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Clamp down on illegal waste removers
EDITOR: HEILIE COMBRINCK
Dance ... I call it freedom “Some call it dance, I call it freedom” is the theme of Elroi Prophetic Dance Production’s annual extravaganza which will be hosted in Uitenhage at the Allanridge Civic Centre on Sunday, April 2nd. PHOTO:DAVENE PRINSLOO
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roadblock to clamp down on illegal waste transporters at the Koedoeskloof Tip near Uitenhage was held last week, with Nelson Mandela Bay’s Deputy Executive Mayor, Mongameli Bobani in attendance.
The operation was a joint effort by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) Waste Management Law Enforcement Officers (Town Rangers), the NMBM Metro Police and Safety and Security officials. In the past 4 weeks fines to the total value of more than R40 000 have been issued. Municipal spokesperson Mthubanzi Mniki explained that waste management transporters are companies or operators who transport waste at a fee from industry, businesses and households to different metro tip sites. “In terms of by-laws, transporters are expected to register as waste transporters, their vehicles must be in a good, legally acceptable condition and a valid licence disc must be displayed on the vehicles, which must be driven by licensed drivers who are eligible to drive a vehicle of that particular size.” The transportation of waste must be done in a safe and well-packaged manner that does not put other road users at risk and the type of waste materials being transported to a particular tip site must comply with the type of waste that the tip site is allowed to receive. Deputy Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani said, “This is a start to an intensive programme of cleaning Nelson Mandela Bay. Non-complying operators are no longer going to be tolerated. “We are also working through Council processes to increase the amount of fines, as some of the companies or operators continue to break the rules. “Habitual offenders must be dealt with through much harsher measures.” (Reporter)
Fietsryer wil Guinness rekords laat spat MONIQUE BASSON Kophou. Wakkerbly. Aanhou. Trap. Ses dae, 132 ure in die saal van sy fiets vir 4 992km. Alles vir liefdadigheid. Fietsryer Johan Oosthuizen (40) van Uitenhage, stigterslid van die nie-winsgewende organisasie Fuel on Wheels, gaan op 26 Maart die speke vir drie minderbevoorregte skole in die Oos-Kaap laat sing: die Laerskool Innes, die Laerskool Winterberg en die Northern Lights School. Hy spring om 12:00 by 49 Aalwynrylaan in Uitenhage weg en sal vir ses dae ’n sirkelroete
volg deur Hexrivierweg, Graaff-Reinetweg en Daniel Pienaarstraat tot weer in Aalwynrylaan. Johan hoop om ten minste 160 rondtes van 5.2km per dag te voltooi. Dit beteken 832km per dag en uiteindelik 4 992km oor ses dae. Die eerste rondte sal dit net Johan, Ruané Wentzel (11), Jamie-Lee Barendse (25), Janecke Schuin (10), die Fuel on Wheels-span en die motorfietsklub Entangled Freedom wees. Daarna is enige iemand welkom om saam met ons fiets te ry, draf of te stap. Saterdag, 1 April word ook ’n spesiale rondte ter herinnering aan Jayde Panayiotou gehou. Die liefdadigheidstog word daarna by
Danskraal in Cuylerstraat met ’n potjiekosen boereworskompetisie sowel as dans om 18:30 afgesluit. Toegang vir die dag is R20 per persoon. Johan sê daar is ’n paar redes waarom hy so ’n groot uitdaging aanpak, maar dat dit hoofsaaklik gaan om mense met gestremdhede te help en om bewustheid te skep. “Ek hou daarvan om uitdagings aan te pak. Op hierdie stadium leef ek my drome en doen dit om mense te motiveer om nooit tou op te gooi nie.” En dan, is dit ook die perfekte manier om Fuel on Wheels se eerste verjaardag te vier. (Vervolg op p. 6)
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