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This will stop He has about eight months left and Capital Address. further pollution of the Pienaars river and tells us he cannot do anything about the With just months before the local the Roodeplaat dam downstream.” Hammanskraal (water treatment) issue. government elections, Tshwane metro mayor The fi rst phase of the multi-year project to “He says the metro on its own cannot Randall Williams tabled on Thursday, upgrade the region’s biggest water purifi er aff ord to replace the infrastructure in essential plans for the region to Rooiwal waste water treatment works aimed Hammanskraal. enhance service delivery such at providing clean water for residents of “Why could the metro not ask for as upgrading of water treatment Hammanskraal its overall progress was at assistance from the national government plants for clean water and 48%. from the outset?” completion of a new power “We are still planning on implementing Mabogwane said the region was faced station to meet growing demand. phase 2 and 3 over the next fi ve years. with the eff ects of Covid-19 and the metro Part of his 10-point plan “For years a big issue has always been should fi nd creative ways for revenue to ensure stable services the lack of funding to adequately address collection. involved the prioritisation of the issues at Rooiwal. The full cost of the Tshwane South African Municipal upgrading and maintenance of project is estimated at approximately Workers’ Union (Samwu) regional secretary, ageing water and electricity R2-billion.” Mpho Tladinyane was also unhappy, saying infrastructure in Tshwane. Williams said the metro targeted eight the speech did not address the challenges “Despite the real challenges informal settlements of 227, spread across they were facing. that the Covid-19 national its seven regions, with an estimated “As employees of the city we expected the state of disaster has had on 345 710 households, for formalisation in the mayor to address issue of two power stations our project timelines, our township establishment stage this fi nancial that are currently not working right now and utility services department year. need to be upgraded.” has managed to spend almost He said the metro was also currently “We expected the mayor to announce that 50% of its capital budget installing bulk internal water and sewer they would insource services.” by mid-year, and is on track services to support the human settlement DA coalition partners Freedom Front Plus to spend at least 95% of its developments. (FF+) Sakkie du Plooy welcomed the plans budget by year-end.” “In just over three months, we have cut tabled by Williams. Williams detailed that over 45 million square metres of grass. The “We welcome the vision of the various the new Wildebeest road repair teams have repaired over 10 800 projects going forward, some of these Infeed substation in the potholes across 25 000 square meters of projects have already started and are road, a massive area altogether.” ongoing.” east of Pretoria, was Unlike the other opposition parties, Du He also vowed that the metro would still critical in supplying Plooy said he was confi dent in the DA rapidly increasing proceed with its plans working towards leadership. power demand and to fi nancial stability after being negatively strengthen the backup aff ected by the Covid-19 outbreak and a supply to many other R4-billion defi cit incurred during the substations. temporary administration of the metro. 2020 Highlights He said the project Meanwhile, Tshwane council opposition was on track to be political parties slammed mayor Williams’ completed by 2024 State of the Capital Address (SoCA), in partnership with describing it as “hollow”. Tshwane metro mayor Eskom. ANC Tshwane leader Kgosi Maepa said Randall Williams. Pollution of rivers they found the speech “disappointing” in the region saw the and that it “failed” to address key service 75 000 metro in hot waters delivery issues. as the department of “The DA government has failed from one water and sanitation disaster to the next. It has moved from bad Street Lights took the municipality to worse,” he said. to court, Williams said “The DA regurgitated the plans of the Have been repaired the metro was well on ANC government in 2016. They spoke about track in solving this. A Re Yeng (Tshwane’s bus rapid transit He said the Baviaanspoort system) which is a programme that was 10 800 Potholes waste water treatment works started by the ANC government. Repaired in Tshwane upgrade project was 88% “They spoke about the Tshwane Free complete and would be Wi-Fi and the Rooiwal water treatment completed in May. plant, which is planned and fi nanced by the R41 Baviaanspoort million Waste Water Treatment Works. Informal 8 settlements Tshwane FreedomFront Tshwane ANC leader Plus leader Sakkie du Plooy. Tshwane EFF leader To be formalised this Kgosi Maepa. “The “We welcome the vision of MoAfrika Mabogwane. DA has failed from one the various projects going “It was nothing but fi nancial year disaster to the next.” forward.” empty words.” 2 NEWS PRETORIA WEST REKORD APRIL 23, 2021 Sluit aan en maak ’n verskil, vra GPF Hercules GPF stel ’n nuwe voorsitter aan wat inwoners aanmoedig om by hulle aan te sluit. Carli Koch Venter ’n e-pos na herculessektor3@ gmail.com stuur. “Mense is toenemend bekommerd oor Só lyk Hercules GPF-sektor 3 se misdaadbekamping.” komitee: Só sê die nuut aangestelde voorsitter - Voorsitter: Ria Venter van Hercules GPF-subforum 3, Ria - Ondervoorsitter: Clive Correia Venter. - Sekretaresse: Petro Hattingh “Gemoedere styg en plek-plek bereik - Hulp-sekretaresse: Eve van Vuuren dit kookpunt. - Tesourier: Alet Robbetze “Frustrasie-drempels word oorgesteek, - Operasionele koördineerder/ emosies van magtelose woede loop hoog, patrolliebeampte: Charles Cairncross ’n gevoel van onveiligheid en selfs vrees - Opleidingsbeampte: Marco Entres pak mense beet. Ons word gedwing om - Logistiek: Rassie Erasmus MMC for housing and human settlements Mpho Mehlape-Zimu and Solly Msimango speaking agter hoë mure en veiligheidsheinings te - Covid-19 nakomingsbeampte: Johan to residents. skuil,” sê Venter. van Sittert. Venter is aan die begin van die maand as die voorsitter aangestel en is geen onbekende gesig in die bestuursposisie Provincial government says van die subforum nie. Sy is al vir die afgelope nege jaar alombekend in die area. it will evict ‘illegal invaders’ Sektor 3 strek van die noorde van Van der Hoff -weg, met ’n gedeelte in die Lunga Mzangwe it. Some of the people that were supposed to industriële gebied tussen Michaelson- be there are from Mooiplaas and the people en Bornmanstrate, tot die ooste by The provincial government will evict are asking us what is happening. Hendrikstraat. people who have invaded houses in “We have accepted that the people from Die De Waal-wisselaar, die bergreeks Olievenhoutbosch ext 27, it said. Mooiplaas will not get these places, so we aan die Daspoort-tonnel se kant “An eviction order has been obtained are looking at alternatives to see how we can asook Mahem en die eindpunt van die by the department,” said Gauteng human accommodate them.” Gamorrah-nedersetting vorm óók deel settlements, urban planning and cooperative She said they are setting up van die streek. governance and Cogta spokesperson, Tahir interdepartmental meetings and a security “Ons poog om, in samewerking met die Sema. cluster to talk about the issues of land polisie en ander rolspelers, ’n sterk front “Such an eviction order requires a lot of invasions in the city. teen misdaad in ons area te vorm, Ons processes and detailed planning which not DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for nooi graag elke inwoner hartlik uit om by only depend on the department, but on other human settlements Mervyn Cirota said ons aan te sluit en deel te vorm van die stakeholders such as law enforcement as they discovered that an empty lot in Hercules GPF. well as the availability of a sheriff . Olievenhoutbosch extension 27, where “Lidmaatskap is gratis, maar enige “Houses that have been invaded delay the 2 000 houses were to be built, has also been insette as lidmaat is van kardinale belang, handing over to the rightful benefi ciaries. invaded a few weeks ago. spesifi ek in ag geneem dat ons in sekere “If the land is invaded the planning He said there is a new mushrooming aspekte aan ons eie genade oorgelaat process is informal settlement in word. aff ected; thereby the area in between the “Slegs samewerking deur die delaying the whole ‘The department has houses. gemeenskap, kan jou gesin en eiendom implementation obtained an order to evict Cirota said according beskerm wanneer die booswig intree,” sê value chain,” Sema to the illegal occupants, Venter. said. people who invaded houses specifi c individuals are Indien gemeenskapslede deel van die “This creates strain in Olievenhoutbosch.’ selling pieces of land GPF wil word, kan Venter op 082-930- Voorsitter van Hercules GPF-sektor 3, Ria on the provision of to invaders.