​The executive mayor of Johannesburg, Councillor Jolidee Matongo, and members of his mayoral committee visited several wards in Lenasia and Orange Farm as part of the second leg of the accelerated service delivery campaign.

Their focus was on addressing problems raised by the community, engaging them and determining whether officials were responding actively to solve problems.

The programme is aimed at ensuring that the City delivers on all service delivery commitments undertaken in the current financial year.

Mayor Matongo said the visibility of the city’s entities cleaning, repairing and maintaining services should not be once-off activity, but a continuous normal part of their operations to improve the lives of residents.

He visibly showed his annoyance with officials when answers to questions were not forthcoming but was generally pleased with the progress made thus far.

“It is important to enlist the help of the local community police forums, neighbourhood watch and residents to report and stop vandalism and cable theft,” said Mayor Matongo.

Region G has regular power outages because of cable theft and vandalism which severely impacts on business and safety of communities.

The group visited capital projects like the Hospital Hill reservoir to check progress. It is a 15megalitre reservoir that is expected to be completed by January 2022. The pump station has already been upgraded and water shortages should soon be a thing of the past for neighbouring residents of Lenasia.

A total of R240 million has been made available in this financial year for turnkey projects in Orange Farm. Site establishment for construction of storm water drainage, roads, sidewalks, streetlights and open spaces has been done for wards one to five in Orange Farm.

Commencement of civil works is expected from early September 2021. A total of 2.5km of gravel roads will be tarred.

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Virgil James
Communications Specialist
Group Communication and Marketing
City of Johannesburg
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