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Die betrokkenes by ons water en elektrisiteit kry nie skaam vir wat hier aangaan in Suid-Afrika nie en is om ons totaal te vernietig dat ons van dors en honger moet uitsterf. Dit gaan al so sedert 1994 – misdaad regeer die land. Waarom word daar soveel ministers op nasionale en provinsiale vlakke onderhou as hulle nie weet wat hulle doen nie. Hulle het geen trots in hul werk of verantwoordelikheid nie. Dieselfde geld vir burgermeesters, raadslede en amptenary wat ook nie die werk doen waarvoor hul aangestel is nie. Dis ‘n donker stinkende skip wat ons land se ekonomie en ons mense/diere en omgewing vernietig.
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Die Rooiwal Afvalwater Verwerkingsaanleg noord van Pretoria (Tshwane), is groot gedeeltes al vir etlike jare buite werking. Herstelwerk word eenvoudig nes by kragstasies van Eskom nie behoorlik of glad nie uitgevoer nie.
Rooiwal kragstasie word ook nie onderhou nie en van hierdie kragstasies kon lankal ingespan gewees het om ons van krag te voorsien. Dieselfde wetgewings is ook Eskom en ander staatsentiteite se ondergang.
Die vraag is, waarom word daar groot hoeveelhede finansies aan die aanstelling van verskillende tipes munisipale ingenieurs, gesondheidsinspekteurs en loodgieters gebruik, maar niks word aan die probleem gedoen nie? Daar word jaarliks begroot, maar niks word uitgevoer nie.
Dus waarom word ongekwalifiseerdes aangehou wat nie die werk kan of wil uitvoer nie. Geen wonder ons is waar ons is nie. Swart bemagtiging en regstellende aksie wetgewings wat op nasionale vlak geïmplementeer word, word op alle vlakke van regering deurgevoer.
Hierdie rassistiese en diskriminerende wetgewings, is die grootste oorsaak van ons hele land se ondergang in munisipale wese en doodsteek, want onbevoegdes word aangestel wat nie die werk kan doen nie. Dit geld ook in die geval waar tenders uitgedeel word, want swart bemagtiging of regstelaksies is die ‘alfa en omega’ terwyl daar teen elke blanke in Suid-Afrika gediskrimineer word. Hierdie wetgewing diskrimineer teen blankes en dit vernietig al ons menseregte.
Die Apiesrivier ekosisteem raak elke boer asook elke plaaswerker wat in die area ‘n bestaan probeer maak om voedsel te produseer. Gifstowwe en gemors beland eerstens in die water, op lande, in die drinkwater van diere en mense, vernietig die omgewing en natuur. Die besmette en gekontamineerde produkte beland op ons tafels. Dis hoe siektes voortleef, want die regering klou vas aan wetgewings wat teen ‘n handjievol blankes diskrimineer net om hulle te vernietig, maar in die proses word almal vernietig. Die Apiesrivier is nie die enigste rivier wat so besoedel word nie.
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2 September 2021
Residents of Hammanskraal “do not have water that is safe for human consumption”.
(Was this not their second visit)?
This was the shocking finding of the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) during a visit to the area, north of Pretoria, on Thursday, 2 September. The commission said it would release findings into the situation there and the state of rivers in Tshwane.
The SAHRC conducted a fact-finding visit to the Temba Water Purification Plant and the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works, joined by Tshwane mayor Randall Williams and MMC Phillip Nel.
It followed recent reports that the quality of water produced at the plant had severely deteriorated, leaving Tshwane with no choice but to temporarily shut down the plant.
The commission declared the water in Hammanskraal unsafe for human consumption in 2019 and found the situation hadn’t much changed since.
SAHRC Gauteng head Buang Jones said short-term interventions were not sufficient to address the human rights violation.
“We are happy with the cooperation that we received from the department of water and sanitation and the city of Tshwane. However, we are still unhappy that the people of Hammanskraal do not have access to clean water and water that is safe for human consumption.
“We have since decided to convene a meeting with the city and Rand Water to explore possibilities of providing alternative water to the residents as an interim measure,” said Jones.
When it came to the refurbishment of the Rooiwal plant, a project which is hoped will deal with much of the problem, Jones said he had been told the first phase would be completed in 2022.
“Our main concern at the moment is that there isn’t sufficient communication with the affected residents and farmers who reside along the banks of Apies River. These are issues that require a cohesive response from the national, provincial and local sphere government, and we hope that the upcoming elections will not affect the progress that we have observed here today.”
Jones added that there were allegations of people benefiting from the status quo.
“They are happy with the status quo and people like that suffer from shortism because they don’t understand the long-term implications for the residents of Hammanskraal.”
He said during their previous visit the government had given itself three years to complete the project at the treatment plant.
Williams said the challenges in Hammanskraal were first identified in 2004, when reports were presented to the then administration highlighting that the waste water infrastructure was deteriorating and would not be able to sustain population growth.
He said the reports were ignored, the population more than doubled and no interventions were put in place for more than a decade.
“The infrastructure significantly degraded, such that by 2015 the water in parts of Hammanskraal was undrinkable,” he said.
Williams said the area was prioritised in 2016. “It then became apparent that repairs and maintenance would not be sufficient. What was required was a full-scale refurbishment of the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment plant.”
He added that R300m was made available to upgrade the plant, funded over numerous phases and budgetary years. It was one of the city’s “biggest budget allocations”.
“Phase one of this work is currently under way and standing at 58% completion, with finalisation expected in October 2022. However, as this work takes place we must keep the plant running, which is challenging,” he said.
Kobus Fell, of NPO National Water Monitor, said he was concerned about information being released to the public in an attempt to put them at ease.
He said a picture was being painted that “everything is fine”, but in reality the quality of water being released into the river system was not good enough.
Tumelo Koitheng, from the Hammanskraal residents’ forum, said the water crisis in the area must be treated with urgency.
“We understand that until the source has been corrected we are still going to suffer. This is an emergency; people’s lives are at stake. We are very worried because of the political instability that we are seeing now it’s election season. If there’s a new administration we will be back to square one, so they need to speedily address issues of connecting the two pipes.”
He said when they lodged a complaint with the commission it was because the water was smelly and brown.
“The Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment still contaminates the Apies River, which is the source of water for residents. We are not satisfied with what we have seen today at the plant because when we walked around certain tanks were dark. They have been overflowing and that’s not a good sign. It seems they are busy with the upgrade, but neglecting the maintenance,” Koitheng said.
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Dit word bewys deur al die etlike verslae en besoeke van ministers, raadslede en ander belanghebbende organisasies wat biljoene (R2 biljoen plus) begroot het vir die Rooiwal aanleg maar tot niks uitgeloop het nie. Dit word hieronder vermeld.
Rooiwal is een van die grootste rioolverwerking aanlegte. Daar is selfs tenders uitgevoer en die vraag is, indien die finansies al vir etlike jare gelede begroot en uitgegee is, waar is al daardie geld vandag heen? Hammanskraal is deel van Pretoria – Tswane metroraad en is maar een dorpie wat nie water het nie en al die boere langs die Apiesrivier, waar rou riool al vir etlike jare ingepomp word waar landbouprodukte nie verbou kan word nie, sit met besoedeling op landbougrond. Groentegewasse kan nie in sulke tipe van grond verbou word nie.
Rou riool word in riviere ingepomp met die medewete van verskeie betrokke ministers, burgemeesters, raadslede en amptenare. Rou riool uitlate in die gebied is nie die enigste nie. Weermag is al ingeroep in ander gebiede, net omdat geen onderhoud gedoen word aan die betrokke masjinerie nie.
Wat van al die siektes wat uitgebreek het en publiek moet self daarvoor betaal om weer gesond te word? Dit kom dus voor dat die regering en al die amptenare saamwerk om al die gemeenskappe sowel boere siek te maak met die gemors wat hulle veroorsaak – en al hierdie amptenare, raadslede en ministers word vergoed daarvoor?
Iewers beland hierdie besmette water op boere se lande, word opgeneem deur diere en plantgewasse en uiteindelik beland dit op ons voedselrakke en huise .
Munisipaliteite se gesondheidsinspekteurs en ingenieurs doen nie hulle werk nie, Apiesrivier wat ander damme voet noord van Pretoria word al vir jare met riool besmet en besoedeling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qBVa1ezhR0
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HISTORY
July 2010
The site comprises of three separate works, East, West and North. The East works
was the first to be built in 1954 as biological filter plant. The West works, also a biological filter plant, followed in the early 1960s, and the larger North works as an
activated sludge plant in 1984.
The sludge plant is a separate unit, located to the north of the main North works. No actual construction date was found, but it was estimated that this may have been in the mid 1980s. No information was available as to what happened to the sludge prior to this. Site staff did state reference to sludge cannons being used to disperse liquid sludge onto nearby land. They also stated that this had led to significant deterioration of the land quality (i.e. now too soft to access effectively). However, these we were not able to gain access to confirm or observe any of these elements at the time of the visit.
A consultant report prepared by SSI Engineers and Environment Consultants Pty Ltd (SSI) in late 2008 indicated a capacity split of West 40.8MLD; East 54.5MLD; and North 150MLD. However, it was not clear where this information was sourced or how accurate it may have been.
Click to access SA03a_Gauteng_WWTWs_assessment_Mar09.pdf
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2015
Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works
City of Tshwane
RSA
Refurbishment and upgrade of the Rooiwal WWTW including the supply and installation of emergency mechanical and electrical equipment
https://www.wecprojects.com/wp-content/themes/wec-theme/pdfs/municipal-plants-reference-list.pdf
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2016
The first phase of a billion rand extension to the plant could start as soon as next month.
Reacting to a statement by Democratic Alliance (DA) mayoral candidate for Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, that the residents of among others Hammanskraal were being placed at risk by untreated run-off from Rooiwal, Ntsowe admitted groundwater in the vicinity of the plant had been contaminated.
He also said that sometimes, under-treated waste also ran into the Apies river as a result of a sudden huge influx of storm water into the plant. Heavy storm water flow was not only a result of rain, but also of households with illegal pipe connections – water pipes being connected to the sewerage system.
Meanwhile, Msimanga said that DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Leon Basson MP, had visited the plant on three occasions last year to perform oversight at the facility.
“On his first visit in July 2015, Basson witnessed 104.8 million litres of untreated sewage spilling into the Apies river on a daily basis.”
Sewage works at capacity
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Tender to Rooiwal
https://www.tendersontime.com/tenders-details/tender-dredging-rooiwal-waste-water-treatment-works-wwtw-maturation-ponds-169ccfc/
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Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Mr Randall Williams, said the R2 billion will be spent towards completing refurbishment and increase capacity at Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works.
The Mayor said on Wednesday 14 April 2021, he joined the Minister of the National Department of Water and Sanitation, Ms Lindiwe Sisulu, as she conducted a departmental oversight visit to the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) to evaluate the work taking place at the site.
Mr Randall said that it should be noted that Rooiwal Water Waste Treatment Works is the largest treatment plant in Tshwane, processing 45% of all the City’s wastewater. The plant was originally built in the 1950s with major extensions in 1975 and 1988.
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4 May 2021
Today, we can confirm that ActionSA has been provided with access to tender documents relating to alleged irregularities in a R295 million tender awarded by the City of Tshwane for work at the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant. The tender was awarded through a joint venture involving Blackhead Consulting, owned by Edwin Sodi. Mr Sodi is notorious for his appearance at the State Capture Commission of Enquiry due to his alleged involvement in the Free State’s asbestos scandal.
Most recently, Sodi has been fingered in yet another R44 million tender scandal in the City of Joburg, involving the preparation of conditional assessments for hostels in the City. Bizarrely, in the approved 19/20 Medium Term Budget, R255 million had been allocated for hostel upgrades. This was not meant for any assessment – the condition of hostels was well documented – but for actual work to be completed. What has happened to this money? What work has been done? Why was there further assessments?
It has been more than 10 years since the South African Human Rights Council (SAHRC) declared that the water in Hammanskraal was “unfit for human consumption.” Thanks to corruption and rampant mismanagement, this community continues to suffer.
The handover of these documents also follows a 3-day commission of inquiry, instituted by ActionSA and lead by an independent panel, into the unsafe poor water quality in Hammanskraal. Successive ANC governments in Tshwane have turned a blind eye to the community’s suffering. Being no better, the DA-led coalition continues to bury its head in the sand, rather than hear the community’s pleas. Indeed, Mayor Williams even refused to account to the people of Hammanskraal when invited to engage with the community by the commission’s panel.
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Residents of Hammanskraal in Tshwane have been struggling for access to clean water for years. The Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant is being upgraded to deal with the problem. Gauteng Cogta MEC, Lebogang Maile, and city officials are visiting the facility during May 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQzNBeoGYs
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ROU RIOOL – A DISASTER AREA
2011
Apiesrivier was declared a disaster area – and what happened since then?
NOTHING
https://www.news24.com/News24/Apies-River-declared-a-disaster-area-20111109
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2016
Pretoria, 22 Oktober 2016 – Rioolvuil van die Rooiwal-rioolaanleg het in inwoners van dié omgewing noord van Pretoria se water beland. Die watertoevoer na Hammanskraal, Temba, Eersterust en verskeie ander buurte moes gevolglik afgesny word. Die burgemeester van die Tshwane-metroraad, Solly Msimanga, sê die opgradering en instandhouding van Rooiwal is ‘n top prioriteit.
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