IN TWEETS: The City of Joburg extensively cleans the inner-city
JOBURG – The Executive Mayor of the City Geoffrey Makhubo urges residents to keep the city clean even after the lockdown.
In an effort to combat the coronavirus, the City has used the first three days of the 21-day lockdown to run an extensive drive to clean and sanitise taxi ranks and bus stops.
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Geoffrey Makhubo has shared the progress that the City has made on social media.
The city is running an extensive #KleenaJoburg programme to clean the Inner City during the National #21daysLockdown #Covid_19 #COVID19SouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/QssRLaZuNC
— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) March 28, 2020
Day2 of the National #21daysLockdown, We continue to clean the inner city #Covid_19 #COVID19SouthAfrica https://t.co/QeB1ubWijW
— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) March 28, 2020
Our teams are currently cleaning the Noord Taxi tank, sanitizing will follow. Thank you so much Team for taking time to clean the City during the National Lockdown @Covid_19 #Covid19inSA pic.twitter.com/tOSDYOayVH
— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) March 29, 2020
Sanitized toilets at MTN/Park Central/Noord Street Taxi Rank #KleenaJoburg #servicewithpride #Day3 pic.twitter.com/8JqMx8A6Nc
— Joburg Property Company SOC Ltd (JPC) (@jhbproperty) March 29, 2020
This are the Before and after pictures of the MTN rank. The team will also now sanitize the space #lockDownSouthAfrica #COVID19 #WeserveJoburg pic.twitter.com/KASeV8N95n
— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) March 29, 2020
Our teams are hard at work at Hillbrow Taxi Rank & Traders Market today to ensure the rank is clean & well sanitized for our commuters #WeServeJoburg #Covid19inSA #lockdown #LockDownSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/Euv43BcSgv
— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) March 30, 2020
Residents were impressed and even gave solutions to keep the taxi ranks clean post the lockdown.
Thank you @djsdunkero our collective duty as the city is to ensure that everyone in the city adhere to the regulations.Further, they are in a safe and clean environment. It is our responsibility as the city to ensure these facilities are in the best condition for our residents. https://t.co/ROJI0ccjCB
— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) March 28, 2020
Thank you leader and your team, particular those who are doing the actual cleaning.
— TWR (@Wisdom273) March 29, 2020
Well Done ! Let’s keep it clean and safe after the lockdown ! Sanitization of all public areas needs to be on top of the agendas going forward. Please remind the citizens afterwards what the area needs too look like ie – Billboards etc #PrayForSouthAfrica #Covid19inSA
— Natasha Jooste (@NatashaJooste5) March 30, 2020
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