Tshwane mayor visits Ga-Rankuwa for a cleaning campaign
"The goal of the campaign is to inspire communities and businesses in taking charge of their natural environment."
Tshwane mayor Randall Williams joined residents, activists and councillors during the Tswelopele clean-up campaign in Ga-Rankuwa on Sunday.
The aim of the campaign is to tackle illegal dumping in the township.
Williams said they targeted illegal dumping sites, which are a scourge across communities.
“It is disappointing to see how in areas across the city we have individuals who haphazardly dump rubbish and litter in our open public spaces. It poses great health and environmental risk to our people.”
Williams said the clean-up campaigns are a mayoral initiative focused on encouraging volunteerism and promoting environmental care.
“The goal of the campaign is to inspire communities and businesses in taking charge of their natural environment,” he said.
“Attached to this is the drive to encourage participants to focus on separating waste so that more work is done towards recycling and overall environmental awareness.”
He said the metro aims to act as a point of contact with communities who want to drive initiatives aimed at cleaning up their local areas.
“In doing so, the metro will strive to support these initiatives with existing resources as far as possible,” he concluded.
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