Landscaping company in hot water for 'severely pruning' six Joburg trees worth R600K

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Landscapers working for a big landscaping group have landed themselves in hot water after accepting a job to cut the branches of six Acacia trees which were blocking billboards at a shopping centre.

What's left of an acacia tree pruned to within an inch of its life in Fourways, Johannesburg.Landscapers working for a big landscaping group have landed themselves in hot water after accepting a job to cut the branches of six acacia trees blocking billboards at a shopping centre.

On Wednesday Mmankwe Sebatjane, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo’s senior arboculturist, and Joseph Ndou, the regional manager, were in Fourways, north of Johannesburg, conducting site visits. “Employees of the company say they were acting on instruction by their superiors, who were commissioned by the adjacent shopping centre to increase the visibility of advertising signage along this busy main road.”

 

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Shouldn’t the bosses and the owners of the mall be held liable? Why are the workers being arrested? This is abuse of power.

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