NEWS
Drought: E Gauteng rain more than last season
W
ith the heavy
showers experienced over
Gauteng in mid-May you'd be
forgiven for asking “Drought?
What drought?”
For in reality the most recent
rainy season was much wetter
than the previous one, by
more than 250mm.
For the rainy season from
September to May 2016 we
recorded 869mm in Eastern
Gauteng. The rainfall for the
same period in 2014/5 was
only 606mm.
The problem with this year's
rainfall, however, was that it
fell in relatively few, heavy
showers, with long periods of
hot, dry weather in between.
While Eastern Gauteng's
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KYALAMI ROAD
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will go out of business if the
area is destroyed,” claims
Gekco.
Along with the road is a
proposed sewer line, required
by the Pivotal Fund, developers of the Kyalami Village
shopping centre on the
corner of the R55 and Main
Road, but which will be used
by other developers if it goes
ahead.
Its route goes through a bird
sanctuary in Beaulieu, and
cuts through Kyalami and
Glenferness, joining an
existing sewer line near
William Nicol Drive. The
sewer line will enable high-
density development along its
route, and numerous
applications have already
been submitted, Gekco
claims. The sewer line is
currently being contested in
court by Gekco.
“The end result is that the
ambitions of a few developers, who want to make a fast
profit, are jeopardising the
livelihoods of thousands who
work in a unique and
irreplaceable local industry.
Most seriously, a vulnerable
section of the population will
be affected, who cannot
simply relocate to a new area
at will, and whose resources
are already thinly stretched
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due to supporting numerous
dependants,” claims Gekco.
For more information: Kristin
Kallesen cell 083 600-6091,
chairperson of the Greater
Kyalami Conservancy