With the help of Bethal residents\u2019 contributions, the AfriForum branch in Bethal again filled potholes in this town and completed other repair projects. These projects form part of AfriForum\u2019s #YourTown campaign, which is aimed at personally solving problems in towns.<\/p>\n
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Turnkey Civils Group and All City Towing helped to fill potholes in a section of Kleijnhans Street, between Malherbe and Moses Kotane (N17) Streets, as well as most of the potholes in Malherbe Street. More than 150 bags of tar were used during this project. AfriForum completely repaired Kleijnhans Street two years ago, but the holes started to form again in the meantime. According to Jan Uys from AfriForum\u2019s Bethal branch more than 1\u00a0950 bags of tar have thus far been used to fill potholes in this town in 2018.<\/p>\n
A hole in Malherbe Street \u2013 which the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality dug to repair a pipe \u2013 was also filled. The municipality filled this hole slovenly and left it as such. The heap of soil was left in the road for months and was later removed by the AfriForum branch in Bethal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is shocking that the municipality allows our town to be ruined. Safety risks are as a matter of fact being worsened seeing that they do not complete their work properly and leave behind a mess for others to clean up,\u201d says Ingrid Human from AfriForum\u2019s Bethal branch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The branch and Venter Construction and Renovation also tended to the garden at the Nestl\u00e9 bridge. Flower pots were repainted and all the weeds were removed from the garden. The potholes on the bridge itself was also filled. After complaints from residents another project was launched to clean the local cemetery and cut the grass.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the help of Bethal\u2019s residents we will continue to fight the decline of our once beautiful town,\u201d says Hennie Bekker, AfriForum\u2019s District Coordinator in the Lowveld.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Become involved with AfriForum\u2019s Bethal branch: SMS \u201cBethal\u201d to 45350 (R1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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