Ward councillors share concerns in Sandton
SANDTON – City of Johannesburg officials hosted a ward oversight meeting in Sandton to address some concerns of ward councillors.
Sandton ward councillors met up with city officials for a ward oversight visit to discuss some of the challenges they face.
Ward 90 councillor Martin Williams and Ward 103 councillor Vincent Earp met with the Region E director Liziwe Ntshinga-Makoro and MMC for Community Development Nonhlanhla Sifumba to discuss some of the problem areas within their wards.
Williams highlighted that they have had many struggles with the general scruffiness of the Sandton area, particularly around Sandton and William Nicol drives.
“We are very grateful to have so many people here to help us clean it up, the focus is on Sandton Drive which has looked very bad for a couple of months now,” he said.
Earp added that he has faced many challenges with informal settlers in public parks. He also mentioned that grass cutting and ‘skoffeling’ (weeding) is done irregularly and often the cut grass is not cleared up afterwards. “Potholes, reinstatements and traffic lights that are out are also a problem in the ward,” said Earp.
Both Sifumba and Ntshinga-Makoro listened to the concerns of the councillors and committed to helping find effective solutions to some of the problems faced by the councillors.
Following a walkabout of the some of the problem areas, the group began their own clean-up along Sutherland Avenue in Hurlingham.
Both Williams and Earp highlighted that they hope by-law enforcement can be monitored consistently. Earp added that it is also essential that residents play an active role in reporting problems within their wards. “The residents are our eyes and ears, they report the problem and we escalate them on their behalf. A lot of the problems that we raise with city officials are purely as a result of complaints coming in from residents,” said Earp.
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