Burgers Park used to be a popular hangout in the heart of Tshwane. It’s now run-down, with rusty infrastructure and broken fencing, and it’s become a criminal hotbed. Sections of the fence at Venning Park have been stolen. Sunnyside homeowners have turned Jubilee Park into a garbage dump. The playground equipment and public seating at Cycad Crescent Park are dilapidated and rusted, and it is now mostly used as a parking lot. Pieter Human Park, Cassandra Park in Ga-Rankuwa and Prince Park are shadows of their former selves. Years of neglect have scared people away from most of the city’s once-b…