Ga-Rankuwa residents have called off their service delivery protest to give their newly established steering committee a chance to find an amicable solution.
The residents met on Sunday to discuss their service delivery problems and decide on the way forward.
Ward 30 councillor Jabulane Rammushi said the meeting decided to form the committee to work with the councillors to deal with the service delivery issues.
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He said due to the poor attendance, the residents had rescheduled the meeting to 19 May.
He said the residents said the issues that most troubled them were burst sewers, high municipal rates, untarred roads, crime and dysfunctional street lights.
He said all three Ga-Rankuwa three ward councillors attended the meeting.
“This committee will help a lot as we are determined to make sure that we are helping our community with all the issues they are facing. They have to understand that it takes one step at a time to do so. We should be patient and work together,” said Rammushi.
He encouraged residents to avoid destroying infrastructure when protesting poor service delivery.
“Residents are the ones who steal or damage the infrastructure then complain. We see when people commit crime but we do not say anything. That means we are also doing crime. So for us to grow as a community, we need to work together and report crime to the police,” said Rammushi.
Zone 1 resident Pinkie Sekai said she was glad the community was coming together to address the “endless problems” in Ga-Rankuwa.
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“In Zone 1, a shopping complex was vandalised. Only two or three shops are operating. Nyaope boys hang around there and we become scared if we are not home by dark time. Street lights are not working and people get robbed,” said Sekai.
Innock Dile said the formation of the committee was a step in the right direction for the residents.
Activist and meeting organiser Itumeleng Bochele said: “I am very happy the meeting went as planned, though the number of people was small. We still need to draw more numbers. People now understand what we are saying …we want Ga-Rankuwa to drive its own agenda.”
Photo: Molekeng Makgale
Photo: Molekeng Makgale
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