Residents contributed money from their pockets and employed people to trim the overgrown grassed road reserve along Edgar Road between Vickers Street and near O’Hare Street.
public green spaces in the City, some locals took it upon themselves to give fields, road verges and other public green spaces a cut.
Speaking to the Boksburg Advertiser on Tuesday. Mary, of Bartlett, said she and her team members contributed money from their pockets monthly to initiate the project after noticing that their city was deteriorating because of poor service delivery. The group of locals who cut the overgrown grassed road reserve along Edgar Road between Vickers Street and near O’Hare Street proved that they can do much better work than the municipality.“I know some people would say that it’s the municipality’s responsibility. Of course it is, but they are not doing it. So do we live like this, or do we do something about it?
She asked, “If the community does not take charge when a local government fails to fulfil its obligations, then who will do it?”Responding to the lists of questions put to the metro, municipal spokesperson Zweli Dlamini admitted last week that the metro faces a grass-cutting backlog. He attributed the failure to delayed planning by the responsible department.
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