HELP US CLEAN UP OUR TOWN

Following Talk of the Town’s Tittle Tattle Live broadcast last Thursday morning from our spot at the only set of traffic lights in Port Alfred, we could not help but notice the litter at the Duck Pond area.

It is easy to turn a blind eye and pretend we don’t see it. And when we do get offended at the sight, our inclination is to say the municipality must clean it up.

However, municipal clean-ups around the Duck Pond are piecemeal at best.

Our town relies heavily on tourism, in fact now more than ever, as all businesses are feeling the crunch.

Small businesses especially are struggling and we need to be proactive in our approach to entice people to visit our town and spend money here while they stay a while. To act on and not merely speak about the problem, Talk of the Town will be spearheading the first of several community clean-ups around town.

Please join us at the Duck Pond parking lot on Saturday October 27, from 9am.

So apply the sunscreen, don the sunhats and gumboots and get out your gloves (if anyone would like to sponsor some gloves, please get in touch with us).

We hope to see you there – even if you can only help for an hour, it will make a difference.

Small starts make a big difference.

We have asked the municipality’s community protection services directorate to