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The differences in the circumstances of the rich on the one side of Heugh Road and that of the desperately poor on the other side is a testimony of the damage caused by the Apartheid government in areas such as Walmer said Executive Mayor Zanoxolo Wayile at the IDP Public Consultative meeting held at the Walmer Town Hall last night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to address these imbalances as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to intervene as the local government to integrate the people and uplift those who have been marginalized. Through government programmes as announced by President Jacob Zuma and Minister of Finance Pravin Godham during the state of the nation address and the budget speech respectively, we will be committing 90% of our resources in favour of previously disadvantaged communities,\u201d said Mayor Wayile.<\/p>\n
This meeting, following others in Uitenhage and Veeplaas, was called to allow the municipal leadership to report the progress made by the municipality and the challenges that we face when delivering services to the people.<\/p>\n
Nelson Mandela Bay resident Robert Moses expressed his worry at a recent break-in at the Walmer Clinic.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernment needs to protect its properties,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Gotyana said: \u201cWalmer has been ignored. The suburb is in existence for more than 100 years and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality needs to preserve the history and heritage of Walmer Township\u201d.<\/p>\n
Monica Didi said: \u201cWe are staying in Transnet owned houses that do not have services. We need the municipality\u2019s intervention between us and Transnet so that we can also have services like flush toilets in these houses\u201d.<\/p>\n
Bongani Kinana asked the political leadership when they will eradicate the bucket system.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was born with the bucket system more than 50 years ago; we still use the same system. When will we enjoy the same freedom other people are enjoying,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
Walmer Gqeberha township resident Robert Mose addressing the public participation meeting in Walmer. He called for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to guard government property 24 hours to avoid break-ins by thieves and vandals. \u201cOur clinic has been broken into a number of times. We need the NMB to protect all these properties because when a break-in happens, we suffer as a community,\u201d said Mose.<\/p>\n
Walmer Gqeberha township resident Jimmy Gotyana called for the NMB to preserve and record the history of Walmer Gqeberha Township that is more than 100 years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere we have a township that is more than a century old, yet nothing is done to preserve its history and heritage,\u201d said Gotyana.<\/p>\n
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A multi racial community of Walmer suburb and Walmer Gqeberha Township listened attentively at the IDP and Annual Report Public Participation meeting in Walmer Town Hall. Image: Supplied.<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s Notes:<\/strong> A society that looks back in time to reason away present hardship stemming from that time is not a society creating a better life for all. Are you ready to stop playing the blame game and start making and taking part in the tough decisions that will result in a prosperous, caring and happy Port Elizabeth?<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The differences in the circumstances of the rich on the one side of Heugh Road and that of the desperately poor on the other side is a testimony of the damage caused by the Apartheid government in areas such as Walmer said Executive Mayor Zanoxolo Wayile at the IDP Public Consultative meeting held at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-9022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}