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Helenvale residents roll up their sleeves to tackle illegal dumping crisis

By

Nqaba Bhanga - Helenvale
Cllr Nqaba Bhanga – DA Eastern Cape Provincial Leader and NMB Mayoral Candidate

Dear MyPE

Today, 14 October 2020, I was joined by local DA councillors and 100 volunteers in an effort to clear the massive illegal dumping site in front of the Helenvale Primary School in the Northern Areas of Port Elizabeth. (see pictures here, here and here)

This dumping site poses a massive health and safety risk and is teeming with rats and is, therefore, a breeding ground for infections.

The Municipality seems unable or unwilling to clear illegal dumping sites and is putting the forgotten crime-ridden community of Helenvale at risk.

Helenvale and Barcelona form part of the Municipality’s Ward 13. Helenvale is currently dealing with eight active illegal dumping sites, while six sites can be found in Barcelona.

The DA brings these sites to the attention of the Municipality on an almost daily basis, but they are seldom cleaned, and when they are the job is never really completed.

What is indicative of the Coalition of Corruption’s attitude towards this area is the fact that no capital budget was allocated to Ward 13 in this financial year.

I will now engage the “interim” Mayor, Thsonono Buyeye, and the Directorate of Public Health to ramp up their efforts in Ward 13.

Today the DA and the community took Helenvale back by rolling up our sleeves and cleaning the area to ensure the health and safety of residents.

The DA, in partnership with the people of Nelson Mandela Bay, can fix this mess – we have done it before and we can do it again.

Regards

Cllr Nqaba Bhanga
DA Eastern Cape Provincial Leader and NMB Mayoral Candidate

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