I would like to let you know about the tremendously caring people we have here in Port Shepstone.
As you know, the RNM workers recently went on strike, not only staying away from work but also going out and damaging cables and strewing rubbish in the streets.
Due to this mess, it left a large number of residents without lights for close to seven days.
This resulted in huge losses to many residents, the most affected being the elderly who reside at Flower Foundation Homes for the Aged.
Most of us only get our monthly old age grant, and as we all drew our grants on December 3, we bought most of our food requirements and meats with our monies; thus, the electricity outage led to most of our meat, vegetables and perishables having to be thrown out. You can imagine the loss and feeling of panic that we went through.
However, the Muslim sisters of the community came to our rescue, and we owe them a huge thank you as they not only provided us with warm meals every day but also some of the retailers chipped in and provided us with breakfast cereals, long-life milk and fruit juices. This happened every day until the power was restored.
The community policing forum went that extra mile in helping to re-establish the electricity connection.
They worked tirelessly to restore the power under dangerous conditions.
Even though the water cables were damaged, they worked in the rainy conditions to get these sorted out.
The Albersville Ratepayers’ Association went the extra mile in picking up the trash bags also under dangerous conditions.
The Muslim community in Port Shepstone truly deserves to be applauded for its tireless efforts to keep us and our city clean and safe.
LYDIA MARTIN
Chairperson of the Flower Foundation Residents’ Committee
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