The City of Johannesburg is hosting service delivery ward tours in Region F, encompassing the inner city, aiming to serve residents of Johannesburg to the best of its ability.
The purpose of these tours arranged by Region F’s regional director Irene Mafune, is to assist in speeding up service delivery, as well as the provision of feedback from the many service delivery meetings that have been held since last year.
The areas covered in the tour include wards 58–67, 118 and 123. Wards 23, 54–57 and 124–125 which shall be visited in the course of next week.
“My office team and I attended the tour, and although some areas have drastically improved, we took note of the challenges currently faced by the inner-city community. We find that issues that have been dealt with by the City, tend to reappear again and again. This includes storm water drain blockages as a result of non-stop littering and the inconsistent use of rubbish bins by occupants of buildings in the inner city, which largely contributes to the dirty and the illegal dumping in public spaces,” said MMC for Development Planning, Reuben Masango.
Masango said the City is faced with drivers who do not comply with by-laws by illegally parking on the streets and pavements, obstructing the flow of traffic while some street traders occupy non-demarcated trade spaces which leave pedestrians vulnerable to road traffic.
“The destruction and vandalising of our important infrastructure put a strain on our limited resources. The City continuously has to repair the same infrastructure, instead of being able to focus on building new or upgrading current infrastructure,” Masango said.
Regardless of the challenges facing the region, Masango said he was pleased with the commitment shown by officials to resolve many of the issues faced by the inner city and has urged the public to assist the City in its quest to create a clean and healthy environment.
“I will continue to take part in these ward tours as I believe that they assist in keeping track of issues on the ground. Being on the ground helps to find better solutions to address the challenges the City has historically been faced with,” he said.
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