Wards 102 and 104 join hands for A Re Sebetseng

Despite the wet and cold weather, wards 102 and 104 residents had their gloves, boots and raincoats on to have a successful clean-up as part of the A Re Sebetseng campaign.

The wards decided to join hands for the latest scheduled clean-up campaign. The campaign was launched in September by the Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba.

The clean-ups are an effort to collectively involve the City, residents and councillors, in actively working towards cleaning the city.

Residents and ward councillors of both wards were not deterred by the rain and continued to clean up the parking lot area at the Department of Home Affairs Randburg District Office, which was recently upgraded by the City of Johannesburg.

Ward 102 councillor David Potter and Ward 104 councillor Mike Wood believe joining hands with each other is all in the spirit of A Re Sebetseng, which means ‘Let’s work’ in Sesotho.

When asked why they had a joint clean-up Wood stated, “I think it’s the old story of strength in numbers. Both David and I are hands-on councillors and I do share his passion for wanting to improve the city.”

He went on to say that they would have no doubt that residents would come out as they have a shared vision for a cleaner city.

In a joint statement from councillor Potter, the councillors said, “We are thankful for the turnout of a few residents, despite the rain.

To clean up the parking lot included cutting back overgrown bushes, removing growth along the fence, general rubbish collection and vegetation maintenance.”

They were hard at work for about three hours and the improvements are visible and the area looks a lot better.

The many bags and piles of vegetation and litter were collected by Pikitup. The councillors added that they will be communicating with the Johannesburg Property Company to issue a request for quotes to maintain the property more regularly.

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