Local North councillor updates residents on work in their area

The war against potholes has been won, now the focus is on repairing street lights north of Pretoria, a ward councillor has pledged.

ANC ward 4 councillor Petrus Malope said after repairing all the potholes on the main routes of his ward, he’s now turned his focus “on holes on inner roads of Karen Park, Chantelle, The Orchards, The Orchards extension and Amandasig”.

“A huge sewer blockage that had been a cause of concern and complaints, has also been repaired,” he said.

Malope said he was satisfied that Tshwane metro task teams were doing their best to render services, “but we always push to better service delivery”.

“I am also focusing on a library in Atteridgeville, in order for our children to have access to the necessary educational material,” he said.

Malope said he was very excited that residents of ward 4 would also benefit from the Chantelle social housing project.

“[Tshwane] mayor Randall Williams joined MMC for Human Settlements, councillor Abel Tau on Monday, to officiate a sod-turning ceremony to mark the construction of the project,” he said.

The metro recently said in a press release that the multimillion-rand project would be managed by its housing entity, Housing Company Tshwane (HCT).

“It will consist of 600 mixed-use units and cater for residents who do not qualify for government-sponsored housing or home loans by commercial banks,” said metro spokesperson, Sipho Stuurman.

“The metro has allocated R131-million to the project. Furthermore, the City is also working with the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements to address the backlog on the National Housing Needs Register, which is currently at 210 000 for Tshwane.”

Malope said 1 000 units of the project are expected to be built in his ward.

DA proportional representative councillor Anru Meyer said he was concerned about safety in the ward hence was drafting a petition to call for united action against the scourge.

“We wish to involve all relevant role players and authorities to assist communities in the fight against crime. There are many campaigns and programmes available in this respect, however, crime continues to rise,” said Meyer.

“We focus on crime preventative patrols in the area and want to enable our intelligence services in the police to be more functional.”

He said police visibility is an important crime-reduction tool but he is looking at more affordable security solutions, and also encourages the community to get more involved.

Meyer said residents get despondent and frustrated about rising crime so wants to offer solutions to safeguard the area.

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