KSD Municipality has embarked on an extensive clean-up campaign on Wednesday, 13 March 2019. The campaign was means of KSD ongoing efforts to bring Mthatha City back to its glory and to make the city a place to live,visit and invest. The initiative also comes as a response to Good Green Deeds programme which was recently launched in East London by the president of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa. The Good Green Deeds programme aim is to change behavior towards littering, illegal dumping and waste in general. The programme is part of government commitment to clean South Africa to make our cities, towns and rural areas places where it is safe and healthy for all to live.
The cleaning campaign also focused on various activities including pothole patching, fixing of street lights, retail inspection and traffic by-laws enforcement drive. The campaign was joined by community members and other private and public sectors to give support towards this initiative.
In addressing the participants, KSD Executive Mayor Cllr Dumani Zozo explained that the rationale of the programme is to address the challenge of dirty streets and to encourage every community member to play a role to maintain a clean environment.
“This cleaning campaign are efforts to keep our town clean and to create awareness for people to stop littering and illegal dumping. At any situation, people are urged to abstain from throwing thrash on the streets as that is health hazardous to the community”, he said.
He continued saying that a dirty city has a negative effect on investment and tourism hence that should be avoided at all times. Executive Mayor concluded by thanking community members that has volunteered in ensuring that the clean-up campaign is a success.