Jobless trio clean Makhanda’s streets for free
Lukhanyo Booi, Lali Booi and Tembelani Mnyani are three men from Fingo Village in Makhanda who have taken it upon themselves to clean up the town’s dirty streets. Armed with rakes and shovels, and sometimes using their bare hands, the three move around the city streets removing domestic refuse and filth.Lukhanyo Booi, 54, said the last time he worked was in a construction company in 2014. He said he lives with his family:“We love our town and we are doing this with all our hearts.
Lali Booi, 50, lives with his wife and two children. His wife is a domestic worker and is working two days a week. They all depend on the R1,000 she is paid a month. He said he has been looking for work for years without success. He sometimes gets work during the National Arts Festival unloading trucks for traders, for one or two days. But he has not had a long term or permanent job since he worked for a local company in Makhanda in 2018.“It is not nice being unemployed.
Municipal Manager Moppo Mene said the municipality was clearing bushes and storm water drains “but the programme is not as regular as we would wish”. Asked why the streets are dirty and about the number of people employed to clean them, he said, “We are cleaning the town and there are people doing that.”
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