Mandela Day Clean Up Collaboration

DATE

LOCATION

26 July 2025

The veld area between Tom Jones and Bunyan at the N12 on and off ramps

THE PROBLEM

This area, which is passed by many motorists daily, was completely neglected. The grass was overgrown, the thorn trees needed to be pruned and the alien invasive poplar trees had taken over large portions of the area. Because of this neglect there was tons of illegal dumping as well as illegal squatting.

WHAT WE DID

We cut all the grass and cleared the kerbing around the perimeter.

We cleared the litter totalling 320 black bags!!

We pruned and thinned out the thorn trees and removed hundreds of invasive poplar trees.

WHO MADE IT HAPPEN

The true spirit of Unity, Service and Pride was definitely brought to life during this community event. This neglected area was brought back to life and we would love to thank everyone who made it possible!!

Firstly to Afriforum Benoni and Heart of Benoni, 2 groups who do incredible work for our town, thank you for joining us on this project!

To the 9th Benoni Scouts, your enthusiasm and willingness to work hard is just amazing!

To Lakeside Mall!!! Wow what can we say! Thank you for joining us in force. To Prudence from the Lakeside Mall management team, you are just awesome!! Thank you for organising so many stores to join us on the day, thank you Oasis Water, Spur and Panarottis for keeping us hydrated and for the delicious lunch! To Incredible Cellular, Home Choice and Abram’s Benoni, you brought such a hard working, fun vibe to the day!

To all our incredible regular volunteers and Smart Technology, you are so appreciated!!

A huge thank you to Ekurhuleni Waste Department who came to remove our 340 black bags and to the Parks Department who removed all the branches we cut. It’s really great working together with you!

Lastly thank you to Master Mowers for the loaning of extra equipment to use on the day!

All in all a brilliant day!!!