Many hands make clean-up campaign light work
Umkhankaso wokukhuculula eZAC
ZAC puts trash in its rightful place with clean-up campaign
ZAC and local community stakeholders undertake a Clean-up Campaign to coincide with World Clean-up Day.
On 15 September 2021, ZAC’s Stakeholder Relations and Environmental Departments, along with shop owners and community football tournament organisers spent the day removing litter outside the mine. “The initiative was undertaken to promote responsible waste management, good housekeeping and to educate people about preserving the environment,” ZAC Social Development Manager Khumbulani ‘Skorpion’ Masuku explained.
The participants spent the day collecting a variety of litter including bottles, paper wrappers and miscellaneous waste matter outside the mine’s main gate area, where shops are also located.
Masuku noted that a stakeholder meeting was organised by ZAC recently with affected shop owners as well as organisers of the local football tournaments to discuss the issue of the litter problem in the area. “We all need to make a concerted effort to ensure the area, including the soccer playing fields, are clean and tidy. Educating people to stop littering is critical to having a clean environment,” stated Masuku.
World Clean-up Day, which takes place in September every year, sees people from around the world unite and join forces to clean up litter and waste from the environment.
“ZAC’s Clean-up Campaign sought to inculcate environmental awareness in the community, as well as to promote the benefits of a clean and healthy environment. This is in line with ZAC’s ethos of striving to reduce environmental degradation, maintain an environment which is not harmful to humans, animals and plants and minimise environmental impacts,” stated ZAC Environmental Superintendent Msawenkosi Buthelezi.
Buthelezi explained that the ZAC Clean-up Campaign included raising environmental awareness by explaining different kinds of waste, how to separate it correctly as well as benefits of waste recycling in line with National Waste Clean-Up & Recycle week, which ran from 13 -18 September 2021.
“ZAC’s long-term goal is to facilitate a full-scale recycling project for local communities to realise the goal of zero waste to landfill sites,” he concluded.
Umkhankaso wokuhlanza ukungcola eZAC
I-ZAC, ngokuhlanganyela nezinhlaka zomphakathi, iqhube umkhankaso wohlanza ukubungaza usuku iWorld Clean-up Day.
Ngomhla ka-15 a ngoMandulo wezi-2021, umnyango obhekelele ukusebenzisana nezinhlaka ezithintekayo nezemvelo eZAC, abanikazi bezitolo nabahleli bemidlalo yebhola emphakathini ngalolu suku bakhuculule imfucuza ngaphandle kwemayini. “Lo mkhankaso ubuhlose ukugqugquzela ukuphathwa ngendlela kwemfucuza, ukuphathwa ngendlela kwezakhiwo nokufundisa abantu ngokongiwa kwemvelo,” kusho uMnuz Khumbulani ‘Skorpion’ Masuku, obhekelele ezokuthuthukiswa komphakathi e-ZAC.
Abebeyingxenye yalo mkhankaso bachithe usuku beqoqa amabhodlela, amaphepha nenye imfucuza ngaphandle kwesango elikhulu lemayini, nokuyilapho kukhona nezitolo.
UMasuku uveze ukuthi iZAC yabiza umhlangano nezinhlaka ezithintekayo, okubalwa kuzo amanikazi bezitolo nabahleli bemidlalo yebhola likanobhutshuzwayo, ukudingida udaba lukungcola kule ndawo. “Kumele sibambisane ukuqinisekisa ukuthi le ndawo, kubandakanya nezinkundla zezemidlalo, ihlala ihlanzekile,” kusho uMasuku.
Ngosuku iWorld Clean-up Day, egujwa minyaka yonke ngoSepthemba, abantu emhlabeni wonke jikelele bayahlangana, basebenzisane ukuhlanza nokukhuculula imfucuza kwimvelo.
“Lo mkhankaso wokuhlanza ubuhlose ukuqwashisa abantu ngemvelo nokuqhakambisa ubuhle bokuyigcina ihlanzekile. Lokhu kuhambisana nenqubo-mgomo yeZAC ukukhalima ukulimala kwemvelo, nokuyigcina ingenabungozi ebantwini, ezilwaneni nasezitshalweni, kanjalo nokunqanda ukuphazamiseka kwayo,” kusho uMnuz Msawenkosi Buthelezi, ongunsumpa wezemvelo eZAC.
UButhelezi uqhube wathi lo mkhankaso uphinde wachazela abantu ngezinhlobo ezehlukene zikadoti nendlela yokuzehlukanisa, kanjalo nenzuzo yokuvuselelwa kwemfucuza ukuze iphinde ibe yimpahla engasetshenziswa, ngokuhambisana ne-National Waste Clean-up & Recycle week, kusukela ngomhla ka-13 kuya ku-18 kuSepthemba ngonyaka ofile.
“Injongo yeZAC ekuhambeni kwesikhathi ukuqhuba uhlelo lokuvuselela imfucuza emiphakathini ukuze kufezeke iphupho lokuthi kushaye umoya ezindaweni zokulahla udoti,” kuphetha yena.