Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture Portfolio Head, Cllr
Bassie Kamana has described the current acts of vandalism and fireplace that broke out on the
Motherwell Library within the early hours on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, as a serious setback and
referred to as on residents to work with the City to fight these felony acts.
This comes after intensive harm was as soon as once more brought on to the library in NU9 when the
entrance space was gutted by a fireplace that’s beneath investigation in the mean time.
MMC Kamana stated the current fireplace was an enormous setback because the SRAC Directorate had simply
accomplished the evaluation work on the library that may help within the refurbishment of this
facility.
“The evaluation report has been accomplished and it was an evaluation that included the
vandalism harm and fireplace that passed off earlier this 12 months on the facility. Now this implies we
must do one other evaluation and that is simply delaying all the things.
“We want to condemn in the strongest way possible the constant vandalism of our facilities
that are actually in place to service the same people that destroy them. Today when our staff
members arrived at the scene they found our wooden and ceiling material packed just outside
the door step. It was ready to go, this means our residents continue to vandalise and steal
from our facilities and we are calling on them to root out this self-destructing culture from
their system as it is a recipe for disaster,” MMC Kamana stated.
He stated the City can’t even place safety guards on the library as there aren’t any doorways,
electrical energy and ablution services.
The explanation for the hearth just isn’t recognized but because the NMBM Fire Department continues to be conducting an
investigation.
Acting Fire Chief, Wayne Hendricks stated when the hearth fighters had been referred to as round 6am they
rushed to the scene and managed to place the hearth out earlier than additional broken was brought on to the
different areas of the constructing.
Residents are urged to contact the South African Police Service ought to they’ve any
details about the hearth.
All acts of vandalism involving municipal property will be reported on 0414065500.