{"id":44879,"date":"2024-04-10T16:33:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/water-eis-n-lewe-20240409-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:23:42","slug":"water-eis-n-lewe-20240409-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/water-eis-n-lewe-20240409-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Water eis \u2019n lewe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vloedwater en oorstromings weens swaar re\u00ebn in Kroonstad het \u2019n lewe ge\u00ebis en groot skade aangerig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die 50-jarige Motaung Mokemane, \u2019n werker van die Moqhaka-munisipaliteit, het verdrink toe sy motor op Sondag 7 April deur vloedwater in Maokeng meegesleur is. Mokemane het \u2019n brug oorgesteek toe die motor in die water beland het. Sy liggaam is Maandagoggend gevind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaos het Sondagmiddag in Kroonstad uitgebreek toe verskeie hoofroetes en paaie deur ontwrigtende re\u00ebnwater oorspoel is. Huise in laagliggende dele moes ontruim word, en sake\u00adondernemings veral in die industri\u00eble gebied het skade gely. In woonbuurte is bome omgewaai en paaie weggespoel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dika Kheswa, woordvoerder vir die munisipaliteit, het Sondag omstreeks 20:44 aan VrystaatKroon <\/span>ges\u00ea dat \u2019n taakspan Maandag sou vergader om die skade wat deur die vloedwater aangerig is te bepaal. Dit het Maandagoggend nog gere\u00ebn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens die rampbestuur se voorlopige bevinding het sowat 80 huise skade gely, het \u2019n motor in die slag geble en is een inwoner dood. \u2019n Volledige verslag word saamgesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Re\u00ebnwater het verskeie huise in Kroonstad, veral in laagliggende gebiede, Sondag oorstroom. Hier skade by \u2019n huis in Eksteenstraat sigbaar.Foto\u2019s: Verskaf<\/div>\n
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Sondag om 21:00 was die N1 steeds vir verkeer gesluit, en die pad was eers Maandag weer volledig in gebruik. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Op Kroonstadse WhatsApp-groepe is melding gemaak van \u2019n sinkgat wat besig was om in McLaglenweg in te val, en dele van die dorp het geen elektrisiteitstoevoer gehad nie. Maandag het verskeie woonbuurte en sakeondernemings steeds elektrisiteitstoevoer- en watervoorsieningsprobleme ondervind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trio Prim\u00ear het Maandagoggend vroeg \u2019n kennisgewing uitgestuur dat die skool vir die dag gesluit sou wees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spaski Geldenhuis, Marelize Boeije en Linda Louwrens, DA-raadslede in die Moqhaka-munisipaliteit, het Sondag tot laat deur middel van hul onderskeie WhatApp-groepe klagtes hanteer en terugvoering aan benoude inwoners gegee. Die plaaslike owerhede en die Kroonstad-buurtwag het ingespring om mense in nood te hulp te snel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie water het soos \u2019n rivier voor ons huis verbygevloei, en in amper drie uur het ons 180 mm re\u00ebn gemeet,\u201d s\u00ea Bobby en Lulu de Kock, inwoners van Smutsstraat, Presidentia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Len Smith, wat sedert 1991 Kroonstad se re\u00ebnval maandeliks dokumenteer, s\u00ea hy het Sondag sowat 145 mm re\u00ebn gemeet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hierna het wel nog baie re\u00ebn geval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie vloede het weer die vergrootglas geplaas op die infrastruktuur van Kroonstad wat nie in stand gehou word nie. Die massas water het baie skade aan die infrastruktuur aangerig, en as volhoubare instandhouding gedoen was, was dit nie nou so \u2019n probleem nie,\u201d meen Lousanne van Heerden, VF Plus-raadslid in die Moqhaka Munisipaliteit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kheswa het bevesig dat Motloheloa Ellis Mokatsane, burgemeester van Moqhaka, en afgevaardigdes van die provinsie die rampgebiede Maandagoggend sou besoek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hulle was teen druktyd steeds besig om \u2019n geraamde skadebepaling te doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verspoelings weens swaar re\u00ebn Sondag in Kroonstad het groot skade aan geboue, paaie en infrastruktuur aangerig. In sekere dele is tot 180 mm re\u00ebn in minder as drie uur gemeet. Hier ry \u2019n vragmotor sukkelend op die oorspoelde pad in die industri\u00eble gebied. Verskeie sakeondernemings het ook skade gely. <\/div>\n
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