Swimming pools in Benoni that are open include:
Benoni Central Swimming Pool, Benoni Northern Areas Swimming Pool and Actonville Swimming Pool.
The Daveyton and Etwatwa swimming pools are still non-operational, due to continued renovations.
Operation times are:
- Mondays: closed .
- Tuesday to Saturday: 10am till 6pm.
- Sundays and public holidays: 2pm till 6pm.
Themba Gadebe, Ekurhuleni Municipal spokesperson, said the municipality conducted extensive maintenance and repair work in all its pools during winter.
”The swimming pool preparation work included an advanced training course for lifeguards, who will serve communities as qualified lifesavers, trained by Lifesaving South Africa,” said Gadebe.
The certification they obtained is valid for a year and must be renewed annually, through theoretical and practical exams.
In an effort to curb the number of drowning cases in community pools, Ekurhuleni is offering people from three years of age and up the Learn-to-Swim Programme, conducted by qualified swimming instructors,” said Gadebe.
“The programme aims to assist a person with no swimming skills or to help people to develop more advanced skills.”
With over 30 swimming pools within Ekurhuleni, two lifeguards are allocated to each swimming pool.
They are responsible for all lifesaving duties, facility management, water treatment and testing, asset control, housekeeping and crowd control.
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