07/01/2026
WEST RAND, THIS IS WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.
These photos are not staged.
They are not taken during election season.
They are proof of ordinary people doing extraordinary work while those who are paid to serve look the other way.
In the West Rand, we are witnessing local business owners, community movements, volunteers and residents standing up where leadership has collapsed.
People who refuse to accept filth, crime, neglect and excuses as our daily reality.
👉 Andrew Barnard – a local businessman who doesn’t wait for meetings, memos or promises. He acts.
👉 Otto and the COSDIP movement – protecting communities, restoring dignity, and stepping into spaces abandoned by the state.
👉 Salammat Motors – business with a conscience, supporting community upliftment beyond profit.
👉 Community volunteers, faith groups, and residents who clean parks, clear illegal dumping sites, fix potholes, cut overgrown bushes, feed the hungry, and reclaim open spaces.
This is real service delivery:
Cleaning parks and open spaces so criminals have nowhere to hide
Removing illegal dumping that poisons our children and environment
Fixing potholes that damage cars and cost lives
Distributing food parcels to families who are forgotten
Restoring pride, safety, and hope in our neighborhoods
And let’s be honest — this work should never have been left to communities alone.
❗️To the councillors and departments who drive past these problems daily:
Your silence is loud.
Your absence is visible.
Your failure is documented in these very images.
While you attend workshops, write reports, and blame budgets — the people are doing your job. For free. With no protection. With no recognition.
As ICI, we see this.
We acknowledge it.
We stand firmly behind these individuals and movements.
We support, we collaborate, and we salute those who lead from the ground, not from offices.
This post is not just praise — it is a challenge:
To businesses: get involved
To residents: don’t wait, act
To young people: leadership starts where you stand
To officials who do nothing: the community is watching
The West Rand will not be saved by titles.
It will be saved by action.
To everyone shown here and many more not named — you are the backbone of this community.
You are proving that change is possible, even when the system fails.
Let this inspire more hands.
Let this awaken more voices.
Let this expose neglect.
And let this build a safer, cleaner, and more dignified West Rand for all.
✊ Real change. Real people. Real action.
