Pimville residents decide to do it by themselves
Residents embark on a cleaning campaign.
South Africa is facing a challenge when it comes to keeping environments clean.
Some residents from Pimville Ward 22 embarked on a cleaning campaign mainly focusing on the Pimville Community Centre and the surrounding areas.
This is done to improve the area’s living environment and the campaign attracted participants from local social organisations, local schools and neighbourhoods to come together in carrying out the clean-up of the community.
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According to Songezo Chaka, a member of the environmental ward committee, they realized that the community centre and its surrounding is not a clean environment, hence the cleaning campaign.
He said that they will also have notice letters given to residents to promote public awareness on community cleanliness, environmental protection and effective use of resources.
“We are trying to clean the centre and it’s surrounding because we have realised that it is too dirty and thus not a healthy and safe environment. Although we don’t have the required equipment, we are still determined to keep the area clean,” said Chaka.
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“We are going to make it a point that we hand out notice letters to residents, identifying those who live near the centre because they are the ones who are more likely to litter and dump on the area so we want to create an awareness on community cleanliness,” he added.
“We need to keep our community clean. This is a civil decision, we are volunteering because we want to create a safer and cleaner environment for children,” said Nicholas Mabusela, one of the volunteers.
John Moris who runs a youth club at the centre is not happy with littering and dumping around the area.
“I run a youth club in this centre, seeing people litter and turning the area into a dumping side did not sit well with me. For the safety of the children, I saw the need to take action and initiated this campaign,” said John Moris.
“Pikitup gave us big rubbish bins, they are enough to store the rubbish for the whole week, but people would rather keep their bins empty and clean and opt to litter and dump,” he added.
Linda Mandela, who runs aerobics classes at the centre said that they saw that the facility they are using is too dirty and appears nothing like a community centre, thus they decided to embark on a cleaning campaign because it is their responsibility to the community to keep it clean.
“It doesn’t have to be Pikitup that comes here to clean the area while we are here as the community, we need to take responsibility and play our part,” Mandela said.
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