Town looks after itself - and fixes its own potholes

03 July 2016 - 02:00
By QAANITAH HUNTER

After years of frustration over the nondelivery of basic services, an Indian township near Vereeniging has stopped relying on its local government for anything.A 24-hour security patrol, community clinic and free mobile clinic, the fixing of potholes and the building of speed bumps are just some of the services the community of Roshnee, about 50km south of Johannesburg, now provides for itself.

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