‘They don’t take us seriously’: R3.3m statue erected at unused R112m stadium in Parys

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‘They don’t take us seriously’: R3.3m statue erected at unused R112m stadium in Parys
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Residents from Tumahole, a township in Parys, say the erection of a statue costing R3.3m at the never-used Fezile Dabi Stadium was the last straw.

Sport, arts, culture and recreation MEC Limakatso Mahasa, education MEC Tate Makgoe, the leadership of the municipality and family ofDabi unveiled the R3.3m statue in his honour at the stadium on October 15. “These people [government] don’t take us seriously. We feel bad and we are not happy at all. How do you erect a statue when the water is undrinkable and people don’t have houses?” resident Moalusi Lesito told TimesLIVE.

“It breaks my heart that things are not being maintained any more. There is a park close to the hospital and it was very nice back in the day, but now when you look at it, it looks like a lion is going to jump out of the bushes.” “I am very angry at our government. The stadium has been here for long but we haven’t seen any matches here. The securities that are working there [at the stadium] are also doing nothing. They are getting their salaries just to relax there.”Grace Roberts said during big functions and elections residents would have water for two hours a day.

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