In a bid to keep the City clean, MMC for Environment Resources and Waste Management, alderman Makhosazana Mabaso, has introduced a night shift cleaning programme to deal with the mess in the CBDs and industrial areas.
According to metro spokesperson, Themba Gadebe, the night shift clean-up programme includes street sweeping, litter picking and changing of refuse bags on the sidewalk bins.
The programme kicked off in October and will run until 2022.
“Over 100 people are employed on this programme and their working hours are from 3pm to 11pm daily,” said Gadebe.
He pointed out that this initiative is set as a pilot project, and is only concentrated in Germiston and Alberton.
“A clean environment is not only appealing to people who use the area daily. It also has a potential of attracting more business into that area – which contributes to the economic growth of the City,” said Mabaso.
Patrick Moyo of Thokoza is one of the 100 residents who are employed to work on the night shift CBD cleaning programme.
“It’s only been a month since we started with the cleaning work, but people have been commending the work we do. We can only hope that in the next few months everyone would have gotten used to using refuse bins to dispose waste,” Moyo said.
At this stage, it’s still unclear as to when this new programme will be extended to the streets of the other towns, including Kempton Park, Springs, Benoni, Brakpan, Edenville and Boksburg.
Boksburg in particular, the Advertiser has seen repeated illegal dumping that’s been spiralling out of control, causing health risks and damages to the environment.
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