KwaDukuza resident Rishi Pooran has taken to planting banana trees in potholes to protest against what he says is a lack of service delivery.A fed-up community activist in KwaDukuza has resorted to planting banana trees in potholes dotted around the KwaZulu-Natal north coast town to grab the attention of the local municipality.
Rishi Pooran took to social media on Sunday after planting three small banana trees in the vicinity of his Glen Hills home. His “banana tree challenge” has been with met with praise, with some lauding it as a “marvellous idea”.Pooran told TimesLIVE that he decided to start his quirky campaign after complaints about the state of the residential roads were ignored by authorities.
“Our town has been neglected for far too long and action is long overdue. Cars are getting damaged and driving around the area is becoming hazardous because of the many potholes. “I thought about banana trees because we are literally becoming a banana republic. The lack of service delivery is shocking and something has to be done about it.”WATCH: A fed-up KwaDukuza resident is planting banana trees in potholes around the KZN town as part of his service delivery protest
😂😂😂. Some ppl r creative.
Why don't you just go to the local municipality and destroy it like the savages do
That's my man. 😂😂😂
My man👏👏👏😂😂
He should have planted a cactus
dinakoos 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Knowing our Government, they will charge him with destruction of state property🤷🏽♂️
I stan✊🏿
Banana trees for a Banana Republic 🤷🏾♂️ 😂😂
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