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10th Edition 27 January 2013 FREE COPYKlipfontein Mayibuye Ivory Park Rabie Ridge Phomolong

RAPOLAI KATLEGO residents are denied accessto the clinic around the

he dumping site in Midrand CBD simplyKlipfontein View, because they do not live inT(behind Extension 3) there.

is one of the biggest issues Bergman said the Healththe community faces. It is department states that “assituated along the Fascine long as there is a clinicwithRoad that is filled with in a 5 kilometre radius,potholes and a concrete then there is no problem.”heap. “In summer, the A statement the councillordumping site makes it i s a g a i n s t , b e c au s eunbearable to live here,” Klipfontein deserves tosaid Geron Mei, one of the h a v e i t s o w nresidents. According to the c l i n i c .Ac co r d i n g t oc o u n c i l l o r , D a r r e n concerned residents ofBergman, the controversial Klipfontein these aredumping site could be the issues the councillorpossible reason why most should have on the topkids incur certain health his priority list, there is norisks here. progress in Klipfontein,The Steering Committee, a and they feel ignored bygroup of community leaders their municipality. “We dochai red by Sannyboy not know the councillor,Moseri, stipulated that the we only saw him on thedumping site was initiated newspaper Klipfonteinlong before the current Pioneer.” A point raisedcouncillor took his seat, the fervently by one of theSteering Committee tried to residents, “He has neverpush the previous council- initiated a meeting with thelors to remove the dumping res idents , he is notsite and they never reached accessible.”The councilloran agreement, hence the site a n d t h e S t e e r i n gstill exists. Committee said“The former councillor that there were two generalmade sure that there was a meetings initiated by thedumping site over there,” councillor, one was ansaidMoseri. introduction meeting, andEkurhuleni and the City of the other was an IDPJohannesburg are now meeting where residentslooking into the issue of the were called in to givedumping site; the councillor points or “wish lists”.said he has informed them. According to the commit-This dumping site exists in a tee the issue here is notcommunity where there is that the councillor has notno immediate access to the called a meeting, “a fewclinic. people show up for these

The closest clinic for meetings and hundredsresidents is in Mayibuye. show for employmentHowever, they have to wake initiatives, I avail myself toup at Four O'clock in the the people ofKlipfontein, I The residents also contest City Power and the City of receive the services of the now and for reasonsmorning, get into a taxi and have responded to everyone against the electricity cuts Johannesburg about the police department conve- unknown to the councillor itrush to the excessively who has contacted me,” said and water shortages that last issues, as they are responsi- niently within the commu- was removed.c r owd ed a nd poo r l y Bergman. a week and the lack of a ble for informing the nity because getting a police However, the steeringadministrated Mayibuye Locals pay their services to police station and post office residents in terms of power station is going to be a bit committee states it is in theclinic. To deprive them the City of Johannesburg, is an inconvenience to the andwater cuts. harder .Also, there process of making recom-further of the healthcare however when they have residents.For services such The councillor wants to used to be a post office in mendat ions to ge t i tfacilities that were promised queries and concerns they aswater and electricity, the introduce sector policing for Klipfontein, it was posi- back.Send your commentsto them, Kl ip fon te in are referred toEkurhuleni. councillor said he informed the area.They will be able to tioned where the taxi rank is to news@alexpioneer.co.za

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