The Rep’s news editor Luvuyo Mjekula writes:
Queenstown Ratepayers’ Association chair Tokkie Deysel on Tuesday confronted a Prince Alfred Street resident who was dumping rubbish on the edge of the road in town, right in front of The Rep's offices.
Deysel had visited the offices to do an interview with a journalist.
He obviously took issue with someone dumping garbage in the middle of town. I know I would too!
It later emerged that the road area is actually used as a collection point for the municipal truck that collects refuse because before I realised it, the rubbish was gone.
But that does not change the fact that I find it rather unpleasant that the area in front of our workplace has been turned into a dumpsite.
What happens if for some reason the municipal truck does not collect the rubbish? What then?
Do these people not care about keeping the town clean?
While driving into town from Ezibeleni earlier the same day, I had seen a distinct sign that read, “Keep Komani Clean”. I also remembered there has been a campaign recently to make the town beautiful.
If the municipality and the residents of Prince Alfred Street have a collection arrangement to dump and pick up rubbish in the street in town, it’s a messy arrangement.
Taking a walk up Shepstone Street, I came across another eyesore. The area in front of what used to be Mathousand Tavern is covered in rubble, making it impossible to walk on the sidewalk.
All this filth flies in the face of all the efforts to keep Komani clean.