RESIDENTS of the informal settlement of Jackson drift is fed up with the uncut bush that has allowed local thugs to rob and rape residents there.
They want the bush to be removed because passing through it is the only convenient way for residents to get to and from work, but in the end, it proves fatal.
A resident, who asked to not to be named, said: “Sometimes we find panties in the bush. In the community we have young girls that are in matric. They come back late from school and they have to pass through the bush. It is not safe for them. This is not safe for any of the residents.”
The bush has also been turned into an illegal dump site for things like old clothes, dead dogs and rotten smelly food which leaves a vile smell filling the air.
“Residents have been protesting for electricity so that it could be hard for thugs to go on with robbing and raping in the bush unseen.
“One of the residents was robbed of R1 000 coming from work and nothing has been done to clear the veld. Even gogos use this bush route to collect their grant money. It’s not safe for them either,” said another local resident, Samson Ghamae.
The councillor couldn’t be reached for comment as his phone just rang all the time.
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