{"id":121196,"date":"2020-04-30T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T10:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=121196"},"modified":"2020-04-30T12:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T10:19:38","slug":"van-spogoord-tot-vervalle-kwarantynfasiliteit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/04\/30\/van-spogoord-tot-vervalle-kwarantynfasiliteit\/","title":{"rendered":"Van spogoord tot vervalle kwarantynfasiliteit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die oord, was bekend as \u201cDie Bron\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Die Bron het gister vir \u2019n gebrom gesorg, nadat \u2019n bom gebars het oor die toestande by die kwarantynfasiliteit.<\/p>\n<p>Foto\u2019s van vervalle rondawels en \u2019n stortingsterrein waar bobbejane en ape baljaar, is op sosiale media gesirkuleer. \u2019n Insetsel oor die toestande is ook op e.tv Nuus gewys.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121203\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-4-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-4-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-4-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mnr. Leon Nel, wat saam met sy gesin, Melanie, L\u00e9o (3) en Alexander (1), by Zithabiseni in kwarantyn is, nadat hulle vanaf Mosambiek daarheen gebring is, s\u00ea hulle het Woensdagaand \u2019n vergadering gehou oor die klagtes en daar is intussen aan van die klagtes aandag gegee soos om die vo\u00eblmis by rondawels te verwyder.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens hom gaan die klagtes egter nie net oor die gehalte van die kos en die fasiliteite in die algemeen nie, maar die gesondheidstandaarde wat toegepas word.<br \/>\nDie personeel pak glo \u2019n taxi in die middae vol en keer terug na hulle huise om die volgende dag weer te werk.<\/p>\n<p>Daar is veral groot kommer oor hoe die kos voorberei word.<br \/>\nDaar is al \u2019n oogwimper en hare in die kos gekry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121206\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-6-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-6-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-6-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sy vrou, Melanie, s\u00ea van die kinders was al 26 uur sonder kos. Mense het nie water gekry die eerste dag nie en die bobbejane ontlas in die waterputte.<br \/>\nMense wat wel die kos ge\u00ebet het, het diarree gekry.<\/p>\n<p>Die stortingsterrein word nie net gebruik om die kampafval weg te gooi nie, maar ook mediese-afval. \u201cDie bobbejane en ape is bedags op daardie stortingsterrein en kan daardie afval terug bring na ons slaapplekke toe,\u201d kla hy.<\/p>\n<p>Die Bron is in \u2019n natuurreservaat met warmbron en is in die laat 1960\u2019s ontwikkel.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986 het die Transvaal Provinsiale Administrasie die oord gekoop een aan die KwaNdebele regering geskenk wat die naam verander het na Zithabiseni.<\/p>\n<p>Die veral van die eens pragtige oord het daarna begin en waar duisende vakansiegangers baljaar het is nou \u2019n vervalle kwarantynfasiliteit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121205\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-1-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-1-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-1-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121200\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-7-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-7-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-7-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Na 1994 het die oord verskeie kere van eienaars verwissel van Mpumalanga Parkeraad tot die Departement Landbou, Departement Omgewingsake en Toerisme en uiteindelik die Departement Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling, Omgewingsake en Toerisme.<\/p>\n<p>Dumisane Malamule het\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za\u00a0<\/b>na die Mpumalanga Departement van Toerisme verwys, wat nie bereik kon word nie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121204\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-2-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-2-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-2-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121202\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-3-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-3-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-3-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Die VF Plus het pas in \u2019n verklaring die volgende ges\u00ea:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDie VF Plus spreek sy skok en afgryse uit oor die haglike kwarantyn-omstandighede waaronder mense wat vanaf buurstate in Suid-Afrika aankom, vir veertien dae moet tuisgaan.<\/p>\n<p>Dit is niks minder nie as skandalig hoe die Suid-Afrikaanse regering hierdie mense \u2013 baie van hulle Suid-Afrikaanse burgers \u2013 hanteer. Die tonele van die Zithabiseni-konferensiesentrum in Mpumalanga is haglik en onbewoonbaar.<\/p>\n<p>Net soos by die ander fasiliteite waaroor die VF Plus die afgelope maand klagtes ontvang het, ontbreek algemene higi\u00ebne, skoon water, badkamergeriewe en selfs elektrisiteit.<\/p>\n<p>Dit is \u2019n skande hoe die kwarantyngeriewe lyk en dit is onaanvaarbaar dat die departement van gesondheid en openbare werke en infrastruktuur dit beskikbaar gestel het vir hierdie doel. Daar moet nou duidelikheid gegee word oor al hierdie geriewe sodat behoorlike oorsig daaroor gedoen kan word.<\/p>\n<p>Die jongste tonele maak dit duidelik dat geen inspeksies vooraf deur die betrokke departemente gedoen is nie. Hoe die kontrakte met hierdie instansies onderteken is, sal ondersoek moet word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121201\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-5-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-5-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-5-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121199\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-8-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-8-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-8-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-121198\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-9-Copy-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-9-Copy-520x400.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/04\/Zithabeiseni-9-Copy-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Zithabiseni oord, waar 108 mense in kwarantyn gehou word, was eens op \u2019n tyd een van die destydse Oos-Transvaal se gewildste oorde, met ellelange waglyste vir vakansiegangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":121197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tobie van den Bergh","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10367,24628,24631,24630,10450,10366,24629,24627],"class_list":["post-121196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-betroubare-nuus","tag-die-bron-oord-nou-n-vervalle-kwarantynfasiiteit","tag-die-bron-vakansieoord","tag-halglike-omstandighede-by-zithabiseni-kwarantynfasiliteit","tag-middelburg-nuus","tag-plaaslike-nuus","tag-zithabiseni","tag-zithabiseni-kwarantynfasiliteit"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["betroubare nuus","die bron oord nou n vervalle kwarantynfasi;iteit","die bron vakansieoord","halglike omstandighede by zithabiseni kwarantynfasiliteit","middelburg nuus","plaaslike nuus","zithabiseni","zithabiseni kwarantynfasiliteit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}