Evah Mokwena
Evah Mokwena
Emalahleni Local Municipality
Nkangala District
Mpumalanga Province
13/08/2024
Unhealthy Breathing Air
Vosman community always inhales dirty breath, which is caused by them when burning garbage
and other staff. Each burning of garbage affects hundreds of people living in the area and in a
day more than ten people burn dirt causing air pollution and unhealthy living for others.
The issue already turned into a lifestyle, people are used to living in such a way knowing that
nothing will change the situation. There are a lot of things happening and affecting our people in
the community, but lucky there’s a Clinic that only helps with curable and simple illnesses. Other
Clinics that have scans and other things to check the human inner body are expensive for
others. Remember we are living in a community where others are unemployed and facing
poverty, meaning that others don’t have much to contribute to Paying Clinics which is also a
government clinic yet still paying for scanning and other things. We have interviewed two people
living a different life so that we can know what living in Vosman is like to them.
Interview 1
I wouldn’t say much about this place because I’m a person who spends most of the time at
work, but it’s really when you come back at night from work. People are burning dirty staff, it
always catches me. Living at Vosman it’s just you welcoming the dirt-inhaling life but then luckily
Im employed. That means I can afford doctors, all I can say is that the Municipality must bring
on those big Unbearable dustbins so that people can stop burning.
Interview 2
I also won’t say much but life is hard for me as an unemployed person living in an air pollution
community because I cannot afford any lung scanning and other things. All I can say is that the
community should stop burning things, and the Municipality should bring out a role that
everyone would respect and act on.
