Like many other areas in Johannesburg, Parkview has to deal with illegal dumping in the suburb.
Parkview Residents Association was delighted when one of their residents, Gerhard Maritz, who owns a mini-skip hiring business, offered to supply a few skips to the Parkview community at no cost to clean up the rubble and refuse in the suburb.
The association immediately mobilised their ‘street clean’ team and four skips were filled with a fifth still in the process being filled. The Parkview street cleaning team was launched by the association about seven years ago.
This dedicated and hard working team fills more than 300 bags with litter every week and in their bright orange uniforms are well-known by residents who often give a friendly hoot when they drive by. Residents also prepare and deliver lunches for the team every week.
“The Parkview residents are so grateful to Maritz for his very generous contribution to the Parkview community and to all those residents who help feed the team and contribute towards the PRA initiatives,” said Caryl Kelly of the association.
Spokesperson for Metro police Xolani Fihla said they encouraged the community to take action in cleaning up their streets. He added that they did have a unit which dealt with illegal dumping and they were always willing to assist in any way possible.
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