The death of Dineo Lesetedi last week was yet another incident in which a child's life has been ended by a motorist in the estate and residents now say enough is enough. They say children in the estate have to brave crossing many busy roads on their way to and from school. The pupils have to walk about five kilometres and cross busy roads to go to schools in Phase II, Mogoditshane and Block III.
"There is no way that we can walk our children to and from school every day. We have to walk to go to work in the mornings too and our children are facing danger in these roads," said a Block VI resident Madikane Modise. He lamented that they have waited for a primary school to be built in the estate for a long time and they have lost hope. "Every child that is hit by a car in this location is my child and a cause for concern," he said.
Another resident, Batlhalefeng Letlhage said if the government does not take action, they will be left with no choice but to hold demonstrations to show their dissatisfaction. "When we first settled here, we were told that a primary school will be built and we wonder what we have done to deserve this kind of treatment from our government," she said.
