‘Village’ decides to clean up their area
Community members of Daggafontein Extension Two came together early on Saturday to clean up the neighbourhood’s streets.
The project was organised by Daggafontein Ext Two CPF who have decided to do something about the way their streets look.
Sue van Zyl, secretary of the CPF, says they came together to cut the grass, de-weed and de-bush the pavements.
“The de-bushing is also a crime prevention and safety measure we implemented after our nightly patrols identified possible problem areas,” she says.
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The group’s motto is: “Taking back our streets”.
“We are not a suburb of Springs, we call ourselves a village.”
Van Zyl says Ekurhuleni Metro helps them with blocked drains, allegedly caused by zama zamas in the area.
“We also call this initiative self-prevention, where the community gathers and tend to their neighbourhood to make it safe for themselves.
“We asked each household to secure their homes in an effort to curb crime.”
The CPF has a lot of future activities planned where they will make their neighbourhood cleaner and safer for its residents.
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Van Zyl says they want to have extra security, but that they are extremely far away from getting the area fenced off as the costs are astronomical.
“Our area is very isolated and remote and there is access from all sides of our neighbourhood.”
At about 9am, the group had already filled more than 80 black bags with grass, bushes and weeds and were still going strong later in the day.
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