Community-Based Planning outreach sessions are scheduled to run on digital platforms from 9 February to 5 March 2021.
Speaker of Council Nonceba Molwele is hosting a series of virtual public consultations to give residents free rein to determine the substance and character of the City’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP). The council-led Community-Based Planning (CBP) outreach sessions are scheduled to run on digital platforms from 9 February to 5 March 2021, affording residents of Johannesburg a platform to air views about how the City can deal with backlogs in the delivery of municipal services.
The outreach sessions serve as a forerunner to the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) process, designed to produce service delivery policies for each ward in all of the City’s seven regions. Molwele said, “These sessions ensure that people are actively involved in their development. They help the City understand community issues better and to address service delivery backlogs.”
Molwele added that all public comments are critical to ensure a legitimate IDP consultation process as provided for in prescripts of municipal governance. “This process will assist us to be responsive and to plan accordingly. It also builds partnerships between communities and the City.”
She highlighted that scheduled outreach sessions will be held in line with recently adjusted protocols regulating Level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown. She added that consultations will be held in line with Directive 6.7 of the Regulations issued by the Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs. “This should be read together with the adjusted Level 3 regulations, which call for stricter adherence to all Covid-19 public health and containment prescripts, especially those relating to gatherings, physical distancing, health and safety.”
The Speaker urged residents to submit their inputs by attending virtual meetings. All engagements will be streamed live on the City’s social media pages, including Twitter and Facebook. Residents may also join the meeting by logging onto the City’s website, www.joburg.org.za; click on Notices, then select CBP meeting. “You will then select the region and cluster you want to join. You’ll get to join the MS Teams sessions by clicking on the barcode icon. There’s also a link to make online comments and a short video clip on the CBP process,”
Inputs may be submitted to cbpinputs@joburg.org.za. Written comments can be submitted through suggestion boxes available at each regional office.
For more details or any enquiries contact Yusuf Lachporia on 011 407-6310 or Yusufl@joburg.org.za
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