Gemoedere by die Overstrand-munisipaliteit (OM) het Maandagmiddag hoog geloop toe 625 belastingbetalers opgeruk het om hul misnoe\u00eb uit te spreek oor die probleme rakende die Hermanus Country Market (HCM) en die moontlike sluiting van di\u00e9 gewilde mark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners en belanghebbende partye het al van vroeg af na die OM se ouditorium gestroom om antwoorde te kry oor die beweringe dat die HCM nie meer kan handel dryf nie. Nie net was die ouditorium volgepak nie, maar mense het ook buite saamgedrom om die vergadering by te woon. Luidsprekers is selfs aangebring vir di\u00e9 wat buite was sodat hulle ook aan die vergadering kon deelneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die OM het di\u00e9 vergadering Maandag bel\u00ea om onsekerhede uit die weg te ruim. Die vergadering, wat vir 16:00 geskeduleer is, is kort n\u00e1 sy aanvang amper ontwrig toe die munisipale bestuurder, Dean O\u2019 Neill, versoek het dat geen video-opnames gemaak word nie. Hy het selfs wetstoepassers geroep om di\u00e9 wat \u2019n video-opname maak, te verwyder. Di\u00e9 teenwoordig het hul stemme dik gemaak en ges\u00ea dis \u2019n openbare vergadering en hulle mag sulke opnames maak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens die belastingbetalers is die HCM al s\u00f3 deel van Hermanus en het die mark twee jaar gelede die beste markie-afdeling in KFM se \u201cBest of the Cape\u201d-kompetisie gewen. Dit was verlede jaar weer \u2019n finalis. Nie net verskaf die mark werk aan 1 200 mense nie, maar dit dien ook as \u2019n groot trekpleister vir toeriste. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die mark staar nou \u2019n onsekere en donker toekoms in die gesig nadat dit aan die lig gekom het dat die HCM volgens die OM onwettig handel dryf op die perseel van die Hermanus-sportklub aangesien hul strukture nie aan die munisipale regulasies voldoen nie, daar geen brandveiligheidsertifikate is nie, daar geen ontruimingsplan is nie en ook \u2019n kopseer vir versekering is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die OM het dit duidelik gestel dat hy geen huurooreenkoms met die HCM het nie, maar net met die Hermanus-sportklub, en die ooreenkoms tussen die OM en die Hermanus-sportklub behels net sportgeriewe en \u2019n rekreasiesentrum kan op die grond aangebring word. Die huurooreenkoms tussen die OM en Hermanus-sportklub is vir 45 jaar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die munisipaliteit het sy saak vir langer as \u2019n uur gestel voordat belastingbetalers hul griewe kon lug. Van die begin af het die burgemeester van die OM, dr. Annelie Rabie, dit duidelik gestel dat sy nog nooit ges\u00ea het die HCM moet sluit nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens dokumentasie wat voorgel\u00ea is, kom die probleme al vir 11 jaar aan, en \u2019n duidelike tydlyn is deur die OM gegee oor die probleme van en oplossings vir die HCM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens die OM moet \u2019n formele aansoek met \u2019n motivering oor waarom hulle wil handel dryf, aan die OM gegee word en die aansoek moet dan deur die regte prosesse gaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar is ook beweringe dat daar geen huurooreenkoms tussen die mark en die sportklub is nie, maar volgens die HCM se bestuur het hulle al verskeie kere met die OM probeer hande vat om \u2019n huurkontrak te verkry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael Bayer, die nuwe eienaar van die HCM, het in sy spreekbeurt dit duidelik gestel dat daar twee en selfs drie of vier kante aan die storie is. Volgens hom is \u2019n ooreenkoms in Februarie 2021 tussen die sportklub en die HCM gesluit oor die toekoms van die mark. Die OM het ook sy gewig agter die saak gegooi en ges\u00ea hy sal die HCM bystaan om sy strukture op peil te kry. Daar is ook beweringe dat die OM R400 000 sal toestaan om die HCM se strukture volgens wetgewing op te gradeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rabie het bevestig dat hulle weer oor drie maande bymekaar moet kom om te kyk hoe die planne vorder en of daar oplossings gevind kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Een voorstel was dat \u2019n taakspan op die been gebring moet word en uit belastingbetalers en OM-beamptes moet bestaan om planne te beraam oor die toekoms van die HCM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die burgemeester het ook voorgeneem dat die HCM wel in die toekoms kan handel dryf, maar dan moet hulle aan die vereistes voldoen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns sal verteenwoordigers van die mark en die sportklub kry om almal saam bymekaar te kom sodat ons \u2019n plan kan opstel. My probleem is \u2013 om fopnuus te versprei, is verkeerd; ons moet mekaar respekteer en hande vat om die probleem op te los,\u201d het Rabie afgesluit. Geskiedenis van die HCM<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die HCM is in 2010 deur Liza van Copenhagen op die been gebring. In 2021 het Michael en Elaine Bayer die HCM oorgeneem en daar is elke naweek 95 stalletjies wat daar handel dryf. Volgens Bayer besoek gemiddeld 3 000 mense die mark elke naweek en is dit een van die grootste toeristeaantreklikhede in die dorp. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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