Mayor commits to address town’s issues ‘one by one’
Rev Wopa and councillor also step in to assist school
KENTON-on-Sea is rapidly changing from a sleepy-hollow to an important business hub in Ndlambe, and the pressure is now on to fix infrastructure to encourage more businesses as well as potential new residents to the area, bringing more revenue and providing jobs to the ever-growing town.
Improving schools in the area is another priority.
Ikamva Lesizwe Combined School in Ekuphumleni township has struggled in the past with a matric pass rate that has declined from 56.8% in 2014 to 40.9% last year.
Local community activist Reverend Mlindi Wopa is on a mission to assist the school in any way he can.
Following a meeting with the school’s principal, Gilbert Gqamane, along with Ward 4 councillor Ayanda Nqosha, Wopa said they had agreed to allow two volunteers to clean the toilets at the school and generally keep it tidy.
“This is the start of our plan to improve Kenton and Ekuphumleni in particular,” Nqosha said.
In last week’s TotT it was reported that some Ekuphumleni residents have lived next to a pigsty and a sewage pond for the last 10 years.
Wopa and other community leaders met with Ndlambe mayor Phindile Faxi last week to discuss these and other challenges facing residents. “We met on Sunday,” Wopa said. “He pledges support and agreed to solve each problem one by one.
“There was a positive commitment from the mayor and everyone present was happy.”