The Ekurhuleni metro attends to potholes
After the recent rains multiple potholes have occurred in the Benoni area.
The Ekurhuleni metro have listed the following areas which have been affected and the dates of when they will be attended to:
• Kemstone Avenue: March 27.
• President Brand Street: March 15.
• Cloverdene Road: March 18.
• Sports Road: (particularly bad) due to drainage problem on Sports Road between Eva and Busschau roads causing potholes.
It will be attended to on March 20.
• Eva Road: March 22.
• Busschau Road: March 26.
• Jarah Road: April 1.
• Orchards Road: It is on the rehabilitation programme and will be repaired before the end of March 2019.
• Pretoria Road: is constantly flooded between Jay and Sports roads.
Open chutes will be opened on March 28.
• Pretoria Road dangerous potholes from Snake Road, N12 to Petit.
Contractor will start patching on March 13.
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Crystal Park crematorium undergoing maintenance
Despite the crematorium in the Lala Ngoxolo Cemetery in Crystal Park being closed for more than a year and a local resident wanting to purchase and refurbish it, the Ekurhuleni metro said it is not for sale.
The metro’s spokesperson, Themba Gadebde, said the crematorium is already undergoing maintenance and refurbishment of the cremator and will be opened once work is complete.
The resident, who is the owner of a Benoni-based funeral parlour, said the closure has not only inconvenienced one business but an entire community as a whole.
“My entire community now needs to make use of the Brixton or Middelburg Crematorium which is totally out of the way and places even more grief on the already painful loss of a loved one.
“This is simply unacceptable and the people in charge should take note of this.”
Mind your ears – do not let hearing loss limit you
To commemorate World Hearing Day on March 3, the Ekurhuleni metro highlighted the importance of consulting a hearing care provider on a regular basis to identify problems before it is too late.
The metro’s spokesperson, Themba Gadebe, said that the Ekurhuleni health practitioners have observed that hearing, besides being one of the essential senses, is mostly neglected.
Sister Motshidisi Moleleki, manager of Expanded Programme on Immunisation and Outbreak Response, said: “We often find patients coming in to get their eyes tested, visiting a dentist and exercising, but seldom get their ears checked.”
Ekurhuleni residents are encouraged to enquire about audio and speech therapy services offered when visiting the City’s healthcare facilities.
She added that hearing loss can be overcome by means of either a cochlear implant or a hearing device once it is detected.
“The earlier the problem is identified and treated, the least effect it will have on one’s life.”
Below are some tips for communicating with a hearing-impaired person:
• Get the person’s attention before speaking to them.
• Limit background noise as much as possible.
• Speak slowly, but not too slowly as this interrupts the flow of conversation.
• Don’t exaggerate your lip movements.
• Do not chew or smoke while talking as it changes the normal movement of lips.
• If the person asks you to repeat yourself, do so using exactly the same words you used before as the person may have only missed one or two words.
