Stinking filth, litter, rubbish and waste continues
to grab your attention when one enters the main and side streets of the historical
town of Verulam, north of Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South
Africa.
The unhealthy environment developed 10 days ago on
February 28 (2024) when striking workers thrashed the town centre and side
streets with litter they normally remove.
Although the Ethekwini Municipality has described the
strike as “illegal”, the workers repeated their rowdy behaviour when they
marched through the town once again early this week. They held similar
demonstrations in several areas near Verulam early today (March 8).
I visited the town centre and side streets of Verulam
for the second time today (March 8) to check for myself whether the
municipality is doing anything to restore the cleanliness of the area.
To my shock and horrow, I found that the litter and
filth have not been removed. I also noticed that water from a burst pipe at the
main robot in Wick Street flowing down the road with no action taken to stop
the leak.
Fed up business owners and others in the town have
expressed their disappointment that the municipality is doing absolutely
nothing to clean up the town.
One business person said: “I have never expected that
we would reach such a terrible state in our town. Why should people want to
destroy Verulam by throwing litter, filth and rubbish everywhere?
“We try to clean up in front of our businesses but
this is not appreciated by the striking workers.” ends -
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