Durban — Refurbishments of the Moses Mabhida People’s Park kiddies’ zone were at an advanced stage, said the eThekwini Municipality.
The municipality said that more fun summer days were just around the corner for young ones this festive season.
“Refurbishments of the Moses Mabhida People's Park kiddies’ zone are now at an advanced stage, with a relaunch of the revamped park set to take place soon,” the municipality said.
The municipality said it would share more information on the relaunch of the newly refurbished park.
Maintenance officer Phakamile Ngcobo was at the kiddies' zone recently and said they were busy revamping and maintaining the kids’ play area.
“We are targeting to finish before the 16th of December for the launch, which will be on the 16th of December so that the kids can come and start using the kids’ play (area) as before,” Ngcobo said.
In May last year, Durban parents and children who visited the popular People’s Park playground were shocked to find how the once state-of-the-art play area had deteriorated.
Then, the municipality said the area would be revamped.
Municipal spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela had told the “Daily News”: “Some equipment in the People’s Park play area was fenced off after it was established that those play items were no longer safe to be used by members of the public, due to corrosion.
“There are sections of equipment that are safe to use, and kids are using them. We have security that is stationed in that vicinity monitoring the usage of the kids’ play area. Generally, the park is well kept, but due to it being on the coast, some items have given up due to corrosion,” he said.
Mayisela said that families could look forward to the whole play area being revamped in the 2021/22 financial year.
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