Sedert die laaste skrywe het baie positiewe en
negatiewe dinge plaasgevind. Bela-Bela
ly nog steeds aan ʼn ernstige waterprobleem. Buiten die baie waterlekke en die
beurtkragprobleme, word daar nog ʼn verdere las op die
beskikbaarheid van watervoorsiening geplaas. Tuine word natgelei en ek weet nie wat die
omgee van die mense is teenoor ander dorpsgenote wat hieronder ly nie. Ek kan nie namens die Munisipaliteit of oor
hul vermoëns praat nie, maar die
water wat hulle kan suiwer tussen beurtkrag periodes is nie genoeg om aan al
die voorsieningspunte water te voorsien nie.
ʼn Klein bietjie omgee sal help dat ander huishoudings
nie vir dae sonder water moet leef nie.
Hierdie is net ʼn versoek aan Renaissance
inwoners om meelewend te wees. Ek wil
nie graag polisieman speel nie, maar doen ʼn beroep op u integriteit vir samewerking.
Die positiewe is dat elkeen van ons GOD kan nader en
bid vir die wat aan stuur van sake is, om die wysheid te ontvang om die nood te
verlig en dat kwaliteitswerk verrig sal word.
Ons dank ook aan al die instansies wat ingetree het om te help met
rapportering en herstel van probleme.
Dit word opreg waardeer.
Tydens ʼn
Bestuurskomiteevergadering is die moontlikheid geopper om ʼn oordbestuurder
aan te stel. Daar sal ondersoek
ingestel word oor die haalbaarheid daarvan.
Dit kan ʼn duur opsie wees maar die
lede wat dit kosteloos doen, word nie altyd so gaaf behandel nie en dit skep ʼn negatiewe gesindheid.
Hiermee wil ek my dank uitspreek teenoor die persone
en briefies van waardering wat ons ontvang het van inwoners. Dankie ook aan al die bestuurslede wat vasbyt
en die ekstra myle loop om van die oord ʼn beter plek te maak.
Die KVA bly steeds ʼn bekommernis.
Die Bestuurskomitee is besig met onderhandelinge om die verbruikslesings
laer te kry. Ons het egter die samewerking van al die inwoners nodig. Die idee is om die oord in blokke op te deel
sodat wanneer die krag aankom alle eenhede nie gelyktydig sal aanskakel
nie. Sodoende kan ons die KVA lesing
laer hou. Ek onderskat nie u
intelligensie nie, maar daar is inwoners wat nie bewus is van hoe KVA bereken
word nie. Sodra die krag aankom en daar
is toestelle soos stowe, geisers en mikrogolgoonde wat baie krag gebruik,
gebruik word, registreer daardie lesing by die Munisipale meterkas. As die lesing byvoorbeeld 200 registreer word
die oord op daardie lesing aangeslaan.
Die slegte van die lesing is dat dit dan vir die hele maand sal geld en
as daar nog iets gebeur en die lesing word hoër dan word die hoogste lesing gebruik om ons aanslag
te bepaal. Daarom het ons u samewerking
nodig om hierdie lesing so laag as moontlik te hou. Bestuur u kragverbruik behoorlik en dit kan ʼn groot verskil maak.
Mooi bly tot die volgende uitgawe
CHAIRMAN’S LETTER
Since my last report, many positive and negative
things have taken place.
Bela-Bela still suffers from a severe water
problem. Apart from the many water leaks
and load-shedding, a further burden is water supply availability. Residents are constantly watering their
gardens, and I don't know their feelings towards other fellow town inhabitants
who suffer because of this.
I cannot speak on behalf of the Municipality or their
capabilities. Still, the water they can
purify between load-shedding periods are not sufficient to supply water to all
the points.
A tiny bit of caring will help other households not to
live without water for days, and a friendly request to Renaissance residents
are to be compassionate. I'm not
particularly eager to monitor all homes in Renaissance, but I call on your
integrity for cooperation.
The positive is that we can approach GOD and pray for
those in charge of affairs to receive the wisdom to take on the challenge and
that the workers will do quality work.
We also thank all the institutions that assisted with reporting and
repairing problems. It is greatly appreciated.
During a Management Committee meeting, the developer
mentioned the possibility of appointing a Village Manager. There will be scrutiny as to the feasibility
of this. The appointment can be an
expensive option, but the members who do it free of charge are often not
treated as kindly, which creates a negative attitude.
I would like to express my gratitude to the persons
and letters of appreciation from residents.
Thank you also to all the Management Committee’s members who stick
around and walk the extra mile to make the village a better place.
The KWA continues to be a concern. The Management Committee is in negotiations
to get the consumption readings lower.
We need the cooperation of all the residents. The idea is to break up the
village into blocks so that when the power is turned back on, all units will turn on simultaneously. In doing so, we can keep the KWA reading
lower. I don't underestimate your
intelligence, but some residents do not know how KWA is calculated. Once
load-shedding ends and appliances such as stoves, geysers, and other appliances
that use a lot of energy, are in use, that reading registers with the Municipal
meter box. For example, if the reading
registers 200, the village is rated on that reading. The bad thing about this is that it will be applicable
for the whole month. If anything else
happens and the calculation gets higher, the highest reading determines our
assessment. That's why we need your
cooperation to keep this reading as low as possible. Manage your power consumption, and it can
make a big difference.
Keep
well until the next issue of the newsletter.
