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Take it down By Andries van Zyl A tent erected across a street in a busy residential area of Louis Trichardt has once again sparked outrage. Tents being pitched across streets in Louis Trichardt have become somewhat of a common occurrence, despite being prohibited by law. This was the case again the past week when a tent, completely blocking the roadway, was pitched across Vorster Street between Munnik and Anderson Street. This sparked a furore from
frequent users of the road, who argued that the action showed a total disregard for the rights of others and a failure by the perpetrators to grasp the basic concept that doing so is illegal. Since Monday, the newspaper has been inundated with calls from angry residents complaining about the tent. Also on Monday, photos were being circulated on social media, showing traffic officials attending to the scene, but seemingly to no avail; by Tuesday morning, the tent was still up. One extremely irate res-
The erection of this tent over the busy Vorster Street in Louis Trichardt once again sparked a furore from frequent road users and residents in the area. Photo supplied.
ident, who asked to remain anonymous, indicated that he had tried in vain to have the tent removed since it was erected. “When I phoned the police, they said it was a traffic problem, and vice versa. I had a good mind to drive my truck through the tent and sue the perpetrators for damages caused by the illegal structure on the roadway,” he said. Fortunately, however, the above irate resident did not need to resort to such extremes. The newspaper had in the meantime informed the Makhado Municipality of residents’ complaints and asked them whether or not they intended to remove the illegal structure. Sure enough, just after 11:00 on Tuesday, the newspaper received a photo from municipal spokesperson Mr Louis Bobodi, showing a group of men taking down the tent. Asked whether the perpetrators had been warned or received a fine for illegally erecting the tent over the street, Bobodi said no. He explained that they had rather opted to remind the people that erecting a tent across the street was illegal and advised them to take it down. This “advice” came through the Department of Community Services. “If they resisted, then we would have warned and fined them,” said Bobodi. (Contd on P2)
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