Letter: The spiritual and emotional effects of poor service delivery

EDITOR – If there is ever a time when we must not give up on ourselves, our children, our faith, and our future, it is now.

Admittedly, there are many socio-economic challenges that affect us on a daily basis. However, it is during difficult times that resilience, hope, and determination become most important.

Houses may look the same, but nobody knows what is going on inside until it is exposed.

Every individual and family is quietly carrying a significant burden, particularly in terms of financial pressures and emotional well-being.

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The constant flow of negative local and international news can also take its toll, affecting both mental and physical health.

Poor service delivery of any kind, potholes, lights, or merely standing in a long, staggering queue anywhere, can only add salt to injury and, in fact, inject more doses of helplessness, fear, and anxiety about tomorrow.

It crushes people’s plans, dreams, self-confidence, initiatives and basically tramples on the Batho Pele principles and their constitutional rights and human dignity.

Nonetheless, we must constantly seek to overcome any adversity and rise above obstacles that seem to fall on our paths.

However impossible it may seem, we must be intentional about filling our lives with positive energies and drawing from within to keep moving.

We must constantly seek solutions, support each other and promote a culture of listening and uplifting fellow human beings indiscriminately.

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For life is very short. We have served in the committee for Ward 91 as a team and sought to be the voice of the residents in the corridors of local government offices on the urgency of providing the necessary services to the community.

We have not always been successful, as highlighted in the Kempton Express on numerous occasions.

However, we appreciate the cooperation of officials who bent over backwards to oblige. We salute them.

Following the announcement of November 4 as the official date for local government elections, we await a cut-off date after which the committee will disband.

We will forever be grateful for the privilege of service and appreciate your valuable support and inputs, especially in public and IDP meetings as residents during our term.
Ratshipane Legoete