HETTIE ERASMUS writes:
How much is too much, Mr Mayor, police, all law enforcers?
Occupational Health and Safety regulations have been established for heavy industry workers who are exposed to noise in their jobs.
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In the absence of any other rule, and because our ears don’t distinguish between “work noise” and “having a party noise”, stop these boom-boom boxes.
With functions at Dries Niemandt Park the “doef-doef” music can be heard miles away. I don’t always know where the boom-boom is coming from, especially when it starts in the middle of the night.
The music at the restaurant/pub across from Builders Warehouse is also very disturbing and carries on right through the night.
I feel it is time that we address noise pollution in Kempton Park. I love music but the boom box music is unacceptable. I always warn my neighbours in advance when we are having a party.
I have been a Kempton Park citizen for more than 20 years and am suffering from extreme migraines due to noise pollution, specifically the boom-boom rubbish.
The noise pollution off Pretoria Road is so bad that I have to wear earplugs to be able to stay at my own house, making it very difficult to sleep or watch TV.
Going out of my house is a nightmare, I cannot open my windows.
Taxis that drive past cause all my windows to shatter.
My question to the municipality with their functions at Dries Niemandt Park and all law enforcers is, what are you doing about this?
Phoning the police does not help and I don’t always know where the boom-boom is coming from.
This noise is illegal at all times and it is enforceable at any time of the day/night by all law enforcers.
Themba Gadebe, metro spokesman, replies:
Event organisers submit an application to the disaster management offices for events to be held at council recreational venues which must conform in terms of the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events (SASREA) Act.
All departments set requirements with regards to their legislation before the application is approved by the SASREA committee.
Depending on the nature of the event, the applicant must obtain a noise certificate in terms of the Gauteng Noise Regulations which is issued by the municipality’s environmental resource management department.
Noise-related complaints at public places can be lodged through the environmental resource management department who will conduct a thorough investigation once full details have been received from the complainant.
The information that is required is the following: name, contact number and address of complainant, address of source, type of nuisance/noise and time of occurrence.
The reported noise pollution from Dries Niemandt Recreational Park will be referred to the disaster management office and the environmental resource management department for their intervention.
Upon investigation it was discovered that the pub that was reported to the municipality is a guesthouse and no proof of loud music was found.
