{"id":267270,"date":"2025-07-30T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=267270"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:17:59","slug":"beeste-n-bedreiging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/beeste-n-bedreiging\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronderlopervee, swak beligting &#8216;n bedreiging vir padverbruikers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8216;n Botsing in Ou Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass-pad in Somerset-Wes het &#8216;n dringende behoefte beklemtoon om loslopende beeste wat na bewering &#8216;n toenemende bedreiging vir gemeenskapsveiligheid inhou, te verhinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twee insittendes het die dood net-net vrygespring toe hul voertuig Dinsdag 15 Julie in die vroe\u00eb oggendure &#8216;n bees op die swak beligte roete getref het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die middeljarige bestuurder het vertel hy en sy 27-jarige passasier het op die roete van Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass na Somerset-Wes gereis toe die botsing omstreeks 05:45 gebeur het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;\u2009&#8217;n Motor het op die Ou Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass-pad van voor aangekom. Ek het dus my hoofligte gedompel. Toe die kar verby is, het ek weer my hoofligte aangeskakel en dis toe dat die groot, swart koei voor my kar verskyn het. Alles het so vinnig afgespeel. Ek het my o\u00eb toegemaak, die stuurwiel vasgeklou en my gereed gemaak vir die impak,&#8221; <\/p><cite> het hy herroep.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die bestuurder het voorts vertel dat toe hy sy o\u00eb weer oopgemaak het, hy met dankbaarheid oorweldig is dat hulle die voorval wonderbaarlik oorleef het, ten spyte van geringe beserings en sny- en kneusplekke.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Kevin Jacobs, &#8216;n woordvoerder vir die Stad Kaapstad se verkeersdienste, is beamptes om 05:49 na die toneel uitgestuur. Dit was net nadat die brand-en-reddingsdienste reeds om 05:46 op die voorval gereageer het. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Die regterstrook in die rigting van Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass was versper. Die ryvlak is teen 07:02 opgeruim,&#8221; <\/p><cite>het Jacobs ges\u00ea.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoewel die ongelukslagoffer die koerant meegedeel het dat die eienaar van die vermoedelik dragtige koei opgespoor is, het Jacobs dit ontken. Volgens hom is die eienaar nie ge\u00efdentifiseer nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy het inwoners aangespoor om noodgevalle by die Stad se Openbare Noodkommunikasiesentrum aan te meld \u2013 skakel 021\u2009480\u20097700 van &#8216;n selfoon of 107 van &#8216;n landlyn af. Hy het verder ges\u00ea dat die Stad se dierebeheereenheid op klagtes reageer en diere sal geskut word sodra dit aangemeld word.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die slagoffer het verder sy misnoe\u00eb uitgespreek oor troppe beeste wat dikwels vrylik rondbeweeg oor paaie in en rondom die Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass-gemeenskap en die gevaar wat dit vir motoriste inhou.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens hom meld inwoners gereeld aan dat hulle loslopende beeste te\u00ebkom wat deur die gebied loop en potensieel dodelike gevare vir motoriste skep.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit is nie net tot die gemeenskap en Ou Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass-pad beperk nie, maar strek ook na die nabygele\u00eb N2-snelweg waar soortgelyke gevaarlike voorvalle dikwels plaasvind. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die situasie word verder vererger deur die gebrek aan behoorlike beligting op die Ou Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass-pad, tussen die brandweerstasie en die gemeenskap, wat &#8216;n ernstige veiligheidsgevaar bly \u2013 veral vroeg soggens en in die nag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Die gemeenskap bring die probleem al jare lank onder die Stad en raadslede se aandag, maar tevergeefs,&#8221;<\/p><cite> het die slagoffer ges\u00ea.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DistrikPos &amp; Helderberg Gazette<\/em> het by die Stad navraag gedoen oor die huidige status van verbeteringe aan beligting op Ou Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass-pad, maar di\u00e9 vraag het onbeantwoord gebly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"267272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/beeste-n-bedreiging\/img_6525_39714\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6525_39714.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_6525_39714\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6525_39714-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6525_39714-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6525_39714-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6525_39714-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6525_39714-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6525_39714.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Luphelo Ngalo, woordvoerder vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap (Sanral), het verduidelik dat tussen Mei 2024 en April 2025, 16 diereverwante voorvalle langs die N2 gerapporteer is, spesifiek oor Afdelings 2 tot 5.\u00a0Die meeste voorvalle het \u00a0in Afdeling 2 plaasgevind, tussen kilometermerkers 18 en 22 (Sinyanyanzela-informele nedersetting tot Orchard-padstal in Grabouw). Hierdie data is gebaseer op voorlopige verslae van die Padvoorval-bestuursstelsel (RIMS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Die verantwoordelikheid vir die bestuur van rondlopervee, insluitend wetstoepassing en beslaglegging, berus by plaaslike munisipaliteite en relevante wetstoepassing-owerhede. Sanral het nie wetlike gesag om vee te bestuur of te beslagl\u00ea nie. Sanral vervul egter &#8216;n ondersteunende rol wanneer vee binne die padreserwe gevind word of wanneer voorvalle met vee plaasvind,&#8221;<\/p><cite>het Ngalo ges\u00ea.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hy het bygevoeg dat Sanral die volgende maatre\u00ebls op die nasionale padnetwerk implementeer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Omheiningsheinings langs sleutelafdelings van die N2-nasionale pad;<br>\u2022 Waarskuwingsborde in ge\u00efdentifiseerde ho\u00ebrisikogebiede;<br>\u2022 Veeroosters by geselekteerde liggings om toegang te beperk; en<br>\u2022 Data-monitering en analise van voorvalneigings om toekomstige infrastruktuurreaksies te rig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Volgens Ngalo kan inwoners voorvalle rapporteer deur die volgende kanale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RIMS-kontaknommers:<\/strong><br>\u2022 028 212 9111 (Overberg Gesentraliseerde Kommunikasiesentrum \u2013 GKS)<br>\u2022 021 812 4440 (Metro Vervoerbestuurssentrum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roetine Padinstandhouding (RPI) kontraknommers:<\/strong><br>\u2022 084 277 1343 (Overberg Roetebestuurder)<br>\u2022 083 501 0028 (Metro Roetebestuurder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dierekraal:<\/strong><br>\u2022 021 534 6426<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngalo het verduidelik dat voorvalle onder andere aan die GKS of polisie gerapporteer word. 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