COMMUNITY VERMAAK SPORT INCORPORATING Star of Stars project Dis terug na tekenbord Ea Lla Koto is a team ‘aspires to inspire’ vir Pik en Graaf on a mission in 2018 PAGE 3 BLADSY 5 PAGE 8 LENTSWE LA BATHO • VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY 2018 FREE Hundreds without a school in FS PULANE CHOANE department will leave no stone with regard to learning support and unturned to ensure that these learners teaching material, the department has The Free State Department of are placed as soon as possible as the delivered 100% stationery supplies Education has revealed that new school year and fi rst term will be to schools and is still working on approximately 1 188 learners in the starting today. ensuring that textbooks will be province are still looking for schools. “We are working with the districts to delivered before the end of January This is according to departmental ensure that these learners fi nd places 2018. “With regard to textbooks, spokesperson, Howard Ndaba, who in schools nearest to them and we are however, we have a challenge that said that in light confi dentd that they will indeed be able textbooks often get lost every year of this, the to be pplaced in schools around the and so we appeal to both learners and provprovince,”in Ndaba said. teachers to take care of their school One challengech the department is books and textbooks,” he said, adding facifacingng in this regard is managing that this creates a problem for the the prpreferencee of parents on which year’s incoming students who often schoschoolsol their offspring should attend have to wait for books which the in relrelationa to the schools that still have previous year’s students lost, making spacspacee for their children to be placed them wait unnecessarily in the process. in. ““We want to appeal to parents to Ndaba said apart from these few wowork with us and understand the challenges, the department is looking ‘Ready to roll’ cchallenges that we are facing. If forward to the start of the 2018 school The fi rst day of school is normally a day of mixed emotions the school where they’d like year and will assign several of its - joy, tears and saying bye-bye to your little angel. However their child to attend is full, we leaders and managers to different these new Grade 1s are more than ready for their fi rst day plead that they understand this schools in the province to assess the at big school, which starts today. From the left are Léchan Michaela Borrington (6), who will be attending Eunice fully and not place pressure state of readiness at these respective Primary and is looking forward to an exciting future, Oryan on the school to admit more schools. Norman (6) of Opkoms, Heidedal, who says he is ready and learners as that will mean it The fi rst school term kicks off today excited to start his school career at Credence Primary School, will be beyond the school’s and ends on Wednesday 28 March and Caitlin Daniels (7), who attended the Unique Children’s Centre last year, and is ready for her fi rst day at Bloemfontein capacity,” Ndaba urged. 2018. Free State Education spokesperson, Howard Ndaba Primary School. PHOTO: PIERCE VAN HEERDEN Apart from this matter, he said [email protected] WALKING INTO LINCOLN HOUSE LIKE... All inclusive student accommodation Book now! 0 100 200 300 www.respublica.co.za 2 COMMUNITY NEWS • SETJHABA www.bloemfonteincourant.co.za • [email protected] • 17 January 2018 FS dam levels on an ultimate low JERETHA OOSTHUIZEN Free State region. Dam being only 23.54% as per reading this be recycled in order to water a garden, “Let us continue to use water sparingly week in January compared to the 30.90% kettles be fi lled with the correct amount of South Africa has recently been hit by an and avoid all the places that do not have of last year January, there has been a total water you wish to use, the laundry basket excessive heat wave which has impacted our shade. Try to drink a lot of water, allow the decrease of 11.1% for these dams. “The can wait to be fi lled up since there is no lives negatively in various ways. water services authorities to work on the reason is partially the draught, but there are use in washing two shirts and one pair of One of these aspects include the decrease in water supply with patience as we are all no longer measures put in place for people pants and using approximately 84 litres of dam levels in and around the province. affected by the heat wave. It is in these kind to abide by the rules for the water shortages. water. Municipalities should follow up on The ripple effect of the heat wave is of situations when we see or recognise the Water is being wasted by watering gardens individuals with high water bills and educate visible in our water resources. Dam levels importance of water in our lives. Every drop and fi lling up swimming pools, clothes those individuals on the current water have sharply declined. Due to the fact counts,” he emphasised. and dishes are washed unnecessarily, etc.,” situation. There are about 272 000 residents that the demand of water usage became DA councillor, Rossouw Botes, confi rmed explained Botes. in Bloemfontein. The amount of water very high, the resources have dried out that dam levels have indeed dropped from Many residents think that the Krugersdrift usage per day was always 200 million litres, and caused water supply to be minimal. January 2017 to January 2018. There are Dam has an infl uence on Bloemfontein, but due to some residents doing their utmost This has resulted in pipe bursts in some four main dams, including Welbedacht but Botes has confi rmed that the dam only best to save water, the water usage per day areas. The excessive heat and evaporation Dam, Knellpoort Dam, Rustfontein Dam provides water to Soutpan and its informal has decreased to 140 million litres per day. of water in rivers are the main causes of and Groothoek Dam, that provide for the settlement, Ikgomotseng, as well as to help Botes would like to thank all residents who having less water available. “We have Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo farmers with water supply to necessary have implemented measures at their homes received a lot of complaints from various areas. The only two that can actually be irrigation systems. As a matter of fact, to save water and those who keep on saving, municipalities in the province on water considered as a water source for these Krugersdrift was at 9.66% last year and is at despite the heat. Although many residents supply shortage. Some of them were areas are Knellpoort Dam and Rustfontein an ultimate low of 5.18 % as to date. simply don’t care about wasting water, the result of the heat wave,” said Kido Dam. With Knellpoort only being 38.64 % Botes suggested that measures should the wish is for everyone to start working Thoabala, Communications Manager at the full in January this year, compared to the be implemented in homes by the home together to save water and use it sparingly. Department of Water and Sanitation in the 42.30% in January 2017 and Rustfontein owners in order to save water. 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