The City of Tshwane and Hennops Revival, A non – profit organization signed a three years memorandum of understanding today that sets the pace for efforts to clean and restore the Hennops River and Centurion Lake.
The Hennops River was polluted due to industrial and human waste effluent and over the years, Hennops Revival has been hosting clean–up campaigns and stimulating local support as a civic response to the deteriorating state of the Hennops River and its banks.
With the formalization of the partnership, the City and Hennops Revival will start to establish working streams with financial, legal, and indigenous knowledge expertise to give effect to the agreement and to assist in delivering the revival mandate with ease.
The two parties will work together in identifying sources of pollution, reporting sewage findings, and, cultivating and planting vetiver grass rafts and other plant types to stabilize the riverbank.
“I am looking forward to the collaboration with Hennops Revival as we jointly address environmental challenges and work towards safeguarding our natural environment”, said the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Mr Randall Williams.
Furthermore, the revival mission will entail cutting grass, removing alien plants, identifying illegal dumping sites. Also promoting community–based waste removal, clean-up initiatives, and removing silt from Centurion Lake.
