Die R369: KRUISING VAN ORANIA SE GROEI EN SUID-AFRIKA SE VERVAL

Deur Dr Wynand Boshoff

Die Hopetown-Petrusvillepad, waarop Orania lê, is redelike vars nuus – glo dit of nie! As jy voor 1970 van Hopetown na Petrusville wou ry, het die grondpad oor Kraankuil en dan na Petrusville gegaan – ’n entjie suid van die huidige teerpad.

Maar dit was die 1970’s en groot geld is aan infrastruktuur bestee. ’n Nuwe, korter teerpad moes sement van die spoorwegstasie op Kraankuil na die nuwe dam dra. In die toekoms sou dit diens doen om gewasse te vervoer – die suidelike kanaal vanuit die dam sou immers eerste gebou word.

Kanale is vanuit Orania gebou, daarom was ‘n teerpad tussen Oranjerivierstasie en Orania ook ‘n goeie idee. Die gevolg: ‘n hele nuwe, korter, beter pad van Hopetown tot by Petrusville en Vanderkloof. Dit kon nog tot by Colesberg verleng word.

Die dorpe wat Waterwese vir konstruksiedoeleindes gebou het, is gebou om te hou. Gariepdam (toe Oranjekrag), Vanderkloof en Orania was “tydelike” dorpe wat permanent geword het.
Suid-Afrika was inderdaad op ’n hoogtepunt van langtermynbelegging in infrastruktuur.

Dit het nie gehou nie. Die 80 km tussen Petrusville en Colesberg is halfpad geteer, maar nie voltooi nie. Die suidelike kanaal is nie gebou nie en toe die noordelike kanaal in die Vrystaat gebou is, is daardie pad nie geteer nie.

Oranjekrag en Vanderkloof is as dorpe geproklameer en weens die pragtige ligging het huise vinnig verkoop. Orania was nie so mooi geleë nie en is amper gesloop. Op die end was daar nie genoeg belangstelling in die boumateriaal nie en die dorp het bly staan.

Teen 1991 het Afrikaners die dop van Orania gekoop. Die Vanderkloofdam was 14 jaar oud en besproeiingspersele wat as gevolg daarvan ontwikkel kon word, het ’n landbouverwante ekonomie laat opgroei. ’n Dorp was nog nie nodig nie, maar kon handig wees.

Knoop die storie vas.

Ver, ook in die Noord-Kaap maar nogtans ver, is die Sishenmyn in 1953 ontwikkel. In 1976 is die indrukwekkende Sishen-Saldanhaspoorlyn ontwikkel, om geweldige volumes erts na die nuwe uitvoerhawe van Saldanhabaai te vervoer.

Ertstreine was 210 waens lank en elk kon tagtig ton dra. Tans is die trein 375 waens lank en elk dra 100 ton. Meer myne het ontwikkel en, ten spyte van langer en sterker treine, kan dit nie meer al die erts vervoer nie.

Toe Orania gekoop is, het spoorlyne nog tred gehou met ekonomiese ontwikkeling en Orania se twee- na driehonderd inwoners het nie danig verkeer opgelewer nie.  Niemand het juis gedink mynbou in die Kalahari en Orania het veel met mekaar te doen nie.

Intussen het die ekonomie gedoen wat dit doen as daar geleenthede is: Dit het gegroei. Orania self, landbou in die omgewing en myne ver weg in die Kalahari.

Die ANC het in 1994 aan bewind gekom. Stadig maar seker is die samelewing “getransformeer”, wat maar net beteken “kaders” is in posisies geplaas as gevolg van politieke kontakte, nie hulle vermoë om die werk te doen nie.

Kaderontplooiing het in staatskaping ontaard. Die ekonomie moet loop, want anders is daar niks om te buit nie, maar daar word nie in die langtermyn belê nie. Transnet was een van die slagoffers.

Dit is waar die groeiende Orania en die kwynende Suid-Afrika kruis.

Orania se groei beteken dat al meer voertuie die pad kruis. Teen groot weerstand van die provinsie is ’n vierrigtingstop aangebring, sodat dorpsbewoners die pad veiliger kan kruis. Later het girts-strepe bygekom.

Tussen nuwe myne in die Kalahari en die nuwe Coega-hawe by Port Elizabeth het geen nuwe infrastruktuur tot stand gekom nie. Landelike paaie was skielik ’n hoofroete vir swaar ertsvoertuie.

Billikheidshalwe moet mens erken dat daar ander dorpe is waar alle ertstrokke regdeur die dorp ry. Die roete vertak op verskillende plekke, sodat slegs ’n deel van die verkeer deur Orania loop.

Wat Orania uitsonder, is dat plaaslike (private) wetstoepassing wel nie die tande van provinsiale verkeersowerhede of die SA Polisiediens het nie, maar tog die behoefte om sy gemeenskap te beveilig.

Daarom word die hoeveelheid en gedrag van ertstrokke dopgehou. Op ander plekke is talle ongelukke al deur slaggate veroorsaak. Voetgangers is al deur vragmotors doodgery. Maar daar is nie beeldmateriaal nie.

Die ongeluk in Orania is anders. Met beeldmateriaal kan die spoed waarteen die vragmotor oor die vierrigtingstop is, bereken word. Die dramatiese wegslinger van die klein passasiersvoertuig laat mens vra hoe iemand dit kon oorleef. En jy kan dit weer en weer kyk, jy kan dit aanstuur, jy kan dit nie wegpraat nie.

Dat Orania al verskeie male gepoog het om met die provinsiale verkeersowerheid en die SAPD te vergader, is amper ’n voetnota in die verhaal. Dat owerhede hierdie byeenkomste telkens op kort kennisgewing gekanselleer het, onderstreep die probleem: Terwyl Orania groei en die R369 vir meer mense gevaar inhou, neem die wil en vermoë van die staat om sake reg te stel, af. Dis die staat se pad; wat Orania ook al wil doen om die kruising te beveilig, moet deur die staat goedgekeur word – eintlik deur hulle gedoen word. Orania kan nog ’n plan maak, want hy wil. Maar wat word van gewone mense in ander dorpe wat net van die staat afhanklik is?

Dr Wynand Boshoff is ’n parlementslid vir die Vryheidsfront Plus en die party se provinsiale leier in die Noord-Kaap.

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