Government officials, managers, councillors and the community gathered in Tsakane, at the Faranani Multi Purpose Centre, for the State of the City Address, on Wednesday.
Giving his last speech as executive mayor, Mondli Gungubele shared the successes accomplished by the metro during his five years in office.
His address focused on strengthening social maturity by advancing social cohesiveness in the pursuit of a prosperous and, therefore, a livable and sustainable city.
He also shared detailed information on the growth, development and transformation from which the city’s successes have mushroomed over this period.
“Once more I stand before this house as a humble servant of the people of Ekurhuleni, to account for the work we have done and are doing, and to share plans related to the work we will be doing in the future to transform our region,” he said as he opened the address.
The major highlights of the day, which were applauded around the room, encompassed the city’s strides in creating programmes of developing the city, such as the OR Tambo Aerotropolis Core Corridor initiative, the city’s strides towards dealing with job creation, issues of sanitation, building fire stations in the townships, in addition to other infrastructure, bursaries, greening of the city and the awards the city has received during this time frame.
He added to the list of accomplishments the much anticipated R51-billion Prasa New Rolling Stock and the Tambo Springs Inland Port development projects, both of which are expected to yield thousands of jobs and are already underway.
Gungubele further disclosed the developments on which the city has embarked, which have ensured township economy revitalisation.
“It is important to remind our people that the implementation of our manifesto is embedded in the three-pillared strategic framework of sustenance and service delivery improvement, transformation of society and the city and the preferred destination for investment and the growth, where the poor and the rich can co-exist in a mutually beneficial environment, where they are empowered to realise their dreams and aspirations.
“To realise this we formulated an inclusive and broad-based Growth and Development Strategy (GDS) 2055, which is anchored on the five strategic imperatives, namely: Re-urbanise, Re-industrialise, Re-generate, Re-mobilise and Re-govern – the effective implementation of which should make us a livable, delivering and sustainable city,” he emphasised.
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