A Halfway House resident has expressed his disappointment about service delivery in his area after making numerous requests to have grass cut.
Logie Naidoo told the Midrand Reporter that he has reported the tall, overgrown grass on Old Road and Kaufman Road many times.
Naidoo said that he last reported the grass to the City of Johannesburg on
4 January this year, which was when he was given a new reference number.
“This area here was supposed to be done by the Johannesburg Roads Agency, yet they do not cut the grass which forces us to end up paying our garden assistants from the complex to cut the grass,” he claimed.
“Our helper does both sides on Kaufman Road next to our complex, however, when coming to Old Road we cannot let him do it. Old Road is also very bad, the last time the grass was cut was in 2019.
“I excused last year because of the pandemic and until today they still are not doing inner areas, yet we are ratepayers, paying taxes. We need the place to be clean. This is unacceptable.”
The Midrand Reporter approached the Johannesburg Roads Agency for comment, however, they said that grass cutting on sidewalks is not one of their responsibilities. Joseph Ndou, Region A regional manager for Joburg City Parks and Zoo said that City Parks is busy cutting grass on various sidewalks.
He added that maintenance on Kaufman Road would be done before 15 May, however, he did not confirm when the grass on Old Road would be cut. “We intend to cut 200 hectares of grass on sidewalks before end of May. At the moment, we have a service provider busy cutting grass in Glenferness. The issue of Covid-19 has had an impact on our plans to maintain sidewalks in the region due to the limited number of employees that can be at work, as per Covid-19 levels regulations,” said Ndou.
Ndou added that the coronavirus pandemic regulations led to them first prioritising the main arterial roads such as Dale Road, Dane Road and New Road among others. “Community members are encouraged to send us an email or SMS of any areas [sidewalks] that require grass cutting so that we can include it on our maintenance schedule,” he concluded.
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