‘Park parties are back with Spring’
The municipality has put our rates up astronomically but they cannot enforce basic laws like drinking in public, littering, loud music
Sir
Spring has sprung and already us residents in the McKenzie/Coronation/Handley Street area are bracing ourselves for the next round of drunken parties in Coronation Park.
On Saturday there was a very loud party in the park with vehicles parked on the grass – at least one of which had a Mpumalanga registration number.
The police do not bother to come and chase them off so we do not even call the police any more. It is a waste of time.
The municipality has put our rates up astronomically but they cannot enforce basic laws like drinking in public, littering, loud music… obviously we must fend for ourselves and we will do so.
On Sunday morning, the park was covered with green liquor bottles and other rubbish. Even the children’s play area was badly littered. By 8am on Monday morning, three vehicles were already parked in the park, near the municipal storeroom, and a group of men were openly seen drinking and tossing their empties onto the grass.
It is ironic that parks in Peacevale, Forestdale and Sibongile were all fenced off but this one is a free for all.
Eric the Environmentalist
