I moved from KZN to The Drakenstein area 24 years ago and live very close to this place. I have never in my 24 years here experienced rain like this. It has nothing to do with the farmers, they provide jobs here, both on the farms and wineries. It is an act of mother nature and no one can be blamed for it. Farmers need the dams for irrigation and we have just had too much rain.
Stop building on areas that are not for residential use nor legal settlements... You can't put up structures anywhere even on restricted areas because of flooding then cry later ... This is the problem when they don't use proper channels then play victim... The farmers never asked for land to be occupied that is unsafe to begin with ... The government must find proper safe ground and you must inquire with them before just doing your own thing .
@@kudamutee2203agree but there are also many that would rather stay in those areas for next to nothint and use money on clothes and substances instead of paying rent.
@@kudamutee2203 imagine not having apartheid for 30 years,and for 30 years your dear anc did f@k all. Storm rain is def apaprtheid fault. How dare apartheid do that?!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Lol blaming farmers and Political Parties for nature causing havoc is crazy. The DA has been getting the blame since the first storm. STOP occupying lands illegally and then you'd get services. How can you get services on land that doesn't belong to the government.
This is what I dislike about South Africans....blaming others for things beyond everybody's control, if they are illegal settlers they need to realise they can't just landgrab and expect services that other rate payers and taxpayers also struggle to get,let's not play the blame game,what are you doing on land that isn't fit for housing
I have sympathy for people but this video is like I'm building my house in the vaal River right in front of the vaal dam dam wall and the sluces, in Pretoria mamelodian citizens also suffers of heavy rains when there houses flushes away next to the rivers, be smart move to higher grounds, dams are for irrigation and for water in homes, not to live close to red zones,
In the kzn floods of April 2022 the dams where fill to 98% capacity, yet no one blamed the dams because they knew it was climate change. Having full dams is better than drought, I taught cape Town residents will understand that better than anyone else especially after 2019 drought
The municipality should also have put proper pipes in incase of flooding to channel water through the sides of housing areas and also told people were it is safe to stay ... Stop blaming farmers that work hard to feed everyone..
The municipality has done a heck of a lot of work, unlike most other towns which are in ruins.Everey eventuality cannot be catered for , what is next , they blamed for trees falling on houses if a tornado passes through?
Why would you want to build a settlement in a ditch were water may collect and wash away everything? Is that not called negligence of the builders? Not the farmers? But still even if they did not think doing so, my heart still goes out to them who lost there homes and belongings... And I pray they get houses on higher levels...
Why do you build your home so near a dam and a river from it? If it floods, what will happen? Your homes get flooded and worse, they get washed away. How poor is eNCA's reporting on this? Just reporting what the residents say and not using critical thinking, nor asking for an expert opinion on the situation. Unacceptable!
Always whining and moaning, but too lazy to even fill their own sandbags to protect their residences. Yes I am from this area and know what went down. This was a storm situation, this not any ones fault. You have lived in Newtown for all these years without issues, now you cry about water and evacuation and rich people's houses. Really? At least you have a mu icipality and Mayou that knows how to organise, unlike yourselves.
How can it be the farmers fault, what the nature is causing? The rain comes from heaven's and not from the farmer's and it is houses and you building your house in uneven ground. Go back to school and learn more.
on whose tables? Over 50% of South African households go to bed hungry every night. Commercial farmers, who still hold the majority of the land in this country don't care about the hungry of this country one little bit and whether or not their produce ends up in poor households doesn't come into their thinking
LOL🤣😂 For the guy that blamed the farmer: *The farmers didn't create the topogrophy and the landscape of the area. They only utilise the area to farm upon. * The land was created miliions and millions of years ago. Go look at geology of how continents were made. * Climate change is occuring which is affecting the Western Cape. * Resources were probably not spent to improve the infrastructure or implement new civil infrastructure. * Channeling the water to safer places needs to be done by the engineers from the municipality, so why haven't you held them accountable?
In terms of the storm drains.... were the drains there before or after the houses were built? If people chose to build near the drains, they chose to do so. Perhaps they should move their houses elsewhere? Next point. Sea levels are rising. This means that the water table, or the level of water below land is rising too. This is a slow process that is already underway. This is something for which countries around the world are having to plan.
While the people are suffering there is still some people who blame all the people for their own suffering The people they voted for must address the unfortunate victims grievenses urgently
I live opposite a stream, but when it rains heavily, it becomes a dam. Even homeless people avoid setting up there because they know they will be swept away. Lazy people do nothing and expect others to do the work. Mother nature is cruel to everyone not only to the poor. Stop blaming others.
Oh dear!!!!! Gotta blame someone. Farmers cant make salarues to pay them either as the rains have closed in supplies,fruit,trucks etc. Gonna blame them too???? Good Lord.talk about passing the buck😂
Only idiots would look for someone to blame natural disasters on. It is not the fault of the people that they have to deal with the aftermath, but trying to point the finger at others when it is an act of nature is asinine in any situation.
Yes, blame the farmers who feed the nation😮 The weather isn't under the ANC or DA etc. Better town planning which will upset everyone as they will have to move and be further away🤦♀️🤷🏼♀️
When will people learn to play their part and stop littering. Always rubbish dumps in residential areas which stops drains and stormwater channels. Stop behaving like animals and keep your areas clean and decent and co-operate with local outhaurities not expecting them to do what we are supposed to do time to grow up people. Report faults such as streetlights not working blocked drains, potholes etc. If you don't have the contact details of your ward councilor and report to him/her it shows you are an idiot and don't care for they do not see what you see but are responsible for the smooth running of their wards but you should be their ears and eyes. We can make our communities work start in your own home, street and stop piling up rubbish outside your dwelling places.
I moved from KZN to The Drakenstein area 24 years ago and live very close to this place. I have never in my 24 years here experienced rain like this. It has nothing to do with the farmers, they provide jobs here, both on the farms and wineries. It is an act of mother nature and no one can be blamed for it. Farmers need the dams for irrigation and we have just had too much rain.
Well said ❤
Stop building on areas that are not for residential use nor legal settlements...
You can't put up structures anywhere even on restricted areas because of flooding then cry later ...
This is the problem when they don't use proper channels then play victim...
The farmers never asked for land to be occupied that is unsafe to begin with ...
The government must find proper safe ground and you must inquire with them before just doing your own thing .
How about you adress the inequalities and legacy of apartheid and the gentrification that led to them building settlements here?🤔🤔
@@kudamutee2203 How about you stop voting for people that steals everything and blames apartheid.
@@kudamutee2203agree but there are also many that would rather stay in those areas for next to nothint and use money on clothes and substances instead of paying rent.
@@kudamutee2203 imagine not having apartheid for 30 years,and for 30 years your dear anc did f@k all.
Storm rain is def apaprtheid fault. How dare apartheid do that?!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
Know the Hymn:
Build your house apon the ROCK for the rain will come pouring down..
Divine message:💨. 🌦️🏝️
Deuteronomy 1:6; 6: 4, "5", 6!
Be STILL and KNOW!
Verse 4, "5"...Will KNOW!
5... AGAIN! Will Know!
TIDINGS: 🍃🌿🕊️🌦️🏝️🏔️
Everyone, Everywhere are TIDE to, is what ALL Possess : 💨
GREAT NEWS!! ..Sky News🌦️
Of TIDINGS
Qur'an: surah or Sarah: 78:1-17
Is just another chapter in Life
" Children, are the responsible inheritors of 🏝️🌦️🏔️💦 "
Song:
🏝️The Earth is firm beneath my feet,
🌥️ The Sun shines up above,
🧑🌾🧑🍳 And here we stand so straight ...And STRONG,
To KNOW ...and Live WELL....
Enough 💟🙏
🤍⚡💨
⚡🤍
enca and propaganda, how are they blaming Farmers
Dams actually reduce flooding. Even when they are at 100%. Don’t expect evey to understand that. Not with our school system.
Our government really really needs to make sure people get better education.
Some of them do get free education, but they don't study.
@BladeCrew I dint know it's free to go to UCT and Stellies
Lol blaming farmers and Political Parties for nature causing havoc is crazy.
The DA has been getting the blame since the first storm.
STOP occupying lands illegally and then you'd get services.
How can you get services on land that doesn't belong to the government.
The millionaires did not build under flood levels, wow
This is what I dislike about South Africans....blaming others for things beyond everybody's control, if they are illegal settlers they need to realise they can't just landgrab and expect services that other rate payers and taxpayers also struggle to get,let's not play the blame game,what are you doing on land that isn't fit for housing
How does that work farmers are very aware of water levels otherwise their crops would rot it's in their best interest to prevent flooding
Haibo! No farmers = No food.
Don't build in the 100 year flood line. Old school knowledge.
I have sympathy for people but this video is like I'm building my house in the vaal River right in front of the vaal dam dam wall and the sluces, in Pretoria mamelodian citizens also suffers of heavy rains when there houses flushes away next to the rivers, be smart move to higher grounds, dams are for irrigation and for water in homes, not to live close to red zones,
Stop BUILDING ON THE BLOODDDY FLOOD PLAINES 😤 😒 😑 🙄 always blaming other people because you don't listen
There is a 100 year floodline for a reason. All we see in the Western Cape people putting up informal settlement in these areas.
Are those illegal informal areas?
@@Kirsten567 it should be, it's dangerous. Just like driving while drunk is dangerous, and also illegal.
Blame the farmers........
Seriously?????
What mentality is this????
Ja nee⁉️
Typical "I will and cannot do anything for myself" attitude.
Everything is someone elses fault, even a winterstorm.
In the kzn floods of April 2022 the dams where fill to 98% capacity, yet no one blamed the dams because they knew it was climate change. Having full dams is better than drought, I taught cape Town residents will understand that better than anyone else especially after 2019 drought
Points to a hill and asks why they don't "put the water" there. 😅
😂😂😂
That's the dumbest take, ever.
Ja blame the farmers but why do not you people keep an eye on the water
The municipality should also have put proper pipes in incase of flooding to channel water through the sides of housing areas and also told people were it is safe to stay ...
Stop blaming farmers that work hard to feed everyone..
The municipality has done a heck of a lot of work, unlike most other towns which are in ruins.Everey eventuality cannot be catered for , what is next , they blamed for trees falling on houses if a tornado passes through?
Its always someone else that gets the blame and never them
Why would you want to build a settlement in a ditch were water may collect and wash away everything? Is that not called negligence of the builders? Not the farmers? But still even if they did not think doing so, my heart still goes out to them who lost there homes and belongings... And I pray they get houses on higher levels...
Blameshifting
Blame shifting my azz look at the nonsense of small dams with nowhere for the water to flow.
Why do you build your home so near a dam and a river from it? If it floods, what will happen? Your homes get flooded and worse, they get washed away.
How poor is eNCA's reporting on this? Just reporting what the residents say and not using critical thinking, nor asking for an expert opinion on the situation. Unacceptable!
You sure it wasn't jan van riebeeck's fault?
😂😂😂
Ag, sit man, jy maak jouself bespotlik.......
Always whining and moaning, but too lazy to even fill their own sandbags to protect their residences. Yes I am from this area and know what went down. This was a storm situation, this not any ones fault. You have lived in Newtown for all these years without issues, now you cry about water and evacuation and rich people's houses. Really? At least you have a mu icipality and Mayou that knows how to organise, unlike yourselves.
Well said you 👏 ❤
Blame the people who are making your food? Genius SA
Did someone say ‘informal settlement’?
How can it be the farmers fault, what the nature is causing? The rain comes from heaven's and not from the farmer's and it is houses and you building your house in uneven ground. Go back to school and learn more.
The farmers put food on your tables!!
Kak praat nie....wyn is nie kos nie
@@truth-Hurts375 almal boer nie met wyn nie 🍌
@@truth-Hurts375dom koppie
@@truth-Hurts375 🧠🤏
on whose tables? Over 50% of South African households go to bed hungry every night. Commercial farmers, who still hold the majority of the land in this country don't care about the hungry of this country one little bit and whether or not their produce ends up in poor households doesn't come into their thinking
Absolute nonsense.
Why do they always build in flood warning regions and then expect others to bale them out? Every time, the same results when it rains ?
LOL🤣😂 For the guy that blamed the farmer:
*The farmers didn't create the topogrophy and the landscape of the area. They only utilise the area to farm upon.
* The land was created miliions and millions of years ago. Go look at geology of how continents were made.
* Climate change is occuring which is affecting the Western Cape.
* Resources were probably not spent to improve the infrastructure or implement new civil infrastructure.
* Channeling the water to safer places needs to be done by the engineers from the municipality, so why haven't you held them accountable?
30%
@@angiemac8066 what 30%?
Amazed they didn't blame apartheid!!😅
THE FARMER FEEDS YOU. Move to the hills. Build proper houses,
Like blaming your salad and your bread for the rain? 😂
In terms of the storm drains.... were the drains there before or after the houses were built? If people chose to build near the drains, they chose to do so. Perhaps they should move their houses elsewhere? Next point. Sea levels are rising. This means that the water table, or the level of water below land is rising too. This is a slow process that is already underway. This is something for which countries around the world are having to plan.
While the people are suffering there is still some people who blame all the people for their own suffering The people they voted for must address the unfortunate victims grievenses urgently
Why us people if something happened. We always find a way to blame some one?
I live opposite a stream, but when it rains heavily, it becomes a dam. Even homeless people avoid setting up there because they know they will be swept away. Lazy people do nothing and expect others to do the work. Mother nature is cruel to everyone not only to the poor. Stop blaming others.
The title is misleading and disingenuous tbh because it makes it seem like the people are blaming farmers for the storm itself🤨
Reckless reporting
I blame squatting.
But.... I do 300 squats a day. 🙂🙂
I see what you did there 😉@@JessicaMorgan-ko5eo
The rain was caused by apartheid
This is such a joke
Farmers leave plz ......then see what the PPL do without jobs and food ,,,,,,,Zambia loves Afrikaans farmers....
An act of God. Please stop always blame placing and causing division between people.
Oh dear!!!!! Gotta blame someone.
Farmers cant make salarues to pay them either as the rains have closed in supplies,fruit,trucks etc.
Gonna blame them too????
Good Lord.talk about passing the buck😂
How juvinile...
Only idiots would look for someone to blame natural disasters on.
It is not the fault of the people that they have to deal with the aftermath, but trying to point the finger at others when it is an act of nature is asinine in any situation.
Yes, blame the farmers who feed the nation😮
The weather isn't under the ANC or DA etc.
Better town planning which will upset everyone as they will have to move and be further away🤦♀️🤷🏼♀️
Stupid people saying stupid things on tv. They just never learn.
Oh my. How can they blame the farmers. The farmers didnt bring the rain
When will people learn to play their part and stop littering. Always rubbish dumps in residential areas which stops drains and stormwater channels. Stop behaving like animals and keep your areas clean and decent and co-operate with local outhaurities not expecting them to do what we are supposed to do time to grow up people. Report faults such as streetlights not working blocked drains, potholes etc. If you don't have the contact details of your ward councilor and report to him/her it shows you are an idiot and don't care for they do not see what you see but are responsible for the smooth running of their wards but you should be their ears and eyes. We can make our communities work start in your own home, street and stop piling up rubbish outside your dwelling places.
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Who brings the rain???? The farmers 😅😅😅😅😅 to which school did you go mamparra😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Laat die goed vrek van die honger!
#eNCA propaganda!!! 🤬🤬🤬
Oh F F Sake .....just becoz the people are not white
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Really!!!!!
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We’ll what els thy don’t blame got water thy blame no water thy blame too