God has given us a stunning planet to live on – imagine a spotlessly clean environment with no rubbish littering the streets and devoid of piles of waste dumped in open spaces.
Our constitution enshrines the right for every person to have a clean unpolluted environment. Yet we hurt our nation by dumping our waste illegally and littering on the spot?
God teaches us to love Him above all and to love others like we love ourselves. Waste dumpers seemingly dislike God’s creation, hate others or hate themselves, as they don’t seem to care that the planet is our one and only home in this vast universe.
Waste dumpers are anti-beauty and create a world of misery for themselves and for others.
We need to urgently begin to fine people who dump waste and litter. Otherwise the problem will continue to escalate.
Our government is really trying its best to clean up and maintain our communities but many residents have fallen into an evil mode of consistently dumping and the new generation, growing up under these terrible conditions, accepts dumping as a norm.
The funds collected from fines could create more jobs by creating beautiful parks and community food gardens in public spaces.
Annette du Plessis
