Promosa swamped by illegal dumping and littering

It is said that “a clean man in a dirty town is a dirty man”.
Residents of Promosa, in particular, have a bad habit of throwing their garbage on the side of the road. Some do it because they don’t feel responsible for public areas like streets and parks.

The truth is, the more a community litters, the more of a habit it becomes and the worse the neighbourhood looks. The litterbugs’ trash becomes everyone else’s problem.
Not only is illegal dumping unsightly, smelly and dirty, it also spreads diseases and can be physically harmful, especially for children who play there.
While litter and illegal dumping have direct environmental, social and economic effects, the problem can be managed Z but only if each of us tries to be more self-disciplined and considers the consequences.

Illegal dumping costs the municipality a lot of money to clean up. An exasperated Willie Maphosa, the council spokesperson, summed it up like this:
“We’re doing our best to remove the illegal dumps whenever they appear but we cannot keep up. Our resources are simply too thin and over-stretched. We can only repeat our appeal to the community members to work and cooperate with the municipality.”
He says municipal by-laws are going to be enforced by revising the organisational structure and the budgeting process of the municipality.
“Hopefully, in the new financial year, we should have a functional inspectorate division to monitor and prosecute transgressors,” he says. He expects the situation to improve over the next two months or so as the issues are addressed through the budget process.
In the meantime, the municipality is calling for active involvement from the community to create awareness of our environmental responsibility to keep our neighbourhoods clean and healthy.
“We can only ask for the understanding and cooperation of all stakeholders,” he concluded.