Capetonians have been warned to clean up their act if they want the city to keep its rating as one of the world's most desirable holiday destinations.Mayoral committee for utility services councillor Clive Justus said the rating could be jeopardised if residents continued to illegally dump refuse and "indiscriminately fill our public open spaces with litter".
"There seems to be an increasing tolerance by the public not only of litter, but of those responsible for it," he said in a statement.
A depressing example of this was the state of the city's beaches by late afternoon during the holiday season.
"Litter bins remained empty when people left for home and city employees had to then clean the beaches of everything from used nappies to bottles and food wrappings," he said.
Source : Sapa /dbm/clh
Date : 20 Feb 2009 15:40
