MADIBENG residents embarked on a cleaning programme to celebrate International Mandela Day. Water and sanitation department spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau said the initiative was in conjunction with other stakeholders.

“More than 3000 volunteers embarked on a cleaning campaign. We cleaned the streets of Jericho and later on proceeded to Toloane River which was left sparkling clean after the cleanup.

“The event was a response to a call made by our department to all South Africans to participate in a Clear River campaign by cleaning stream, river, wetland or any other freshwater ecosystem in their environment,” Ratau said.

He added that community members converged at Kwena Madiba a Toloane High School in Jericho to celebrate International Mandela Day afterwards.

The Water and Sanitation Forum chairperson of Madibeng Local Municipality, Moses Seokane promised the Jericho community that they will forever have water now.

“We also want to encourage the youth and broader community members to save water. This includes fighting vandalism to water infrastructures and selling of water to the community. We urge them to also identify and fix leaking taps and water meters.  

“We also presented wheel chairs, wheel barrows and blankets to 140 elderly people in the process. A cake was also shared by the community in honour of late Dr Nelson Mandela,” Seokane said.

-TDN

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