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Vehicles missing

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ALDAM het groot skade gely nadat ’n verwoestende brand Saterdag (15/10) op die multisport-naweek die restaurant-gedeelte van die oord verwoes het. Foto: Lambrecht Botha

Madli Grobbelaar madli.grobbelaar@volksblad.com

A TOTAL of 77 vehicles of the Matjhabeng Local Municipality have been reported missing. The municipal manager, Adv. Mothusi Lepheana, said the municipality had opened criminal cases at the South African Police Services (SAPS) in Welkom. The SAPS has confirmed this, and said the cases are currently under investigation. The municipality is busy with internal investigations into all of its departments. “The fleet was one of our biggest concerns,” said Lepheana. The municipality has updated all its asset registers in the past year. “While doing this we discovered more irregularities, which are now being investigated,” Lepheana said. “The Matjhabeng Municipality will not tolerate corruption any longer. Employees, contractors and residents of Matjhabeng who do not comply with the law, will be dealt with according to the law,” Lepheana said. The executive director: corporate support services, Fezile Wetes, is in charge of the municipal fleet management. “I can confirm that 57 of the 77 vehicles that are missing have been tracked down. They were discovered all over the country, not only in the Matjhabeng area,” said Wetes. Wetes has appealed to the community of Matjhabeng to be on the lookout for any vehicles that might belong to the municipality, and to report it immediately to the municipal authorities. Anybody with information regarding these vehicles and who knows of any corruption, must contact Mosebi Madijane at the municipal managers’ office on 079-107-8891.

In puin gelê

Potjiekosvuur vermoedelik oorsaak van verwoesting Madli Grobbelaar madli.grobbelaar@volksblad.com

ALDAM het groot skade gely toe ’n brand Saterdag (15/10) op die Aldam-multisport-naweek die restaurant-gedeelte van die oord verwoes het. Die Aldam-vakansieoord en -konferensiesentrum langs die N1 naby Winburg en Ventersburg se restaurant, kombuis en kroeg is die naweek in puin gelê. Saterdag omstreeks 17:00 het die brand ontstaan. “Vermoedelik het ’n kool van ’n potjiekosvuur wat deur sterk winde aangevoer is, die brand veroorsaak,” het die oordbestuurder, Frederik le Roux, gesê.

Sy vermoede is ook deur Francois Klaassen, die brandweerhoof van die Matjhabeng-munisipaliteit, bevestig. Oordgangers was onbewus van die brand totdat ’n dik rookwolk die restaurant binnegedring het. Die brandweer van Virginia, wat die naaste dorp is, is omstreeks 17:40 ontbied. Die vereistes vir ’n byeenkoms soos die Aldam-multisport-naweek is dat alle noodmaatreëls gereed moet wees. Danksy die Hazz Quip maatskappy, noodpersoneel en ander vrywilligers is oordgangers en personeel ongedeerd. Die poging om die vuur te blus het egter nie geslaag nie. Die wind het die oorhand gekry en die hele gebou is verwoes voordat die

brandweer opgedaag het. Die chalets en geriefswinkel, asook die res van die oord, het geen skade gely nie. Die oord was vol bespreek en het ook baie dagbesoekers gehad wat aan die jaarlikse driekampbyeenkoms en multisport-naweek deelgeneem het. Ongeag die brand het die bergfietswedren Sondag (16/10) voortgegaan. Die multisport-naweek was ten bate van die Laerskool Naudeville aangebied. Intussen het die Katleho-hospitaal in Virginia ook Saterdagaand groot skade opgedoen toe die operasiesaal vermoedelik aan die brand gesteek is. Albei die sake word steeds deur die owerhede ondersoek.

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