Service Delivery Drive tackles issues in wards 18 and 19

Tekwane South, Ntokozweni and KaNyamazane are next in line on the Service Delivery Drive (SDD).
The City of Mbombela’s (CoM) campaign to accelerate service delivery is moving to wards 18, 19, 20 and 21. The CoM concluded its work in Mataffin, Rocky Drift and Msholozi (Ward 14), eMbonisweni and Backdoor (Ward 38). It lasted three weeks as rain disrupted the process.

However, some residents in these areas claim that not all the potholes had been repaired and the gravel roads were not attended to. Another common grievance is not receiving the water they had been promised. One of the huge potholes in Wilkens Street in Rocky Drift is still an eyesore despite numerous requests from residents and ward councillors for it to be fixed. They were hoping it would receive special attention during the SDD.

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The CoM’s municipal manager, Wiseman Khumalo, said the SDD started in wards 18 and 19 on Monday, April 14. Roads were gravelled and a blocked culvert cleaned. Potholes are being patched in KaMagugu, the road in Ntokozweni was regravelled, and faulty streetlights in Valencia’s Fuschia Street, Ngwenya Street in KaMagugu and Dr Enos Mabuza Drive are being addressed.

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We are also going to cut grass in the public parks, roadsides and cemeteries. Inspections of fire hydrants on streets and in complexes are to be done. We are also going to work on road markings, traffic signs and signals. Enforcing the by-laws will be a top priority regarding illegal traders and illegal dumping, just to name a few,” he said.
Khumalo said priority lists were compiled by ward councillors. “The municipality’s responsibility is to make it happen by attending to their issues during the campaign and after.”

He also dismissed allegations that the CoM did not give its full attention to wards 14 and 38.
The CoM shifted its attention to wards 20 and 21 this week.