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Ten years with nonworking Light poles

The community of  Hammanskraal  ( One&Ten ) is complaining about two long Light poles that has been placed in their area for nine years now without working. The poles are placed right next to the main road and not even a single day did the poles work. Malebo Phasha, a community guardian says the poles are just there as a sign that our area is developing whalers’ it’s not, we complained about this for years now, but no one seems to be taking the matter serious. Community members are complaining about the darkness in the nearby graveyard they are saying that crime rate has also increased. Nyaope boys are stealing the tombstones and bargain wires from the grave yard  to sell them cheap.  At times we depend on the moon for light. “It always gets so dark in the evening, we even get worried when our children come back home late because this village is not safe”, said Phasha. Officer Chauke from Temba SAPS says “We receive cases after cases reported by members from the