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We acknowledge and appreciate the visible efforts made under your leadership thus far &#8211; they are commendable and do not go unnoticed.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as active citizens and stakeholders in the future of our communities, we can no longer remain silent about the appalling state of Sand Du Plessis Street and the broader collapse of key infrastructure and services, particularly in Kutloanong and Odendaalsrus.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94dc44f92e667259dc37718e06358eea\">Sand Du Plessis Street, once a crucial lifeline connecting our people, now stands as a symbol of institutional failure. The street has become a permanent construction site, plagued by delays, shoddy workmanship, and the cycle of incompetent contractors siphoning municipal funds without delivering results. Oversight inspection, a constitutional duty of Council, is nowhere be found.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Beyond roads, our once-thriving sports and recreation sector has collapsed. The Sipho Mutsi Sports Centre and Kutloanong Stadium \u2013 built to uplift and empower our youth \u2013 now lie in ruins. They have become white elephants, their potential wasted due to mismanagement, corruption, and the lack of political will to maintain or restore them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This letter is more than a complaint. It is a call to action. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We, the people, will no longer wait for change. We are organising. We are mobilising. We will stand united \u2013 working class citizens, taxi associations, business forums, religious leaders, unemployed youth, and every affected citizen \u2013 to hold this administration accountable.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the leaders copied in this letter: You have failed your people. 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