Mayor makes service delivery oversight visit to Mamelodi
Tshwane mayor pleased to note maintenance work taking place, such as repairing high-mast lights, cutting grass and building speed humps in Tsamaya Road.
The Tshwane mayor is pleased with basic service delivery progress in Mamelodi, he said on Tuesday during a visit to the area.
Mayor Cilliers Brink visited Mamelodi, including the very busy Tsamaya Road, Nelson Mandela Park and Solomon Mahlangu Square to assess service delivery in various parts of Mamelodi.
He was accompanied by MMC Grandi Theunissen, city officials and local councillors.
“We all walked around certain areas to monitor and assess service delivery levels to communities,” said Brink.
He said he was pleased to note maintenance work taking place, such as repairing high-mast lights, cutting grass and building speed humps in Tsamaya Road.
“While this is good basic service delivery, the reality is that there are many challenges in Mamelodi that need to be addressed, including the state of the electricity and water infrastructure in the area,” said Brink.
“The visit to Mamelodi follows my oversight visit to Soshanguve in Region 1 on Friday, and other parts of Pretoria North where we visited various substations to get a clear picture of the state of our critical infrastructure.”
He reminded residents that he had set five core priorities to fast-track service delivery for all, namely:
– Stabilise city finances by devising and implementing a bold recovery plan that focuses on the core functions of the municipality.
– Reduce the number of unscheduled water and electricity outages, invest in core infrastructure and mitigate the effects of load-shedding (reduce reliance on Eskom).
– Improve pothole repairs, streetlight maintenance, grass cutting and public cleaning.
– Secure infrastructure assets, main roads and business nodes against criminals by improving the focus and functioning of the Tshwane metro police.
– Instill high levels of productivity and professionalism in city officials through appropriate performance management systems.
“Conducting service delivery oversight visits forms a key part of our work,” said Brink.
He said they also visited a part of Tsamaya Road where the metro was building speed humps from a grant from an institution that promotes child safety on the road.
Cilliers said there are many others issues that needs to be addressed such as the state of the substation and the Mamelodi 3 reservoir.
“It is also important to send a message to officials to be accountable and for the community to work together with councillors to make sure we get the basics right,” he said.
He said it is important that “we have our eyes and ears on the ground to better respond to the needs of our residents”.
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