VIDEO: Inspection ensures citizens abide by city’s bylaws
The operation saw a multi-dimensional approach to service delivery consisting of elements such a clean-up, compliance enforcement as well as a conditional assessment of the area.
OPERATION Good Hope kicked off its second installment on Friday, 20 November on South Coast Road in Clairwood.
The initiative, mandated by the mayor, is an interdepartmental enforcement to improve the socio-economic and infrastructural conditions throughout the municipality.
Spearheaded by the South Durban Basin Area Based Management unit (SDB-ABM), other departments included the Durban Solid Waste (DSW), roads and stormwater management (RMSW), human settlements, building inspectorate, the fire department, Metro Police, the environmental health unit and business licensing.
Senior Environmental Health Practitioner, Sipho Shangase, visited food businesses on the day and issued out notices of non-compliance to some.
“This mayoral programme was to ensure compliance with eThekwini bylaws. We issued out notices to all food outlets where there were compliance challenges in relation to eThekwini Municipality Food Bylaws,” he said.
The operation saw a multi-dimensional approach to service delivery consisting of elements such a clean-up, compliance enforcement as well as a conditional assessment of the area.
This service delivery was also carried out in the central business district (CBD) of Durban, as well as secondary towns such as Pinetown, Isipingo, Tongaat, Verulam, and Amanzimtoti and in township areas and informal settlements.
Irene Chetty of the SDB-ABM said operations will continue on South Coast Road with relevant departments doing their fair share to ensure compliance is done.
“Proper coordinated service delivery yields productive service provision. The sharing of resources allows a smooth flow of operation. Community engagement is important when a city is doing these operations to ensure active stakeholder and community participation. In an area like South Coast Road an operation needs to take at least a minimum of two days as it is characterised by multiple businesses that require an intensive inspection and the ensuring of bylaws compliance,” she said.
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