LETTER | Pay the unemployed to keep the streets clean

Municipalities must empower people while they seek employment

Other companies due to cut jobs include mining giant Glencore (affecting more than 2,400 posts) and Goodyear (900). File photo.
Other companies due to cut jobs include mining giant Glencore (affecting more than 2,400 posts) and Goodyear (900). File photo. (Reuters)

It is obvious that the levels of unemployment and accumulation of rubbish in our country are growing at an alarming rate. A simple start to tackling both issues is to pay the unemployed to keep the streets, open areas and beaches clean and attractive.

The advantages: a cleaner, more attractive country for tourists and residents and the unemployed earning a wage that is not a handout.

However, finding a municipality with the will, skill and efficiency to plan and execute such an enterprise would be a major challenge.

Candida Scott

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