‘Do away with corruption’-Makhura

The meeting was held after the premier officially opened the Boipatong Monument.The community appealed to the premier to deal with corrupt officials and councillors.

In his response, Makhura said he is aware that the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) is not doing enough for the community. Others said they are paying for services they are never provided with.

He promised that the government will make sure all municipal officials and councillors work towards meeting the needs of the community.

Makhura, the provincial deputy chairperson of the African National Congress, was accompanied by ANC regional Chairperson Simon Mofokeng and other officials.“When people pay for services, the municipality should render better services,” he said.

The premier said he was worried about people renting out their businesses to foreign nationals: “Later the landlord complains that the government is doing nothing for them. The Vaal region has a very rich economy with lots of steel industries. We have an economic plan that features the Sedibeng District Municipality which needs to be implemented.”

He continued, “In the State of the Province Address in May last year, we told all MECs and MMCs that we needed a new economic plan to rebuild the economy of Sedibeng.”

Makhura said the problem faced by government on housing is that most people have been on the housing waiting list since as far as 1996 and that this needs to be solved as soon as possible.

“I want to do away with housing corruption. We want to build 30 000 RDP houses as a once-off in a certain area. People should stop complaining they need houses in their area of birth or where their parents died. This will never help to ease the backlog experienced,” the premier concluded.

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