Johannesburg - Recreational mini-parks in Gauteng will once again be the host of children during the festive season.
Senior Secretary in the Amandebele Ndzundnza Sokhulumi Traditional Council Gauteng Province Emmanuel Nakedi said: “We appreciate these recreational facilities in our community where both young and old people are now spending quality time.”
Nakedi said before the provision of the mini-park facilities residents of the community did not have anywhere to recreate. “The mini-park has also taught our people about the need to keep their environment clean.”
The mini-parks, which were initially started as a campaign to tackle the litter problem in Gauteng in 2008, were built on pieces of land that were once used as dumpsites.
The mini-parks have been established in both poor and better off communities to address the Gauteng litter challenges under the Gauteng Clean and Green Campaign.
Some some of them have swings, see-saws, benches, tables, bins and braai areas. Some even have lapas and mini-parks Gazebos. Before the construction of these parks, some of the communities such as Devon Impumelelo Township, Midvaal's Bantu Bonke and Tshwane's Sokhulumi rural communities, suffered from the problem of litter and lack of community-based recreational facilities. The mini-parks have also been established in townships such as Tembisa, Hamanskraal and Soweto.
Others have been established in well-to-do communities such as Laudium in Pretoria.
ANA