The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) is applying a robust approach to address service delivery shortfalls across the region.
In October 2015, the city began with a series of bylaw enforcement blitzes that will run until December 2015.
Ekurhuleni spokesperson, Mr Themba Gadebe, said the aim of the blitzes is to identify critical issues within communities that require intervention, as well as to detect practices which contravene with bylaws.
“Bylaws are laws passed by the municipality that regulate activities within the EMM. It is therefore vital that individuals and businesses conduct their daily activities within the boundaries of these rules, which exist to maintain order,” said Mr Themba Gadebe.
He said the blitzes are a multi-departmental intervention and site visits involve officials from the City Planning, Environmental Health, Outdoor Advertising, Parks, Roads, Energy,Water and Sanitation, and Urban Management departments, as well as Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officers.
Some of the issues they focus on include overgrown grass, the maintenance of parks, potholes, non-functional street lights, illegal posters, illegal dumping and littering, water leaks and pipe blockages, shebeens, missing manhole covers and dilapidated buildings.
To read up on your local bylaws, visit www.ekurhuleni.gov.za
