Plakkers. Skuim. White bitches<\/i>. Hulle is al erger name genoem, \u00e9n dit l\u00ea die hele Elandsbaai vol dat hulle nie vir hul lankstaan-kampeerplekke betaal nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar Hetta van Greunen (62), Ella Ahlers (58) en Ronel Wilde (56) het nooit verwag dat hulle in die kampeerplek \u201cgevange\u201d gehou sou word nie. \u201cOns is toegesluit in die kamp, Suster. Ons is toe!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle was teen druktyd al sedert Dinsdag 17 Oktober sonder water en krag in die kampeerterrein toegesluit. Die Cederberg-munisipaliteit het wel die water en krag Dinsdagaand van 19:00 tot Woensdagoggend 10:00 aangeskakel, maar dit weer die volgende oggend afgeskakel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die badkamers, toilette en hekke het gesluit gebly. Die vroue kan nie met hul motors uit nie en moet oor die hek klim om by die kafee uit te kom. Goedhartige inwoners het vir hulle drinkwater gebring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die vroue kon egter bewyse van betaling aan Weslander<\/i> toon, waaruit dit duidelik blyk dat hulle w\u00e9l tot op datum vir hul staanplekke betaal het. S\u00f3 ook Daan Wiese, die vierde van ses lankstaankampeerders. Hy kan nou weer nie inkom nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die sowat R700 000 wat die lankstaankampeerders per jaar betaal het, is ook nou volgens die munisipaliteit \u201cweg\u201d. Dit is nie duidelik of dit die rede is waarom daar hard probeer word om die kampeerders uit te jaag nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twee wetstoepassingsbeamptes het die kampeerders Dinsdag eers kom inlig dat hulle \u2019n uur het om alles te ontruim en \u2019n uur later alles kom afsit en toesluit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die rekening waarin die kampeerders die geld betaal het, soos aanges\u00ea deur die \u201ckampopsigter\u201d, \u2019n munisipale amptenaar wat volgens die vroue se kennis op die oomblik geskors is, lyk verdag. Op die betaalbewyse word dit aangedui as \u201cCEDERBERG MUN TRAFFI PLOT 30\u201d. Die betrokke beampte het glo aan hulle verduidelik dat die geld, omdat dit van \u2019n Standard Bank-rekening na \u2019n rekening by dieselfde bank betaal word, eers in die Cederberg-verkeersafdeling se rekening inbetaal word voordat dit na die munisipaliteit se \u201choofrekening\u201d oorgeplaas word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die vroue, wat tussen een en drie jaar al die staanplekke het, voel deur die munisipaliteit en die gemeenskap van Elandsbaai geviktimiseer. \u201cDie mense dink ons betaal nie. Ons het die slaansakke van die munisipaliteit geraak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle is nie bereid om alles te verloor soos ander lankstaankampeerders wat maar opgepak en padgegee het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle is ook al gedreig dat hulle nie moet uitpraat nie, want \u201cjulle bly in tente\u201d. Die kampeerders het by die munisipaliteit se voorskrifte gehou dat hulle net strukture van tentmateriaal mag oprig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Een van die kampeerders het oor die hek geklim om \u2019n saak by die polisie aanhangig te maak, maar die beampte agter die toonbank wou glo glad nie \u2019n verklaring by haar afneem nie omdat die munisipale amptenare aan hulle ges\u00ea het dat die kampterrein \u201cverkoop\u201d is. Dit behoort, volgens die vroue se kennis, aan die departement van grondsake wat dit aan die munisipaliteit verhuur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die vroue het vroe\u00ebr vanjaar \u2019n dispuut met die munisipaliteit verklaar, maar daarvan het dadels gekom. Daar is selfs \u2019n prokureursbrief in September aan die munisipaliteit gestuur waarin vir \u2019n billike proses gevra word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van die kampeerders het tot R100 000 uitgegee om hul staanplekke toe te rus. Ella vertel dat sy en haar oorlede lewensmaat, Bernard Pedro, wat verlede jaar in St. Helenabaai vermoor is, nog hul plekkie saam ingerig het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die vroue het geen ander heenkome nie. Al hul geld is daarop uitgegee om nie net hul staanplekke nie, maar ook die kampterrein self in stand te hou. \u201cDaar word al jare niks aan die terrein gedoen nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die kampeerders het onder meer geverf, \u2019n hek opgesit, kameras en sonaangedrewe ligte aangebring, en hulle hou self die grasperk en tuin in stand, en doen die herstelwerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die munisipaliteit het glo aanvanklik 25 permanente staanplekke aangewys, met die kampeerders wat vyfjaarkontrakte belowe is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twee maande gelede het die munisipaliteit hulle kom inlig dat hulle moet uit, of net vir drie maande mag kampeer en \u2019n maand moet weggaan, wat prakties onmoontlik is. Terselfdertyd is hulle meegedeel dat die kamptarief met 118% styg, waaroor hulle \u2019n dispuut met die munisipaliteit verklaar het. Hierna het hul \u2019n skrywe gekry wat hulle beveel om teen 16 Oktober uit te wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie lankstaankampeerders dra geldelik die kampeerplek tydens stil toerisme-maande. Moet ons nou buite die hek gaan staan, ons goed net so los?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Anthony Mlata, woordvoerder van die munisipaliteit, is besluit om die woonwapark tydelik vir opknapping te sluit. Volgens die munisipaliteit het hulle op 12 Julie 2023 die kampeerders oor die nuwe tariefstruktuur en die tydperk van okkupasie in ooreenstemming met munisipale verordeninge ingelig. Mlata het ook ges\u00ea dat daar op 12 September \u2019n kennisgewing by elke kampeerder afgelewer is waarin uiteengesit word dat die ontruiming, opgradering en opknappings middel-Oktober gaan begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dienste (water en krag) is opgeskort weens veiligheidsmaatre\u00ebls met die opknappingsproses. Weslander <\/i>het n\u00f3g vra aan Mlata gestuur nadat verdere inligting bekendgeraak het.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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