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Randfontein – Residents are up in arms over the number of trees being cut down at Riebeeck Lake in Randgate.
They believe this destroys the look of the already dilapidated lake.
The herald was inundated with calls from residents stating that if trees are continued to being cut at the lake, there will be nothing left of it and that this will take away from the oxygen given off by the trees.
Owing to this, the herald took to investigate this and spoke to the contractor appointed to do the job.
According to Frederick Meyer, “We were appointed by the municipality to cut down all the blue gum trees here at the park and they went as far as marking them for us.
“This is simply because they were starting to collapse and this obviously poses as a danger,” says Meyer who adds that residents need not worry about the trees being cut as they already are dangerous to people who use the park
The herald decided to speak to the manager of the Parks Department Patricia Tshitema who declined to comment on her involvement with this and referred the herald to mayor spokesperson Lucky Chiya who was not immediately available for comment.
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Randfontein – The cutting of Blue Gum trees at Riebeeck lake in Randgate last week had residents up in arms.
Residents expressed their concerns to the herald saying that if this continues to happen, it will destroy the look of the lake and will kill the element of oxygen that the trees provide.
The herald went to the site to speak to the contractor appointed to do this.
The contractor Frederick Meyer explained, “We were appointed by the Randfontein Local Municipality to cut down all the trees.
“This is because they were already starting to show signs of weakness and would fall down soon.
“Therefore as ways of curbing the danger before it happens, we were told to cut them down and take the branches to the landfill,” says Meyer who adds that they are not being paid for this but get to keep the logs for their own use.
The herald appointed Patricia Tshitema from the parks department who refused to shed some light on her involvement with this and referred the herald to mayoral spokesperson Lucky Chiya who was not immediately available.
