\u201cDie kinders wil swem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dit is die pleidooi wat ouers en bekommerde gemeenskapslede van De Doorns rig terwyl kinders van di\u00e9 omgewing gereeld in damme en vuil rivierwater na lafenis soek om in die drukkende hitte af te koel.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns vra en smeek al jare vir \u2019n dorpswembad. Ons kinders verdien sulke ordentlike geriewe. Ons kinders moet in vuil water gaan swem. Dit is onveilig omdat daar nie toesig is nie. Hier het al kinders in die gebied verdrink, maar dit kan verhoed word,\u201d vertel Engel Joyce, \u2019n inwoner van di\u00e9 omgewing aan Standard<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Sy s\u00ea sy is die afgelope 18 jaar sedert sy hierheen verhuis het bewus van die gemeenskap se behoefte aan \u2019n dorpswembad.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit klink dalk na iets so eenvoudig en ons benodig soveel meer as dit, maar dit is belangrik. Ons kinders se veiligheid is belangrik. Ons kinders voel reeds afgeskeep en onbelangrik. Ons kinders kry swaar, en iets soos dit kan hulle dalk net weer aanmoedig.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nog \u2019n inwoner van Stofland in De Doorns, Henri Erasmus, vertel aan Standard <\/i>dat hulle destyds \u2013 in 2011 \u2013 \u2019n familielid aan die dood afgestaan het weens die feit dat kinders na alternatiewe plekke gaan soek om af te koel.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy broerskind se seuntjie was nege jaar oud en het op \u2019n plaas in die omgewing sonder toesig gaan swem nadat hy van die huis af weggeraak het. Hy is paar uur later in die dam gevind nadat hy net verdwyn het, en ons het \u2019n week later begrafnis gehou. Ons moet aan ons kinders dink.\u201d<\/p>\n
Erasmus voer verder aan dat die naaste swemgeriewe in Worcester is en die vervoerkoste en toegangsgeld is net te hoog vir die gemeenskap en hul kinders.<\/p>\n
Chad Malgas, die bestuurder van die Ge\u00efntegreerde Ontwikkelingsplan (Gop) by die Breedevallei-munisipaliteit, het aan Standard <\/i>ges\u00ea hulle is bewus van die gemeenskap se behoefte aan \u2019n swembad, maar die proses moet op die regte wyse aangepak word.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie raad het \u2019n begroting van R500 000 vir die interne beplanning en navorsing vir \u2019n swembad in die omgewing in Mei 2022 goedgekeur. Die proses behels \u2019n ondersoek na beskikbare grond en hulpbronne en deeglike impakstudies moet gedoen word. Dit sou in die 2023-\u201924-boekjaar geskied, en intussen is die behoeftelys aangepas,\u201d verduidelik Malgas.<\/p>\n
Malgas s\u00ea verskeie nuwe raadslede is sedertdien vir die De Doorns- gebied verkies en die Gop is \u2019n deurlopende en belangrike proses wat gevolg moet word om te verseker dat dit aan die behoeftes in die gemeenskap voldoen.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie BVM se mandaat is dat daar in basiese behoeftes voorsien moet word. N\u00e1 oorweging en verdere konsultasie is ooreengekom dat ander belangriker behoeftes ongelukkig swaarder as di\u00e9 van \u2019n swembad weeg. Die prioriteite is dus aangepas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Malgas verduidelik dit beteken nie dat die gemeenskap nou ni\u00e9 \u2019n swembad gaan kry nie, maar die proses gaan nou verskil en is geskoei op die beskikbaarheid van geld en hulpbronne soos in die kapitale begroting ooreengekom.<\/p>\n
\u201cZwelethemba as voorbeeld het 20 tot 25 jaar vir hul swembad gewag. <\/p>\n
\u201cDaar was in daardie stadium konsensus in die gemeenskap oor die noodsaaklikheid vir een. Dit wys weer eens hoe belangrik die Gop-proses is en hoe belangrik dit vir inwoners is om deel daarvan te word en hul behoeftes te kommunikeer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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