Mayor tackles neglected municipal infrastructure hands-on
The Mayor together with municipal workers repaired potholes, painted stop streets, cleaned storm water channels and fixed high mast lights.
Rand West City Local Municipality (RWCLM) Mayor Gladys Khoza rolled up her sleeves, got her hands dirty and cleaned streets in Bekkersdal.
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This was on September 16 near the Bekkersdal taxi rank and was part of the municipality’s efforts to keep different areas in the region clean.
The initiative called Ntirhisano Service Delivery Fridays was started on July 18 to maintain roads and municipal infrastructure in 35 wards. Khoza said it comprised of repairing potholes, painting road markings at stop signs, cleaning storm water channels and fixing high mast lights.
We made sure that we went back to the communities and assisted them to live in a clean environment that is conducive. We have partnered with Sibanye Gold mine and different departments within the municipality to make sure that we achieve our objectives.
“We are also working with the community in every ward we go to to make sure that they join the clean-up campaign. People have been eager to participate and you can see that this is something that they have been waiting for,” said Khoza who added that they would be conducting the campaign every Friday until all 35 wards have been attended to.
The campaign is still in its early stages and only four wards have been completed.
