No service delivery for informal settlements
'The '25 years of democracy' card has been overplayed in such matters, even making a mention of that seems more like a cliché. Nevertheless, it is still perplexing how ordinary people are being subjected to such dismal, unhygienic conditions.' Phakeme Mnguni.
I WOULD like to comment about the horrifying conditions in which the people in informal settlements are living under.
The informal settlements around the city of Durban are all in shambles. They all suffer the same disgustingly suffocating stench. Children play in streets that are filled with sewage overflow. As if your eyes haven’t seen enough already, uncollected piles of rubbish are in almost every corner of the street.
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The ’25 years of democracy’ card has been overplayed in such matters, even making a mention of that seems more like a cliché. Nevertheless, it is still perplexing how ordinary people are being subjected to such dismal, unhygienic conditions.
I am of the view that the municipality budgets for basic services like the collection of rubbish and the fixing of burst sewage pipes, though I stand to corrected. If my view is correct, then how come we witness such malfunction?
Perhaps I should take that question back? I mean politicians and money cannot co-exist and that’s no secret.
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However, this does not justify the conditions to which ordinary people are subjected to. We must stop normalising corruption and start speaking against the exploitation of taxpayers’ money.
Those who are in power must own up to their positions and take care of the communities – as they vowed to do.
Rubbish should be collected every week and burst sewage pipes must be fixed as they are not a pleasing sight and are health hazards.
Phakeme Mnguni
Durban
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