Complaints about Tshwane metro failing to maintain neighbourhood
Complaints about Tshwane metro failing to maintain neighbourhood even though residents pay service fee.
Westview residents have complained about the neglect of their sidewalks. They say although they pay their service fees, Tshwane metro has failed to maintain the neighbourhood.
For years residents have been paying about R187 per month for the metro to clean and cut the grass in front of their properties but there has been no such service for more than five years.
“We cannot live like this. We do our part, the metro must do its part. We are now paying for services not rendered. The metro also failed to keep clean the open spaces that belong to them,” resident Mphoka Pootona said.
She said the overgrowth next to her house is a danger because there are people sleeping there at night and the grass and weeds have grown very tall. She said she becomes scared sometimes.
For the past year or so Pootona and community coordinator Mogale Kgothe took it upon themselves to clean up next to Pootona’s house but now it is difficult due to the lack of money.
“I have spent about R10 000 to clean the open space. I have tried to turn the place into a park but the metro has not been helpful in this regard,” Kgothe said.
Pootona said they cleaned the place because they loved their neighbourhood. She added it was time the metro started doing their bit or stop deducting money for cleaning the sidewalks.
“I once asked the people working for metro’s ‘Vat Alles’ project to clean the open space but they refused and told me it was not their job to cut the bushes and clean the open space,” Pootona said.
Kgothe has erected a carport on the open space to keep people from dumping on the space because it is unhygienic for the residents.
Metro has said they will provide Rekord with a response as soon as they have investigated.
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