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Cleaning the way to World Cup
15 November 2007 By Clifford Mogotsi MANY might believe the semi-rural area of Ga-Mohale is dirty, filled with cow dung and trash. But they would be wrong - this beautiful township is named by Gauteng's environmental experts as one of the cleanest in the province. The cleanliness of this beautifully placed township forms a jewel in the heart of the mountains of Magaliesberg. And wandering in the streets of Ga-Mohale feels like a walk in a small heaven. It was here that a delegation from the office of the department of agriculture, conservation and environment, led by the MEC, Khabisi Mosunkutu, braved the sweltering heat to kick off a big clean. Held on Tuesday, 13 November at the Ubuntu Arts and Craft Centre at Ga-Mogale, the event marked the launch of the Mogale City Litter-Free Gauteng Campaign. The MEC and his team spoke about the cleanliness of Ga-Mohale, but also recognised the ongoing campaign. The launch was hosted by Mogale City, the MEC's office and the West Rand District Municipality. Mosunkutu explained that the campaign was a province-wide, behaviour-changing initiative, which aimed to get those who lived and worked in Gauteng, as well as visitors, to become activists for a litter-free province. The plan was to ensure that before the 2010 World Cup, Gauteng became a province that had no litter. "Carelessly discarded newspapers, plastic and other domestic waste results in the development of reeking and poisonous pools that negatively impact on our health. "If we continue littering our areas, 2010 World Cup visitors will join what we as South Africans are doing." The MEC pointed out that the meeting at Ga-Mohale was the first one where there were no papers lying around in the tent. A winner of the Bontle ke Botho competition, Mogale City has environmental issues near the top of its agenda. Its department of integrated and environmental management continually champions cleanliness campaigns in the city. Practising what they preach, the department's executive manager, Morakane Mokoena, and the MEC then led residents in a practical cleaning campaign. Although Mogale City Executive Mayor Koketso Calvin Seerane could not attend the launch, he said that a campaign of this nature would assist in fine-tuning Mogale's tourism offering. "Our city is also focusing seriously on local economic development. We are looking into finalising things like investment attraction packages, fine-tuning our tourism offering, among other things, and all these things require that we have the right infrastructure to support such a drive," he said. Crosby Dingizulu, the councillor for Ga-Mohale, thanked the MEC for visiting his area. "As a councillor at Ga-Mohale, I would like to thank the MEC for coming to our area. We are going to make sure that [it] is clean at all times."
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Hard at work: the MEC for agriculture, conservation and environment, Khabisi Mosunkutu, leads the clean up campaign in Ga-Mohale
Related stories Mogale City scoops top cleanliness award Mogale makes clean sweep of dumpsites Bontle ke Botho launched in Mogale
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