A disgusting dump site in the back yard of a house on the corner of Auret and Main Streets greets visitors as they drive into Aberdeen. As the speed limit in this area is 60 kilometers per hour, it gives every available opportunity for the visitors and unhappy Aberdeen residents, to have a good look at the rubbish. Piles of empty bottles, old basins and goodness knows what else, has been discarded out of the back door of this residence. All this rubbish is not contained by the inadequate fencing and large cacti, but blows across the road and ends up on the nearby National Road. Although numerous complaints have been received by the Aberdeen Municipality, all they have done is write a letter to these ‘rubbish offenders’ requesting that the dreadful mess to be cleared away. As usual this is as far as it goes in Aberdeen. Any other Municipality would have gone in to the property cleared up the awful mess and sent the owners an account. A Ratepayers Association would certainly have brought pressure to bear on these people.
Across the road from this ‘House of Litter’ is an area where trucks passing through Aberdeen ‘overnight’. Here too, the rubbish and empty bottles lie unattended. This must certainly be the dirtiest town in the Karoo!!
Across the road from this ‘House of Litter’ is an area where trucks passing through Aberdeen ‘overnight’. Here too, the rubbish and empty bottles lie unattended. This must certainly be the dirtiest town in the Karoo!!
Article By: Joan Tinker