DA launches Mbombela Come Clean Campaign

DA launches Mbombela Come Clean Campaign

Next week, the Democratic Alliance will launch our ‘Mbombela Come Clean Campaign’. This campaign originates from the increasing frustration of residents across the municipality at the dirty conditions of our city. Enough is enough and the time has come for Mbombela to come clean in all its forms.

It has become a common sight in Mbombela to see litter scattered along streets and roads, uncollected garbage bags and parks unsafe for children and families to enjoy. The municipality continually fails in its obligation to deliver a clean, environmentally friendly community.

This largely caused by the municipality’s inability to enforce bylaws. Spaces in and around our provinces capital city have become notorious illegal dumping sites. 

As our municipal area continues to deteriorate, the arrogant and careless attitude of municipal officials does little to assist in improving the conditions of our town. Yet the municipality expects residents to pay for services which either not provided or provided poorly.

This is evident in the drastic increase in property taxes and
municipal rates on the 1^st of July 2014.

It is for this reason that the DA will embark on the Mbombela “Come Clean Campaign” in which we will collect at least 5000 signatures from local residents, expressing their disgust at our town’s condition.

By means of this campaign, the DA will call on the Mbombela Municipality to come clean on its obligation towards residents and ratepayers and to enforce by-laws thereby ensuring a safe and clean living environment.

The DA will demand that Mbombela Municipality fulfils its legal obligations by:

•        Cleaning-up the city and towns

•        Maintaining streets, parks and open spaces

•        Enforcing by-laws with the support of a dedicated law enforcement unit

•        Making available accessible landfill sites

•        Establishing transfer stations for easy disposal of waste and refuse  

The DA will launch the campaign at the next ordinary council meeting that is taking place on Thursday,
28 August 2014. Thereafter, it will embark on a visible 30 day campaign across Mbombela to collect signatures
for the petition by holding information tables at various centres across the city, conducting door-to-door visits
and the clean-up of roads and parks.

We call on all residents and businesses to support this campaign by assisting in the collection of petition signatures,
as well as getting involved in the various DA clean-up campaigns.  

The time has come to clean up our city, lets stand together to make the City of Mbombela a better place for all.