Operation Hloekisa is happening next week
JOBURG - Region E director Liziwe Ntshinga-Makoro said her team was ready to roll and rumble in Alexandra next week on 5 August when she leads 'Operation Hloekisa', which is a campaign to clean-up the township.
The City of Johannesburg’s Region E will next week launch their mammoth ‘Operation Hloekisa’ which is a clean-up campaign aimed at ridding Alexandra of all the filth that has become synonymous with the township.
Come 5 August, Alexandra will never be the same again, Region E director Liziwe Ntshinga-Makoro has vowed on the eve of the launch of the campaign. The clean-up initiative is part of the extension of the 67 minutes of the Mandela Day in honour of former president Nelson Mandela, who turned 95 years on 18 July.
A number of initiatives have previously been implemented to curb the spread and increase of rodents in Alexandra and this initiative is no different. “Operation Hloekisa”, a Sesotho word for make it clean, will start on 5 August and run for a period of 30 days.
It will involve sweeping and cleaning of all the streets and avenues in Alexandra, one-by-one. The various entities and departments of the City of Johannesburg will join hands with communities in this clean-up campaign.
An education campaign will be conducted during ‘Operation Hloekisa’ which will embrace the theme, ‘Towards the Promotion of a Cleaner Environment’.
Among the objectives of the campaign will be to empower communities to take the lead in keeping their environment clean; to sensitise them on the problems of illegal dumping and alternatives available; to encourage to recycle as an alternative that reduces waste and is also a source of income; and to avoid wasting water.
The campaign, which will be led by Ntshinga-Makoro and her staff, will include the various city entities and the director has indicated the team’s readiness to roll and rumble in Alexandra next week when they launch the campaign.
