On Saturday the 9th of April Al Jama-ah did a walkabout in Bokmakierie to address the concerns raised by the residents of the relevant area.
Leading the visit was President of Al Jama-ah and Member of Parliament Honourable Ganief Hendricks, National spokesperson and Cllr Shameemah Salie, MPL Galil Brinkhuis, Cllr Faried Achmat, Cllr Achmat Hendricks and they were later joined by MPL Khalid Sayed from the ANC.
Indeed the issues in BokmakIerie are similar to many other areas however Bokmakierie is too often forgotten.
Putting the area on map Al Jama-ah has drawn the attention to the area, the people and their needs and indeed we hope that this will create an awareness and willingness for those in charge to to assist in upgrading the area and the call of the residents of Bokmakierie.
We wish to thank the community for being welcoming and engaging.
A special thank you to Hadja Sorayah Hendricks, Sitara and Aunty Kayna for opening their home to Al Jama-ah. Shukran as well to the ICare Childrens Foundation for their contributions and assistance it is truly appreciated.
We further wish to thank these selfless individuals for their years of assistance to the community.
If there is anyone who wish to add to concerns faced please feel free to contact Al Jama-ah
A report on our findings is already in process and will be elevated to the relevant stakeholders.
We will be keeping an oversight on the progress made to change the circumstances of the people of Bokmakierie and provide them with our support.
The areas often forgotten by the City we encourage you to please ensure public participation and feedback on the proposed budget increase by City before 2 May 2022. As sadly you are often not the beneficiaries of these increases requested.
Shukran Thank you once again for having us in the area yesterday.
List of issues raised thus far and what has been personally witnessed by Al Jama-ah
Poverty
Unemployment
Crime
Drug problems
Many elderly struggling
Need for youth motivation, skills, and upliftment
Safety of young children and activities to keep children off-road
Need for speed humps in area
Roads in a very poor condition
Urgent need for enclosure of and upgrade of parks
Litter of canal and in and around the area
Stronger fencing is required in certain sections where crimes is committed and used for escape routes
Cable theft and the need for placing these lines underground as the infrastructure is extremely old in the area and lines are accessible
We encourage all areas often ignored to please ensure public participation and feedback on the proposed budget increase by City before 2 May 2022