SAKEPERSELE in Despatch se hoogliggende industri\u00eble area is stadig maar seker besig om te \u201cversuip\u201d en dit te midde van die ergste waterskaarste nog in Nelson Mandelabaai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWater loop nie opdraende nie. Die enigste water ho\u00ebr as Despatch se industri\u00eble area is die reservoirs van Reservoir Hills, wat almal in gehawende toestande is met water wat dag en nag daaruit stroom,\u201d s\u00ea Gerrit Rautenbach, eienaar van Symara Knitwear in Despatch se industri\u00eble area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 klerefabriek is al vir 50 jaar daar gevestig en die afgelope 2 jaar is \u2019n stygende watertafel besig om sy strukture te verbrokkel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie nattigheid kom al vir jare, maar dit het stelselmatig erger en erger geraak. Waarskynlik omdat waterlekke al groter raak en die watertafel al ho\u00ebr word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie watertafel is nou tussen 10cm en 15cm onder die gebou se vloere. Dit is baie erg en raak nou \u2019n krisis wat ons besighede se toe-koms kan be\u00efnvloed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDaarby raak dit \u2019n gesondheids-risiko en gevaar vir ons werkers omdat die vloere konstant nat is. Daar is plekke in die gebou waar daar selfs \u2019n dun waterlaag is en \u2019n mens kan maklik daar gly en seer-kry,\u201d s\u00ea Rautenbach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sowat 50 meter vanaf Symara Knitwear is Despatch Spares wat so erg onder syferwater deurloop dat elektriese toerusting nie meer binne die gebou gebruik kan word nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie risiko is te groot. As ons \u2019n hoekslypmasjien of \u2019n sweismasjien aansit skok dit jou,\u201d s\u00ea Wesley van Rensburg van Despatch Car & Truck Spares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is omdat die staalpype waarbinne elektriese bedrading loop deurgeroes is as gevolg van die water wat deur die vloere syfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het \u2019n gat in die vloer gegrawe waaruit ons daagliks sowat 60 liter water uitskep. Op bewolke dae of as dit re\u00ebn is dit erger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKyk hoe geroes is die motor- enjins wat hier l\u00ea, ons kan dit nie meer gebruik vir spaarparte nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns watermeter staan doodstil, so dit is beslis nie \u2019n waterlek op ons perseel nie.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy pa, Les van Rensburg, s\u00ea die waterprobleem het sowat 15 jaar gelede begin en dat die twee onbruikbare sportvelde langs Edisonstraat duidelike bewyse is daarvan. 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