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 CALLS FOR THE CLOSURE OF DIRTY AND DANGEROUS STREAMS

Movhango the new Township which was formed since 1994 till 1997 is situated near Goldenhigway in the Gauteng Region at the Vaal in South Africa

At extension 12,13,14 there are still big and deep open stream with dirty water and lots of wastte in it. Community is faced by streams that are very dirty because of the domestic waste and illegal dumping that being brought by commuhnity.

The municipality supposed to collect the waste ones a week,they don't do such thing they collect only at the town because in town is where their big bosses stays,and when big politians visit they starts right at town . One of the residents of the Movhango says they uses this open streams and furrows as their delivery services ,because municipality don’t collect waste and they are not willing to close this scary streams were people are being found dead ,robbed ,kids drowning in this dirty water, trying to swim or playing into this dirty water.

A young man age of 33,he says that the is no problem if they dump inside this streams ,because they don’t see ,the meaning or reason of having open stream so they try to closed it themselves when so they dump inside. He said again that the municipalities they just decorate their new township with dirty water and bad smell of everyday.

The community says now they have lots of waste pickers near their house, they pick any this thing they found even the food, they say they gonna sell the bottles to the companies which are still polluting them such as plastic company near the Golden highway and the food they take for their families. Other woman complain about this situation that their kids see ,poor people picking up food and waste thing next their door they think is a normal thing from this or style of living, while they teaches kids they must take  not take from the the dumping sites or stream

Community wonder what will take our municipality or Government to listen to them or the municipality don’t have to capacity for Township planning ,always they lie to them ,last year the councilor did not want to hear their  problems they try to much ,they’ve been told that municipality have no money ,this year they will elect a new councilor who will need to investigate what happen and must delive. We doin't if they are promising us to solve the situation becauase ANC wants to win election using people's dilemas. and no one, Still poor people suffer the most, no action has been taken by Government to solve the situation, and people are still surrounded by stream near their house that posses danager to their health and environment