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Ronald W
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31 reviews3 weeks ago
Lousy ETV viewing
Have e-mailed them on two occasions about problems with their bad signal and about the sign they flashed across the tv screens stating the problems and that Sentech was busy fixing the signals. This problem is still messing up the viewing because all pictures are "snowy" All SABC channels are perfect so it cannot be my TV settings .
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1 month ago
Old age grant deductions
So,after many emails to various organisations ie SASSA,Dept Social Development and to the main office of the AFM for Dr.Henri Weidemans attention it would seem after all this trouble that the ******* deductions taking place in the afm home for the aged Samuel Street Sarepta Kuils River will carry on as usual under the watch of [email protected] and whilst he is in charge nothing will change. The donation of R1.5 m from Standard Bank will also be swept under the carpet and Trevor Herbert will carry on with his threating manner and being a "pastor" it is all ok.
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4 months ago
***** in old age home
When one reads the article of 27 June 2005 by News24 Church *****, Apostolic Faith Mission "alleged *****" and see's what is taking place ,for years,in the AFM home for the Aged, Samuel Street, Sarepta, Kuils River and hears that a donation of R1.5 million by Standard Bank to replace all roofing and gutters etc is suddenly "withdrawn" one must wonder what is happening here and if the previous "manager" Maxie Herbst and a Mr.T.Herbert who is also the bookkeeper are not somehow involved in money going "missing" Also part of the huge problem taking place in this home is the fact, according to the SASSA website, the home is only entitled to 75% of a residents grant and 25% must be paid to the residents is not being followed and the sassa card must be kept by the residents and not the home is also not lawful. The residents are, according to the law supposed to pay the 75% for "accommodation?" When all of the above was brought to the attention of "management" their answers have always been that they had the right to do so or as T.Herbert put it "it was none of the residents business When a potential candidate app**** to enter the home because they were "living on the street " they had to sign a contract which states that the home had the full right to take the full SASSA grant or else they would not be admitted and this too is not much of a choice one can consider so they sign away everything including the 25% The home is possibly under investigation by various organisations,one of them hopfully SASSA themselves and if this is true then the quicker changes start happening the better for present and future residents. Lastly one can only hope that a Pastor Peter de Witt at email [email protected] hears about what is happening in the AFM home and "does the right thing"
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5 months ago
******* deductions on social grants
******** Social grants deductions. I refer to emails sent to Black Sash at [email protected] and [email protected] and to Sassa at [email protected] on January 1 and 5,2026 and asking for a reply from both organisations on January 13 but to date have received no reply from either and thus this email to hellopeter.com know they will get this information,again My emails to both these organisations with information regarding the ******* deductions which also included the Covid-19 deductions reads as follows: We the residents of the AFM home for the Aged, Samuel Street, Sarepta, Kuils River would appreciate if an investigation can be done in this home as to why we have our full sassa old age grant deducted and why has this been going on for years? When Covid made its appearance March 5,2019 and government gave all recipients an additional amount of R250 + for 6 months or longer and when the previous "manager" Mrs Maxie Herbst was queried she informed the residents in no uncertain manner,that they had the right to do so. Will this now happen when SASSA Bonus Grant 2026 which the government has announced and appeared on the internet January 4,2026 by SAANVI also be taken? On January the residents house committee was informed that a SASSA representative was going to visit the home on January 13,a Mr Kinnear would be coming but not about the ******** and ******* deductions. On January 8,2026 an article appeared also on the internet that SASSA was increasing the grant of beneficiaries as from January 17,2026 so this begs the question again,will this also be deducted? The house committee has on a number of occassions, through the manager, requested the presence of a board member,in particular a Mr Trevor W Herbert to please set a date to visit the home and explain to the residents why their full grant is taken every month but he keeps asking for a "new date" which he never keeps Is the AFM board and SASSA trying to keep everything quiet and hope the problem of ******* deductions goes away? Lastly, Department of Social Development who we believe is possibly aware of what is taking place in the home and we should contact the Minister of Social Development, Western Cape,Mr J.Londt at email : [email protected] to ask for advice.
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8 months ago
Old age home investigation needed urgently
I refer to my contacting [email protected] on August 14,2025 requesting an investigation into the afm old age home in Kuis River in which I have been a resident for the past few years and what we as residents experience on a daily basis and that nothing,no matter who we approach,has changed. On August 18 I received an email from the Devi show journalist who worked on the Serenity Haven Frail Care Centre who needed more concrete evidence from family members of residents that they can get in touch with and current/former care workers. On August 18 and in early September I emailed him as much information as I could of all past emails I had sent to the AFM Welfare head office,to pastors of the church and the social worker and to hellopeter.com, with the hope that all this information would somehow prove of the steps taken that the home should be investigated. I explained in the email that I could not provide any current/former carers names or contact details as these are the people who were threatened by the manager and the "H R" office who was the managers daughter that they must not divulge any information to the residents about what happens in the home. My response was the same about family members of residents as I do not know or have spoken to anyone. I also mentioned that after the previous "manager" Mrs Maxie Herbst retired at the end of March this year she had a lot to do in having her daughter who has absolutely no management experience,given the position as manager although we were informed that this was temporary. I suspect that the pastor who slammed the phone down in my ear when I tried to explain the reason when and why I went to see my attorney and told me in no uncertain terms that they too have attorneys,has much to do with the daughters position as manager. The social worker who is also a pastor has been informed of all the problems regarding the "food" the residents are served and how unhappy they are,the leaking roofs where plastic bags must be thrown over beds to stop it getting wet,donations from Woolworths and other church donors etc and how trolleys of vegetables,boxes of chicken and rolls of bacon are brought in by the kichen manager and a week later these same go out to the kitchen managers car. This has never happened in all the years and when staff members shake their heads in disbelief one knows that there is an investigation required because the reasons given by the previous manager and the kitchen managers about "new suppliers" and the social worker is informed but no feedback the suspicion grows stronger. The thousands of rands of s**** removed by the managers husband and questions asked where and who got the money. I have now decides to once again approach hellopeter.com and hope that this might show,once again,that we do need an investigation because to approach Department of Social Development would be a waste of time as I have written to them in the past about many problems but this was always referred back to the manager and a "cover-up" would take place and I would be threatened by the manager that she would inform the board about my stay in the home. All of what I have written must be investigated asap.
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10 months ago
Strange prices
Latest prices for Made4You is very weird and must be fixed as their prices differ everytime. Latest is as follows 7 days -3gb + 3gb night (R79) 7 days - 5gb + 5gb +30 mins All net (R69) Some one is either falling asleep on the job or does not know what he or she is doing.
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11 months ago
Data/airtime buying through Made4 me
Why when using my airtime I am shown the following Made4 me "options" 1. 7 days 5G +5G +30 mins All net (R69) and the second choice is exactly the same and has been so for the past month. Are they not aware or are they misleading their subscribers and making easy money *******ly? If this is brought to their attention,they would know who is buying airtime or data this way,refund or bring the 2nd choice down to R49 or R59 when buying via Made4 me. One cannot contact them easily.
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11 months ago
AFM Home for the Aged problems
I refer to the article I placed on May 23,2025 in hellopeter.co regarding this problem and that to date nothing has been investigated as things are just as bad as before. Is there anyone who may read this can suggest,advise or recommend what we the elderly of this AFM home for the Aged,40 Samuel Street, Sarepta, Kuils River can do about the dire conditions we are living in and have done for the past few years. 1 The leaking roofs all over the building which were never seen to by the previous manager,Maxie Herbst although she was fully aware of what was happening. Now that her daughter,who has a "diploma"but no management skills has been appointed by a Trevor Herbert I believe and at what salary will things go from bad to worse? The "food" which we get every day and which never changes and is the same week in and week out. The kitchen was run by a husband and wife until the wife was given the position at the other old age home which is far better off than us. The husband and his daughter now runs this kitchen and at what salary and things are no better. The mother is in charge with her other daughter at the well off home. One cannot discuss any food related problems with any of them as we are always informed that there is no money and must be satisfied with what we get. All of the problems facing this old age home was brought to the attention of The Executive Welfare Council of the AFM welfare on May 23,2025 but to date nothing has changed and when one hears that a donation made to this home by Standard Bank of R.4 millon one wonders what is happening. When we hear that the previous manager Maxie Herbst still has a lot of influence and that a Mr T.Herbert had a lot to do with the appointment of her daughter as manager one wonders if anything will change and if the elderly of this home will ever have better to look forward to. If only the families of the residents who live here knew what was happening they too could do something about the living conditions here Lastly,is it lawful for families to run an old age and to provide cleaning services and control the catering services,collect donations and use it to suit themselves and not the residents?
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12 months ago
SABC "tv"
Perhaps the sabc is not aware of the following problems but this shows that "management"is not doing their job. SABC channel 1. Pictures always bad no matter what settings one uses to get a decent picture on your screen. Channel 2 picture always cut off on left and right side and tv settings are perfec. Channel 3 Same problems as 1 and 2. Etv same as above CTV same thing. Repeats are forever being repeated and now digging deeper into their archives to provide "entertainment" and the food programmes, locally and internationally are NOT entertainment. They want us to pay tv licences but provide ******* programs.
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12 months ago
AFM homes
Is the Executive Welfare Council of the AFM of SA(AFM welfare) aware of the many problems the residents of the AFM home,Samuel Street, Sarepta,Kuils River face on a daily basis regarding food and the accommodation we live in wtih leaking roofs etc and to whom we can complain? Since the previous*manager," Maxie Herbst has resigned and left at the end of March 2025 and even when she was still here nothing has improved and in fact now that there is no manager things have become worse. When one hears about donations etc questions are asked about where it was used or who benefits from the donations. Trollies,on two occasions,laden with pockets of potatoes and other vegetables and boxes of chicken brought in and rolls of bacon and one must assume it is for the residents,is then taken out of the facility a week later to the "catering managers" motor vehicle. and when questions are asked at a residents meeting the answer was something about a new supplier. If this is true why is this facilities storage used to drop off other homes vegetables,chicken etc? Since the previous manager any complaints residents had was brushed off by her and we were told in no uncertain terms,to quote her "This is not an hotel" and we should be thankful for what we get as we do not pay for boarding. Now and since end of March 2025 this facility has no manager although the position was advertised and the lady who app**** was not interested after doing a walkthrough,we have a self appointmented manager who is the daughter of the ex-manager and who is both HRO and PRO,and we think the ex-manager still has influence over what happens here and one can see that the staff are not impressed when dealing with her as she is just as rude as the ex-manager. Due to the fact that we have had nobody from the health department doing an inspection of this facility we have experienced bed bugs, ****roaches,mice and many cats and the mole holes which are dangerous and all over the home outside one wonders who is responsible should a resident be injured. The facility which was run by a mother and daughter and the catering/cleaning family,mother/manager, father/manager and now two daughters and the one daughter working as the kitchen/cleaning supervisor and only monday to friday and only between 07:00 to 16:00 and not public holidays and if a complaint is made about food one never hears anything further as nothing changes. The reason for this "review" is to ask those who are in authority to please investigate and not to use the excuse as the previous manager did that the Department of Social Development runs the home and there is nothing she could do. This was the only reason/excuse she could use to not do her work as was required from a manager. It would be very much appreciated if those in authority could do the necessary as these complaints are for the benefit of all the residents who are living here now and those for the future.
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