a contri- As a result, sewage fl owed dam is now is supposed to be a the offi ce and then come to site “I have insisted that they use bution this year. into the excavations for the new stormwater run-off. They even and implement? It is the fi rst tankers to suction it up to be The last two contributions came pipes and the “only solution”, dug it deeper to accommodate time in my life that I have heard transported away.” from Beverly Campling for Bobby apparently, was to create the all the waste,” Du Plessis said on that excuse,” Du Plessis added Kempton Express referred the and Jo (R750) and Athena and Clive sewage pit in the park off Aero- Wednesday last week. on Thursday. matter to the City of Ekurhuleni (R5 000). parque Street. According to him an on-site “This negligent and reckless for comment. Du Plessis visited the site on meeting with Ekurhuleni of- behaviour poses a serious health The article will be updated Wednesday last week after hav- fi cials, a consulting engineer risk, as sewage manholes are once a reply has been received. Mes stel funksie af T347629KS06 MES moes ongelukkig die musiekteat- erproduksie, Mensch, afstel. Dit sou op 7 Maart in Glen Marais Tel : 011 391-4276 aangebied word. 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Despite an eviction order Kebe, who allegedly beheaded his girlfriend granted by the High Court in in their fl at in April last year, and left her head Johannesburg on November 21, in the fridge, was arrested at his place of work 2018, and a four-month exten- on West Street shortly after the body of Sibo- sion granted from October 2019 ngile Zenzile (28) was discovered on April 26. to January 31, 2020, nothing After several appearances in Kempton Park has been done to prepare the Community members, including Glen Marikana residents, attended the public meeting Magistrate’s Court, the matter was transferred land ahead of the move. The and raised their concerns regarding the eviction. to the South Gauteng High Court in Johannes- news that the land did not yet burg, following the decision of the director of belong to the municipality was environmental impact study and One resident asked what the see the last part of the eviction public prosecutions. heard during a public meeting rezoning,” said Terblanche. chances were for the owner of through will be a deterrent for Kebe is facing two charges, one for murder led by ward councillor Jaco Caucus leader of the DA the Glen Marikana land in Glen him,” said Du Preez. and another for the violation of a corpse. Terblanche at Avion Park Golf Phillip de Lange was also at Marais to get tired of fi ghting One of the other concerns The magistrate told the court last year the al- Club last week Wednesday. the meeting and questioned the for the eviction and sell the land. from the community was that legation was that on April 25, Kebe unlawfully This came as a shock to those value of the Putfontein land, Marius du Preez, attorney at the municipality would opt to and intentionally stabbed Zenzile several times in attendance, including Glen which drastically increased from Minnie and Du Preez Attorneys, buy the Dann Road land, but and killed her. Marikana residents. R4.7-million in 2017 to about told the community they were Terblanche confi rmed he was The second count is one of violating a Terblanche said at the meeting R20-m currently. not representing the owner, but aware of three interested buy- corpse, where the allegation is that the accused he was under the impression the He hinted at a possible foren- assisting him and his attorneys ers, which did not include the unlawfully tried to dispose of Zenzile’s body land in Putfontein belonged to sic investigation of the land.