15 August 2015 1 Min Read

Shame of Ginsberg neglect

in News by Asanda Nini

- HOUSE CALL: One of the original Ginsberg’s two-roomed houses which are a common sight across the sprawling township

- HEALTH HAZARD: A sewage stream lies on the doorstep of some of the houses in Ginsberg’s Lipota area

- WAITING GAME: Nomthandazo Silingile, 58, who has been waiting for a house for the past two decades, is seen here outside the shack she occupies with her husband and three children

- LITTER PROBLEM: Cattle and other livestock are running out of grazing space in Ginsberg as most open fields are filled with waste and litter bags, right on people’s doorsteps

- CROWDED QUARTERS: Noxolo Malgas, 76, seen here with her four grandchildren – Ivakele Mkhashu, Athule Nkanunu, Lizalise Bande and Lilitha Tshili – outside thetwo-roomed house she shares with seven other people. The pensioner, who laments the lack of housing development in Ginsberg, has leased one of her rooms to another family in order to make ends meet Pictures: ASANDA NINI

- STREETS OF SHAME: An unidentified churchgoer from Ginsberg’s affluent Lipota area walks down one of the worst streets in the township

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Thyali further said the roads infrastructure was dilapidated and that “our township is one of the filthiest”. He said recreation facilities were “close to non-existent, while unemployment was rife, resulting in alcohol binging and drug abuse among the youth. That is why crime is so high here”.

Sixolise Gcwenya, a 25-year-old unemployed retail business management graduate from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, agreed. Gcwenya, who was raised by a single mom, said youth in the area have lost hope. He said there are a lot of unemployed graduates in the township.

“Those who have studied, end up in taverns, abusing alcohol and drugs. Crime and pregnancies have escalated, all due to a lack of recreational facilities and job opportunities for young people.”