Benoni residents feel their health is compromised
The shops have been turned into a recycling business and heaps of rubbish is being stored inside the premises.
Concerned residents of Benoni Pastor Christio Prinsloo of Beth-El family worship centre and his daughter, Zante Laurens, are not happy about their surrounding area as they feel that their health and safety is being compromised.
The church recently had a meeting with concerned neighbours and the Ward 73 councillor, Sinethemba Matiwane, before elections last year.
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Matters of the community were raised regarding the bus stop that has been turned to a squatting place and dumping side, but the issue was not resolved.
“As a network that aims to uplift the lives of the people we strive to train, provide, equip and implement sustainability programmes for our people in this community,” said Prinsloo.
“Currently, the safety and the health-related concerns are just shadowing whatever we are trying to do,” he added.
Prinsloo continued to say that where there was once a shop that sold necessities to residents, there is now a very unhealthy set up within the Harpur Avenue residential area.
The shops have been turned into a recycling business and heaps of rubbish is being stored inside the premises.
“This is a residential area and it is currently being portrayed and treated as an industrial area. They are polluting the surrounding area and that has an impact on every resident. We need the councillor to implement laws without compromise,” said Laurens.
Ekurhuleni metro spokesperson Themba Gadebe said that they had received the matter on April 19, 2019. They have investigated and a spot notice was issued to cease all operations until such time they have a valid permit, amongst others.
“We intend to continue monitoring the premises with subsequent referral of the file to the legal department for further processing,” he said.
