{"id":270841,"date":"2025-10-16T14:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=270841"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:40:10","slug":"herstel-nou-die-rooibaai-kaai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/herstel-nou-die-rooibaai-kaai\/","title":{"rendered":"Inwoners v\u00f3\u00f3r verdrinking al bekommerd oor verwaarloosde kaaie in en om Bergrivier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Iets wat inwoners van Velddrif lank gevrees het, het &#8216;n werklikheid geword: dat iemand gaan seerkry op die verwaarloosde kaaie in en om die Bergrivier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"270843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/herstel-nou-die-rooibaai-kaai\/img_5506_22857\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5506_22857.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Inwoners vrees nog ernstige voorvalle kan weens swak instandhouding by die kaai plaasvind.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Inwoners vrees nog ernstige voorvalle kan weens swak instandhouding by die kaai plaasvind.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5506_22857-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5506_22857-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Inwoners vrees nog ernstige voorvalle kan weens swak instandhouding by die kaai plaasvind.\" class=\"wp-image-270843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5506_22857-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5506_22857-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5506_22857-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5506_22857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inwoners vrees nog ernstige voorvalle kan weens swak instandhouding by die kaai plaasvind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die verdrinking van die 13-jarige Roscoe Erasmus by die Rooibaai-kaai op Vrydag 26 September in Laaiplek, het groot hartseer vir baie mense gebring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens die inligting wat sy ma, Abigail Erasmus, ontvang het, het Roscoe vermoedelik op die houtkaai gegly, wat tot sy verdrinking gelei het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die vraag onder inwoners is egter wie verantwoordelik is vir die instandhouding van die kaai, wat al jare lank in &#8216;n slegte toestand is, en hoe lank voor die volgende ernstige voorval voordat aksie geneem gaan word?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens een inwoner is dit algemeen bekend dat die Rooibaai-kaai as &#8216;n toeriste-aantreklikheid bemark word, maar dit is nie veilig vir besoekers of inwoners nie. Di\u00e9 inwoner meen daar word al jare na die Bergrivier-munisipaliteit uitgereik om in te tree, maar tot op datum is nog geen vordering gemaak nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inwoners het ook al hul eie inisiatiewe met die munisipaliteit gedeel en hul eie hulpbronne en tyd beskikbaar gestel om die kaai weer in &#8216;n bruikbare toestand te kry, maar geen aksie is blykbaar van die munisipaliteit se kant af geneem nie. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Sheldon, &#8216;n woordvoerder vir die Bergrivier-munisipaliteit, s\u00ea die munisipaliteit dra sy diepste meegevoel aan die familie en geliefdes oor wat deur die tragiese verdrinkingsvoorval geraak is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy voeg by die munisipaliteit is bewus van die gemeenskap se kommer rakende die toestand van die Rooibaai-kaai. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Die Rooibaai-kaai is deur die Nasionale Departement van Openbare Werke opgerig en is later in &#8216;n baie vervalle toestand aan die Bergrivier-munisipaliteit oorgedra. Geen spesifieke geld is binne die munisipale begroting vir die instandhouding of opknapping van die Rooibaai-kaai toegeken nie. Die munisipaliteit onderneem algemene inspeksies van sy openbare infrastruktuur en prioritiseer herstel- werk of instandhoudingswerk gegrond op veiligheidsassesserings, beskikbare hulpbronne en die goedgekeurde begroting.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheldon voeg by die munisipaliteit waardeer die bereidwilligheid van plaaslike inwoners, wat hul eie hulpbronne tot die instandhouding van die Rooibaai-kaai wil bydra. &#8220;Inwoners het die munisipaliteit met &#8216;n voorstel genader en hul versoek is deur die direkteure goedgekeur. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;n Aanbeveling is aan die uitvoerende burgemeesterskomitee voorgel\u00ea, wat vandeesmaand oorweeg sal word. 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