The Keep Westville Beautiful organisation joined forces with the Westville Conservancy to help clean the Westville Post office as the litter issue remains unresolved.
Liesel Muhl from Keep Westville Beautiful organisation said: ” The dirt is directly linked to the number of vagrants outside the Post Office and the Covid-19 support grant recipients who sleep outside the post office. There are blankets and human faeces among the rubbish. Boxes are lying around around. I am sure that the boxes come from the Post Office, as I cannot see where the boxes come from.”
Concerns over the Post Office erupted in December when concerned residents took to social media complaining about how the place had been filled with people loitering with some allegedly dealing with drugs.
Muhl said the Post Office cleaning staff need to get involved as the grass is hardly ever cut. “The car guard who works there tries his utmost to pick up rubbish as much as possible, but it is unsurmountable. The Post Office staff need to get involved,” she said.
Nobuhle Njapha, KwaZulu-Natal Post Office spokesperson said the matter has been reported to the municipality. “The Westville Post Office location is surrounded by community members who seem to dump garbage at our premises. The matter has been reported to the municipality, including the need to deal conclusively with drug dealers in the area.”
Njapha said the area manager has taken this issue seriously and will monitor the situation and ensure the area is always kept clean. “The Post Office is a public service building and we urge our community to take care of it as we are there to ensure that government service reaches everyone in need,” she said.
The Westville Conservancy and Keep Westville beautiful organisation’s next project will be to help clean the Westville Cemetery. “We have been told about the cemetery and how neglected it is. We went to look, and the grass has not been cut for months, some of the tomb stones are lying on the floor and it looks very sad,” said Muhl.
