“It seems government has seriously forgotten Diepsloot,” Fish-and-Chip shop owner Samuel Seema told Gauteng Premier David Makhura at a meeting of about 200 small business owners and residents on Tuesday.
“I have stayed in a shack here for 23 years,” said Seema. “We see all the development taking place in surrounding areas but not in Diepsloot. We can’t run a business in such a community.”“It’s hard to turn any corner in Diepsloot without coming across rubbish. It has become a norm here,” said Sandile Shoba. He sells braaied chicken and meat.
Vuyelwa Dube has been operating a fast food business in Extension 2 since 2014. She said “This place smells and there are flies all over.” She said the City of Johannesburg allowed rubbish to pile up for weeks. “We need a lasting solution because even the neighbouring liquor store is badly affected by this dumping”.
In his speech, Makhura said the new bill was a “first of its kind legislation to strictly focus on SMMEs”.
People really howdo you come to terms in voting ANC timeously, living under such conditions, are you normal Mara