{"id":65376,"date":"2022-01-14T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T07:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/relief-from-the-heat-in-berg-river-20220112-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:13:32","slug":"relief-from-the-heat-in-berg-river-20220112-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/relief-from-the-heat-in-berg-river-20220112-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bergrivier gee lafenis, babalaas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Honderde mense het Saterdag en Sondag op die oewers van die Bergrivier naby die Arboretum toegesak om lafenis in die rivier te soek toe die jaar se warmste dae op die vallei neergedaal het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maar weereens is die gebied asook die oewer by Westhovenstraat byna soos \u2019n oorlogsone agtergelaat met \u2019n see van rommel soos le\u00eb drank- en koeldrankbottels, gebruikte babadoeke, plastiekhouers, papiere en selfs gebruikte kondome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoewel swem hier streng verbode is en talle mense al hier verdrink het, is geen beheer oor die skare uitgeoefen nie en het talle mense het in die rivier baljaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Letterlik honderde mense het op die rivier toegesak en talle munisipale regulasies is openlik oortree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoewel munisipale werkers Maandagoggend vroeg reeds aan die werk gespring het om opruimingswerk te doen, was die rivier besoedel met rommel \u2013 veral plastiek. Talle blou munisipale vullissakke vol gemors wat agtergelaat is, was later die oggend steeds langs die Boulevard te sien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die groot vraag ook is \u2013 waar was die ablusiegeriewe wat voorheen deur die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit aangebring is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daar is ook diegene op sulke dae wat onuitstaanbare harde musiek tot laataand uit hul motors speel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die laaste paar jaar het die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit probeer om hierdie probleme op te los deur wetstoepassers en veiligheidspersoneel in die gebied te ontplooi om reg en orde af te dwing, en draagbare toilette is vir die publiek opgerig. Maar vanjaar was daar geen teken van enige van hierdie maatre\u00ebls nie, en die skares het weer by die rivier byeengekom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Paarl Pos<\/em>t het reeds sedert Saterdagmiddag talle klagtes oor mense se wangedrag by die rivier ontvang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerald Esau, direkteur van gemeenskapsdienste by die munisipaliteit, het ges\u00ea die munisipaliteit het voorheen soortgelyke situasies baie goed hanteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns wetstoepassers het Saterdag en Sondag die rivieroewers gepatrolleer en veral by probleemareas rondbeweeg en die gevare van swem en onwettige aktiwiteite verduidelik aan diegene wat in die rivier wou afkoel \u2013 veral met die munisipale swembaddens in die Drakenstein wat oral vol was en teen die middae volle kapasiteit bereik het. Weens Covid-19-regulasies kon die swembaddens ook net teen die helfte van hul normale kapasiteit werk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esau s\u00ea die meeste mense op die rivieroewers het die wetstoepassers se instruksies gehoorsaam terwyl baie ander die gebied verlaat het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns vredesbeamptes is ook ingeroep om versterking te verskaf en die situasie te help bedwing. \u2019n Veiligheidskiosk met wetstoepassers aan diens is langs die Bergrivier-boulevard opgerig sodat lede van die publiek enige voorvalle onmiddellik kon aanmeld.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esau het ook ges\u00ea as deel van die Drakenstein Slim-veiligheidsnetwerk (DSSN) staan ??die munisipaliteit se veiligheidsvennote \u2013 soos die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) en buurtwagte binne Drakenstein \u2013 hulle oor naweke by om uitdagings op die rivieroewers en ander algemene onwettige aktiwiteite in oop ruimtes te help hanteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie munisipaliteit het ook meer wetstoepassers en vredesbeamptes 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