Wyle Edwina Sinkfontein, wat in ‘n ongeluk op die N2-snelweg gesterf het.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSy het in Suikerbossiestraat gewoon, waar haar voordeur direk op die snelweg uitkyk en waar geen heining was nie, wat maklike toegang tot die pad toegelaat het. Volgens haar familie was die heining een van haar bekommernisse toe sy minder as ‘n jaar gelede by haar woning ingetrek het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sinkfontein se niggie Leticia Poggenpoel s\u00ea dat haar presiese woorde was: “Die omheining is te dun, mense gaan dit steel.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar niggie Abigail Sinkfontein voel dat die maklike toegang en Sinkfontein se desperaatheid tot haar besluit bygedra het om die N2 te oorsteek.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die feit dat Sinkfontein nie die eerste slagoffer op daardie deel van die N2 is nie, maak dit vir haar familie nog moeiliker.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hoekom kon die mense wat in beheer daarvan is, nie n\u00e1 die eerste dood dringende maatre\u00ebls instel nie?” vra Poggenpoel deur trane. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hoeveel lewens moet nog verloor word voordat dit ‘n prioriteit word?”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die familie se frustrasie word deur politieke leiers gedeel. Felicia Solomons, ‘n raadslid van die National Coloured Congress vir subraad 8, het Maandag 19 Januarie hierdie sentiment in ‘n mediaverklaring uitgespreek, waarin sy ges\u00ea het dat inwoners van Macassar Heights belowe is dat ‘n beskermende muur tussen die N2 en die woongebied gebou sou word, maar dit het nooit gebeur nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Vandag is die tragiese gevolge van daardie besluit duidelik \u2013 ‘n gesin treur en drie kinders is sonder hul ma gelaat,” het die verklaring gelui.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die raadslid Carl Pophaim, die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir menslike nedersettings, het bevestig dat ‘n grensheining tussen Macassar Heights en die N2 in ooreenstemming met die gemeenskap se versoek aangebring is. “Sedert die installasie is dele van die heining as gevolg van herhaalde voorvalle van diefstal en vandalisme beskadig en gesteel,” het Pophaim verduidelik.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het ook beklemtoon dat die N2 ‘n nasionale pad onder die jurisdiksie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap (Sanral) is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die stad het nie binne sy goedgekeurde projekbegrotings voorsiening vir die voortdurende vervanging van infrastruktuur wat deur misdadige aktiwiteite vernietig is nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pophaim het verduidelik dat die Macassar-projek ‘n stadsprojek is en dat die grensheining as deel van daardie projek deur die stad opgerig is. Probleme wat met die grensheining verband hou, is egter Sanral se verantwoordelikheid.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peter Helfrich, die raadslid vir wyk\u2009109, het sy meegevoel met Sinkfontein se familie gedeel, maar ook die stad se standpunt weerspie\u00ebl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lwando Mahlasela, ‘n Sanral-woordvoerder, erken dat die padowerheid van Sinkfontein se dood bewus is, maar het ges\u00ea die probleem strek verder terug as hierdie voorval. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens hom is hierdie gedeelte van die N2 as ‘n gevaarlike plek vir voetgangers ge\u00efdentifiseer en nie-amptelike statistieke dui daarop dat daar ‘n toename in die aantal voetgangerongelukke op hierdie gedeelte van die N2 is \u2013 veral sedert 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Die omheining van die padreserwe is ‘n gesamentlike verantwoordelikheid tussen die grondeienaar en Sanral,” het Mahlasela verduidelik.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDie N2 teenoor Macassar Heights waar daar geen beskermende heining of muur tussen die snelpad en woongebied is nie. Foto: Barend Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nVoor die konstruksie van die huise het die behuisingsontwikkelingseiendom die goedkeuring van Sanral gekry \u2013 in 2013. As deel van hierdie goedkeuring is dit bepaal dat die grondeienaar verantwoordelik is vir die oprigting en instandhouding van die grensheining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Die veiligheidsheining is opgerig, maar is later gesteel”, s\u00ea Mahlasela.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die padowerheid het talle intervensies ingestel, maar nadat die heinings weer opgerig is, is dit weer gevandaliseer of gesteel.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sanral is tans weer eens besig met ‘n tender vir die verskaffing en oprigting van heinings en mure in die omgewing van die N2 naby Macassar, met die doel om die werk teen die middel van Maart te begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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