The GCN recently received a call from an elderly resident from Dinwiddie.
The frustrated woman explained to a journalist that she stays in the Corrie Oberholzer flats, which are metro-owned flats for the elderly.
She claimed that the metro was continuously ignoring the maintenance issues brought forward by the residents.
Issues include leaking geysers, unkept gutters and electrical problems among others.
“When I called the metro’s call taking centre to report the problems, the operators were extremely rude and refused to give me reference numbers,” she claimed.
The GCN sent a query to the metro to find out why the maintenance of the flats had been allowed to fall along the wayside, as well as, what plans the metro had to address the issues.
Themba Gadebe, spokesman for the metro responded to the query, “The issue of leaking geysers was identified in October.
“Orders were received in November and an instruction was issued to the service provider to proceed with the repair of the leaking geysers which commenced on Thursday, November 3,” he said.
“Corrie Oberholzer is a municipal building and repairs and maintenance are done as and when required.
“The complex does not have a caretaker, however, inspections are conducted weekly by the housing liaison officers,” said Gadebe.
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