The delivery of basic services remains top of the list of priorities for the Tshwane metro, according to the mayor.
This includes basics like filling potholes, cutting grass, marking roads and repairing street lights.
Centurion residents have been up in arms in the past few weeks expressing issues relating to these basics.
In Clubview, a resident described an open field on the corner of Elm Street and Ashwood Drive as the “most neglected” in the metro.
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This as grass, shrubs and trees have been allowed to grow wildly on the open field across his home. The field apparently belonged to the Gauteng department of education.
Highveld residents were also plagued by trees and branches growing in Logan Avenue.
Both of these issues had since been rectified by the metro according to the ward councillors in the area.
Last week Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa said the 28 000 metro officials would have to pull up their socks “or go home”.
He made this comment during his state of capital address on Thursday.
“Since coming into office [just under 60 days ago] I have asked council to support me in establishing the financial disciplinary board,” said Mokgalapa.
“This will investigate financial misconduct while we put in place an effective disciplinary process. There will be a system of management so that we can deal with officials who are not doing what they are supposed to be doing.”
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And what officials were supposed to be doing, said the mayor, was “getting the metro to do the basics right”.
“I want to see municipal officials with humility, integrity and trust who serve our people,” Mokgalapa said.
But the responsibility of making Tshwane a better place didn’t just fall on officials.
“The city does not only belong to me as the mayor and it certainly doesn’t only belong to officials and administrators,” said Mokgalapa.
“Tshwane belongs to all those who reside within her borders and call her home.”
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