{"id":296660,"date":"2026-02-03T13:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=296660"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:36:16","slug":"die-stank-van-riool-in-vredenburg-wes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/die-stank-van-riool-in-vredenburg-wes\/","title":{"rendered":"Die stank van riool in Vredenburg-Wes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Die uitgestrekte veldgebied langs die gevestigde Falcon Crest-woonkompleks aan die westelike dorpsgrens van Vredenburg is \u2019n ideale groengebied vir fietsry, draf of stap met jou troeteldiere. Dit grens aan plaasgrond, met nabygele\u00eb waterstrome, bome en digte riete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens Mark Marusich, \u2019n inwoner van Falcon Crest, is daar egter \u2019n voortslepende rioolprobleem wat al sedert 2022 di\u00e9 idilliese natuurskoon soms vertroebel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark by die mangat wat gereeld oorloop. Foto: Danie Hefers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Mangate wat gereeld oorloop en rou riool wat in veldgebied en plaasgrond vloei. Dit stink dan en lok vlie\u00eb, wat \u2019n gesondheidsrisiko skep en nabygele\u00eb waterbronne kan besoedel en gevare inhou vir kinders, wildlewe, troeteldiere en vee,” s\u00ea Mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens hom het hy reeds verskeie voorvalle van riool wat by mangate naby \u2019n munisipale riool-pompstasie in die gebied uitvloei, per e-pos by die Saldanabaai-munisipaliteit (SBM) se kantoor in Vredenburg aangemeld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mei 2022, November 2023, Junie 2024, Desember 2025 \u00e9n selfs vroe\u00ebr die week in Januarie. Die SBM het w\u00e9l reageer en opgetree, maar die probleem herhaal homself bloot weer en weer. Vir my is dit \u2019n aanduiding dat die infrastruktuur oud is en nie die behuisingsontwikkelings in die gebied kan hanteer nie. Dringende ingryping, \u2019n ondersoek na die oorsake en \u2019n langtermyn-oplossing is nou nodig. Ons is veronderstel om \u2019n slimdorp (smart city) te wees!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weslander<\/em> berig gereeld oor inwoners en sakelui in dorpe soos Vredenburg, Paternoster en St. Helenabaai in die SBM-gebied wat die stank van rou riool, wat by mangate en pompstasies uitvloei, moet verduur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Die stank van riool is van ver af duidelik. Foto: Danie Hefers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In St. Helenabaai is daar \u2019n munisipale pompstasie waaroor \u2019n ontstoke inwoner gereeld by die munisipaliteit kla \u2013 steeds \u2019n lastige, stink kopseer wat nie wil wyk nie. \u2019n Plaaslike nuusdiens het reeds in 2024 oor gereelde riooluitvloei by die Brandhuis-pompstasie in die Agterbaai berig. Vroe\u00ebr verlede maand is w\u00e9\u00e9r voorvalle van riooluitvloei by di\u00e9 pompstasie aangemeld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Paternoster was daar al sedert 1999 riooluitvloei by \u2019n mangat in een van di\u00e9 bekende Weskusdorp se strate. Die jongste voorval waaroor Weslander<\/em> berig het, was in April 2025 (Riool \u2018loop al dekades’<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Februarie 2025 het Weslander<\/em> berig oor n\u00f3g beswaarde inwoners van St. Helenabaai wat gekla het oor die ondraaglike reuk wat hulle moes verduur weens riooluitvloei naby woonhuise (\u2018Swak diens\u2019 pla inwoner<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verlede maand het Weslander<\/em> in sy uitgawe van 29 Januarie berig oor klagtes van inwoners in die Witteklip-woonbuurt in Vredenburg, wat kla oor die stank van riool (Inwoners moeg vir oorloop-riool<\/a>). Volgens hulle val hul pleidooie egter op dowe ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kommer bestaan al geruime tyd oor verouderde en onvoldoende infrastruktuur wat kreun onder die Weskus se snelle eiendomsgroei en vooruitgang. Honderde nuwe intrekkers vestig hulle jaarliks in di\u00e9 gebied, terwyl verskeie nuwe inkopiesentrums hulle deure vir sakebedrywighede open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens die Services to Our People\u2019s Party (STOPP) toon geouditeerde jaarrekeninge dat die SBM oor die afgelope drie jaar groot dele van sy kapitaalbegroting nie spandeer het nie. Volgens STOPP beloop di\u00e9 beweerde “onderspandering” \u2019n stewige R270 miljoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u2019n mediaverklaring wat deur Peter Plaatjies, STOPP se woordvoerder, op 22 Januarie vanjaar uitgereik is, beweer STOPP dat di\u00e9 aanhoudende onderspandering veroorsaak dat kritieke infrastruktuurprojekte vir water, riool, paaie, afvalbestuur en gemeenskapsontwikkeling oor jare vertraag is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weslander<\/em> het van die mangate in Vredenburg, waar die riooluitvloeie plaasvind, verlede maand saam met Mark besoek. Tekens van riooloorblyfsels is steeds oral duidelik sigbaar by mangate en aangrensende veldgebiede. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videobeeld wat hy met sy hommeltuig afgeneem het, staaf Mark se kommer en toon onder meer rou riool wat in \u2019n stroom na nabygele\u00eb waterbronne vloei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens Mark sal hy wil sien dat die skuldiges verantwoordbaar gehou word.
“Dit is besoedeling van \u2019n veldgebied waar vee soms wei. Dit breek my hart om dit te sien.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onbehandelde rou riool wat in waterbronne beland, hou ernstige gevare in vir openbare gesondheid \u00e9n die omgewing. Dit bevat skadelike patogene soos bakterie\u00eb, virusse en parasiete wat siektes soos cholera en hepatitis kan veroorsaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weslander<\/em> het die SBMop Dinsdag 27 Januarie per e-pos om kommentaar genader oor die gebied se rioolprobleem. Die munisipaliteit het tot dusver net ontvangs van die e-pos erken en ges\u00ea die versoek geniet aandag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens Ethne Lawrence, \u2019n woordvoerder van die plaaslike regering, Weslander<\/em> het die Saldanhabaai Munisipaliteit vir kommentaar genader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens Ethne Lawrence, \u2019n woordvoerder van die SBM, gebeur gevalle van riooluitvloeie op \u2019n weeklikse basis en is dit verspreid oor die hele munisipale gebied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Riooluitvloeie en verstoppings kan enige tyd en sonder waarskuwing plaasvind en beteken nie noodwendig dat die oorsaak infrastruktuurverwant is nie. Die meeste verstoppings word veroorsaak deur vreemde voorwerpe wat in die rioolstelsel beland. In \u2019n mindere mate word verstoppings veroorsaak deur kapasiteitsprobleme, veral in die digbevolkte gebiede,” s\u00ea Lawrence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens Lawrence voer die SBM water- en rioolbeplanning uit volgens die vereistes van die departement van waterwese. Sy s\u00ea sulke planne word deur die Raad goedgekeur, en dat planne en begrotings opgestel word om die snelle groei van sekere dorpe te akkommodeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence voeg by dat die munisipaliteit meer as R100 miljoen begroot het vir sanitasie-verwante projekte in die 2025\/2026 finansi\u00eble jaar. Sulke projekte sluit in pyplynnetwerke, pompstasies en fasiliteite vir die behandeling van afvalwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00f3g voorbeelde van oorloop-riool. Foto’s: Danie Hefers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Die uitgestrekte veldgebied langs die gevestigde Falcon Crest-woonkompleks aan die westelike dorpsgrens van Vredenburg is \u2019n ideale groengebied vir fietsry, draf of stap met jou troeteldiere. 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