North residents demand change after mayor’s election
Rekord spoke to some residents in the north to find out how they feel about this new appointment.
After all the political drama over the past month or so, Tshwane has finally elected a new mayor – the DA’s Cilliers Brink.
Rekord spoke to some residents in the north to find out how they feel about this new appointment.
“Well, yes, as a resident I am relieved that, finally, we have a mayor; however, we still need some decision-making, firstly with service delivery. I understand that the council is in debt, it is not our fault but theirs; so they shouldn’t put pressure on us to recover the losses,” said resident Vitesh K P Hurinanthan.
He said that the important thing for the council to do is thoroughly investigate the outstanding money and recover what it can; instead of putting pressure on the residents who can barely survive.
“I am a single parent of four and I am unemployed. I can barely survive to month-end, especially with the increased cost of living. For example, a few months ago, R100 bought me 200kW of electricity – now it’s way less than that because of the increases. People don’t even have jobs anymore,” says Nomkhitha Mgcwera.
North residents are concerned that the council will hike its service fees to cover its debts.
“As a resident, I am relieved that we finally have a mayor. But it has been over a month now and that’s a long time for a city to be without a mayor. It’s time for action. I think the focus should be more on alleviating service delivery problems such as infrastructure, roads, sewerage, water and electricity. The metro should come up with a plan to help make things easy for the community,” said Luyolo Mavuso, local resident.
DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga said in a statement: “Whilst the city has been spared much of the worst political opportunism that has derailed efforts at constructive coalition government in other metros in Gauteng. Instability is the clear objective of the ANC-EFF in opposition, supported by minor parties willing to put opportunism before collaboration to deliver to the residents of the city. Even physical violence has been used by the coalition of corruption to seek the disruption of service delivery-focused governance.
“We as the party are confident that Mr Brink, as executive mayor will master these challenges with distinction.”
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