No answers for Markville residents.
Johan Enslin has taken up the issue with the municipality once again, and says this time he doesn’t want empty promises anymore; he wants direct answers.
Residents at Markville flats have been promised a new elevator for their building since 2016.
The Addie has been following this story since then, and has only received vague replies from the municipality.
Johan Enslin, a resident at Markville, has taken up the issue with the municipality once again and says he doesn’t want any more empty promises; he wants direct answers.
According to Enslin, he has heard that the lift is still not in South Africa and its time of arrival remains unknown.
As the paper has stated in previous articles, Markville is a municipal housing project where all residents are couples of over 60 years old.
Many of these residents are ill and suffer from chronic pain and climbing up four flights of stairs is not an option for them.
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The problems faced at Markville are not unique and reflect a general problem in municipal housing projects across Springs. This includes Molendam and Presidentia where some residents are left without functioning geysers.
According to Enslin, a contractor who was sent over by the housing department in May to fix the elevator, did not have the right tools with him to do the job.
A similar issue with contractors occurred at Molendam where a contractor who was sent to fix the broken gate arrived without tools and was unable to do the work.
In addition, these places no longer have caretakers.
They have been replaced by volunteers.
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This new system of volunteers is causing a great concern among residents who feel that their issues are not being dealt with and their misgivings are ignored.
There are also many empty flats at Markville that are ready for people to move in, but applicants keep being put on waiting lists and do not get a feedback, says Enslin.
People are also being placed on similar waiting lists at Presidentia, despite empty lots being available.
After speaking with Enslin, Dean Stone decided that it will be best if the housing department hosts elections to establish a democratic committee for all members in the housing complexes to sort out issues.
However, the municipality has again failed to offer any concrete answers to when these problems will be corrected.
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