Residents clean up street

Christ Embassy Church, in collaboration with Malvern Care Team, cleaned up Persimmon Street in Malvern recently.

Organiser of the event, Owen Katiyo, said the team cleaned up the street as a way of reaching out to the residents of Malvern.

“Persimmon is a very busy street. It was dirty and we needed to clean it for our suburb to be better,” he said.

Katiyo told the EXPRESS that the clean-up campaign was part of the annual Reach Out South Africa (Rosa) community service campaign where the church gives back to the community every year.

“Rosa is an annual campaign. This year we chose the clean-up campaign as we wanted to encourage residents not to litter. We realised that the Malvern Care Team plays an active role in society. We decided to work with them and other residents during the campaign,” he said.

Malvern resident Nomvula Sidu, who is also a member of Malvern Care Team, took part in the clean-up campaign.

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She told the EXPRESS she supported the day as she wanted to see the suburb clean.

“It is a good initiative for members of the community. It was also an opportunity to come together as residents. It is very important for us to clean our area to minimise the rodents that are already a problem in some parts,” she said.

Sidu said she would like to see more residents supporting such campaigns.

“Most of the people in this area don’t want to participate in such initiatives. When I asked them to take part they told me that it is a duty of Pikitup to clean the dirt not them. Until people change that mentality we will just go in circles,” she said.