Not all streets are created equal, nor lit nearly as well, in Cape Town.
About 200 Capetonians marched through the streets of Rondebosch on Tuesday evening led by the Social Justice Coalition . They demanded public lighting in their areas.
Addressing the marchers, who had gathered at the Rondebosch Park, SJC’s general secretary, Axolile Notywala, said: “Look how bright it is here — all these lights. We are here to see and compare the situation here to the daily situation back home. It is a sad reality that after this march we will go back to darkness. We will go back to our dark areas where we get robbed and killed.”
“Maps showing the provision of public lighting across Cape Town, compiled using the City’s own data, reveals that effective public lighting is reserved for all roads in wealthier, predominantly white and coloured neighbourhoods. The same maps reveal that many roads in poorer black and coloured communities are not provided with the same effective public lighting. The differential treatment between these communities is self-evident. The inequality is self-evident,” read the statement.
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