Police were forced to intervene in a scuffle between residents during the City of Johannesburg’s Integrated Development Plan meeting for Region A at the Midrand High School on 6 April.
The gathering was chaired by the director of Region A, Abigail Ndlovu, and was convened to discuss the plans for the region and also to address community grievances.
At least 50 community members raised their grievances with the City representatives.
Read Region A identified for service delivery
The scuffle broke out after one resident attempted to defend the absence of Ward 112 councillor Madeleine Hicklin to angry residents who complained that they did not know the councillor, yet they lived in her ward.
The police were forced to intervene and calm residents down.
The community grievances are:
- Blocked water drains
- Potholes
- Dark roads with no streetlights
- Lack of community meetings
- New developments causing traffic congestion
- A need for alternative roads to divert from Lever Road
- Slow response period from medical personnel and police when needed
- Lack of youth facilities such as a community hall, safe parks and sports facilities
- High crime levels in the area
- Uncut grass in open fields that promotes crime
- An urgent need for tarred roads.
Councillors Annette Deppe, Sean Kreusch and David Foley attend the Region A City of Johannesburg Integrated Development Plan.
The City took note of the community’s pleas not to record this particular meeting as an IDP meeting but to rather refer to it as a ‘consultative meeting’ until every councillor in the region has held a ward meeting and sends their issues to the City to be addressed at the next gathering. This gathering will then be recognised as an IDP meeting.
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