Fixing the Road

The access road to the settlement is a major factor contributing to problems such as Health Care provision, transport etc. When it rains this road gets very muddy and then only 4 x 4 vehicles can drive on it. This often cuts the settlement off from the main road with dire results for those needing medical attention.

Once the commitee had been established the comitee members mobilised the community to fix the access road.

Every able body in the community helped to fix the road.

The women carried the stones in buckets.

Even the elderly and young children helped by carrying stones etc.

A group of teenagers set themselves the task of writing down the names of every head of household and their house number. The youth in this settlement are kept quite active through the endeavors of the comitee leader, Yvonne Kgope. There is quite a large contingent of out of school youth as a result of a lack of transport to the high school at Magaliesburg. The empowerment of the youth through intervention programmes such as the NOAH programme is essential to avoid another generation from 'falling behind' and becoming marginalised.

The maintanance of this road is an ongoing project as the settlement is situated on high ground on the foothills of the Magaliesburg Mountains. The road has since been fixed and graded with money made available by the ANC Councilor Dennis Thabe. However, in order for the community to keep up the maintenance of this 2 km long stretch of dirt road, they need implements such as spades, buckets and at least another 2 wheelbarrows. (the community only have one wheelbarrow).