Dit is \u2019n droewige prentjie as \u2019n mens op die R43 verby Paradisepark ry en oor die lot van die inwoners wat jare daar gewoon het, wonder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners van Paradisepark is in Junie vanjaar gevra om die perseel te verlaat en nie eens hofaansoeke, vreedsame optogte deur die inwoners na die Overstrand-munisipaliteit en ingryping van politieke partye kon die uitsetting keer nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Toni Smit, wat 10 jaar daar gewoon het, was dit \u2019n bitter dag vir hom en sy vrou, Estelle. \u201cMy vrou het by Pick n Pay gewerk en Paradisepark was ons tuiste. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDis waar ons hart was en steeds is. Ek kom oorspronklik van Hermanus af en n\u00e1 die uitsetting was dit vir my baie moeilik. Ons woon tans in Lily Rose Community Farm by Atlantis, maar dis nie maan\u00adskyn en rose nie,\u201d het Toni vertel. Volgens hom moes hulle R2 000 leen vir hul besittings om tot daar te kom. \u201cNadat ons uitgesit is, het iemand vir ons \u2019n kamer in Hawston gegee om te bly vir tyd en wyl ons ander blyplek kon kry. Ons bly nou in Lily Rose; dis maar moeilik en baie warm \u2013 hier is nie baie bome nie en ons hokkies is maar bedompig.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens hom het hulle \u2019n sonpaneel wat vir hulle genoeg elektrisiteit gee om hul selfone te laai en vir krag in die aand en verder kry hulle drie etes per dag en water. \u201cOns betaal R3 000 per maand, maar ons mis Hermanus elke dag,\u201d s\u00ea hy. Hy vertel verder nog twee mans van Paradisepark bly saam met hulle daar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philip du Toit, wat 18 jaar lank in Paradisepark gewoon het, vertel hy was van die laastes wat sy huis ontruim het. \u201cEk was nog besig om te pak toe die balju my \u2019n uur gee om alles te ontruim. Dit was koud en re\u00ebnerig en ons almal was baie emosioneel,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens hom bly hy by \u2019n vriendin in Kraaifontein, maar dit waarvoor hy vir jare gewerk het, is in \u2019n oogwink van hom weggevat. Philip was ook die een wat gereeld by die hofsittings was en vir die ander inwoners huisvesting gesoek het. \u201cDit was \u2019n absolute stryd om vir almal blyplek te kry \u2013 van die mense woon in haglike omstandighede, maar hulle het geen ander heenkome nie.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Tracey Henn, wat vir jare vir die inwoners baklei het, woon hulle tans in Hawston. Hulle deel \u2019n drieslaapkamerhuis met haar skoonouers, haar skoonsuster en di\u00e9 se seun. \u201cDit is nie maklik nie. Ek kan net dink hoe almal voel wat hul huise verloor het. My skoonouers het vir 20 jaar in hul eie huis in Paradisepark gewoon en nou moet hulle \u2019n huis met hul kinders deel,\u201d s\u00ea sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens haar deel ander oudinwoners \u2019n tweeslaap\u00adkamer-HOP-huis waar ses mense woon. \u201cVan die ander inwoners het na Philippi verhuis en ander na Lily Rose. Mense kan nie die huur in Hermanus bekostig nie en moes maar tou opgooi,\u201d vertel sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tobi en Melanie Wessels bly in \u2019n tent in Fisherhaven en kan nie finansieel kop bo water hou nie. \u201cEk en my man is baie ongelukkig waar ons tans woon, maar ons het geen ander heenkome nie, want ons het nie geld nie. Nie net het ek my werk verloor nie, maar iemand het ook by ons tent ingebreek en die meeste van ons goed gesteel. Met al die stres waardeur ons is, bly ons siek ook.\u201d vertel Melanie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johan Sieberhagen vertel dit was vir hom \u2019n traumatiese gebeurtenis, wat \u2019n uitwerking op hul gesondheid gehad het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit was nie \u2019n lekker tyd in ons lewe nie. Die Here het vir ons voorsien, maar ons betaal omtrent drie keer meer as wat ons betaal het. As ek dit nie meer kan bekostig nie, sal ek maar na my kinders toe moet gaan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Alta van Aswegen, ook \u2019n oudinwoner van Paradisepark, is sy op chroniese medikasie vir angs n\u00e1 die uitsetting. \u201cEk is eerlik as ek s\u00ea dit gaan nie goed nie. Ek en my man het die eiendom in Paradisepark vir ons aftrede gekoop, met die vooruitsig dat ons dit eendag aan ons kinders kan oordra. En toe kom die groot skok. Ons is 66 jaar oud \u2013 waar kan ons nou oor begin?\u201d vra sy. Hulle woon tans in Hawston waar hulle vir R7 000 per maand huur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is meer as dubbel as wat ons in Paradisepark betaal het, maar ons hou nog kop bo water. Ek dank net die Here dat ons nog nooit honger gaan slaap het nie,\u201d vertel sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rose Jonker vertel sy ly aan gesondheidsprobleme nadat sy vir 24 jaar in Paradisepark gewoon en in Junie uitgesit is. \u201cEk het nou chroniese ho\u00eb bloeddruk, maar gelukkig het een van my dogters vir my plek gemaak in haar gaste\u00adkamer. Nou wag ons om te hoor of ek plek gaan kry in \u2019n aftreeoord in Bellville, wat twee van my kinders vir my gaan betaal. Ek het dit reggekry om van my meubels te behou, maar van my ander meubels word in \u2019n motorhuis gestoor en ander het ek vir behoeftige mense gegee,\u201d vertel sy. \u201cEk voel ons almal moet vergoed word vir nie net dit wat ons verloor het nie, maar ook vir ons mediese kostes ook.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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