Hennops warriors back on Centurion streets
The Adopt-A-Warrior stormwater drain cleaning team had been working out of sight and at spaces that were not as affected by the waste collection delays.
The Hennops River Revival warriors are back on Centurion’s streets, their sights set on the storm season.
“And we have hit the streets again!” announced activist Tarryn Johnston in a post on social media.
“With the recent unrest, violence and illegal strike in Tshwane, and conversations with TMPD, I made the decision to take the Safripol Adopt-A-Warrior stormwater drain cleaning team to work in a safer place until the madness had passed,” she said.
In August, a team working on clearing waste dumped at the Rooihuiskraal garden refuse dumpsite by unscrupulous residents and businesses was intimidated and forced to leave.
“These strikes have really impacted the spaces we can work. They can so easily be mistaken for municipal workers and I didn’t want to endanger their lives,” Johnston told Rekord.
“We have been working out of sight, and where we don’t have to stress too much about the waste being collected immediately because we understand that the city is under immense pressure at the moment.”
The team was working on preventing trash from blocking drains or being washed into the river.
“For as long as I can remember, Nellmapius Road in Irene, as it goes under the train bridge, can be prone to flooding. We started on the Main Rd (M18) clearing up fallen pine needles and debris which could potentially cause blockages.”
Johnston said that they would begin on the perimeter and work inwards.
“Because there are so many pine needles there, we need to remove them before the rains, as it ends up with us just having to take it out of the river.
We are effectively relieving ourselves from the more difficult work later on.”
Further down the river at Centurion Lake, the Hennops Revival began preparing the land for planting grass on Wednesday.
Johnston said this project was close to her heart, as she used to play around the area when she was a child.
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