No action taken to fix high mast light

I FIND it incomprehensible that councillors take the subject of crime so lightly.

In June last year my wellness director, Mbulelo Nqontsha, reported that the high mast light in Soweto on Sea was not working.

This makes it easy for criminals to target the old and people living on their own, but now they are getting brazen due to the lack of light and visible policing.

Nqontsha has kept pressing the councillor, Zoliswa Dlula, and has been given 14 different reasons why it has not been fixed, all complete bull **** .

In the early hours of Sunday morning his family was awoken by noises in the lounge.

On jumping out of bed, they spotted an intruder in the lounge.

He immediately fled through the window and nothing was taken.

This could have ended so much worse and even though the police were on the scene within 15 minutes, the perpetrator escaped.

This is the third time in two years that his house has been broken into, but at least they did not kick his door in this time.

The matter of the high mast lamp was also reported to the mayor’s office, three weeks ago.

The letter has just about reached the top of the pile, so it seems that even the mayor does not value the lives or property of the poor in the townships.

The perpetrator of one of the break-ins has been apprehended, but the court case keeps being postponed, with the result that Nqontsha has to take time off work to attend court for no reason.

WithOUT Prejudice is in the community to help the poor that the local council neglects and is working tirelessly to help residents in all the townships.

But unfortunately we are not the police or local councillors, and receive no help from the council when we make recommendations.

We cannot progress further without help from police and councillors.