Residents of Ward 16 voted for Jaco Terblanche last year to be their councillor for another term.
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Demolishing illegal buildings (Backroom Shacking) in the Kempton Park Extension is among his plans for the ward.
Q: As the re-elected ward councillor, what do you hope to achieve during your term as ward councillor?
A: I hope to achieve the following:
• Upgrade of the Highveld transfer station
• Working plan to address the homeless people challenge in the ward
• Complete the rebuilding of the water reservoir.
Q: What plans do you have overall for your ward?
A: Here are my overall plans with the ward for the next five years:
• Implantation of the City Planning Policy and by-laws
• Correct zoning of stands where businesses are functional
• All structures in the ward need to have approved building plans
• Ensure that all residents and businesses adhere to the outdoor advertising policy
• Beautification of the ward
• Upgrade all parks in the ward
• Educational programme to educate residents about recycling and its benefits
• Ensure weekly that there is refuse removal at all residential, complexes and commercial properties
• Monitoring illegal dumping hotspots and ensure that where there are incidents, fines are issued and refuse is collected
• Upgrade and maintenance of the infrastructure in the ward
• Upgrade the water network
• Upgrade the sewer network
• Upgrade the electricity network (with a specific focus on substations and mini-stations that service the ward)
• Establish a forum that includes the following role players: NGOs/NPOs/ civil organisation and government departments, namely SAPS, Gauteng Department of Social Development and the City of Ekurhuleni. Each one will have a clearly defined role with regards to addressing this challenge
• Request more shelters for the Kempton Park area
• Establish a place where EMPD/SAPS can take homeless people so that they don’t sleep in the street
• Ensure that residents stay in a safe community where children can ride their bicycles in the streets
• Monitor the crime patterns in the ward and communicate crime overview and trends to the community
• Regular meetings with the management of the police to ensure that the residents have a voice at the SAPS
• Monitor the traffic by-laws enforcement
• Monitor the ratio of cases going to court and the finalisation of the cases
• Monitor and give feedback to the community on the eviction process of Glen Marikana informal settlement.
Q: When looking at your plans and promises when you were elected in the previous term, how much of your plans materialised?
A: The following materialised:
• The building of the Dann Road reservoir to address the water pressure of the Glen Marais/Aston Manor area
• The new cables in the Glen Marais X2 area to address the continuous cable fault in the area
• Building the new EMPD precinct and the Albertina Sisulu Fire Station
• The new cable from the Aston Manor Sub-station to the Glen Marais Substation
• The replacement of the water pipes on Monument Road and Fiskaal Road in Glen Marais due to continuous water pipe bursts in the area
• Maintenance of the water network.
Q: Are there any issues that were not completed in the previous term? How do you plan to work on completing these?
A: The following issues were not completed during the previous term:
• Eviction of Glen Marikina informal settlement residents
• Demolishing the illegal buildings in Ward 16
• Addressing B crimes (drinking in public) by SAPS in the ward
• Completion of the building of the water reservoir in Dann Road.
Q: What will you do differently as a ward councillor this time around?
A: I want to improve communication with all residents of Ward 16. I will be available to residents when they need me and I want to ensure that I represent the interests of the Ward 16 community in the Ekurhuleni council meetings and portfolio committees.
Contact details:
• Cell number: 083 413 2420
• Email address: jaco.terblanche@ekurhuleni.gov.za
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