Ward 84 Councillor back from leave

Ward 84 Councillor Johannes Goosen sent out a notice on Monday, January 9 to inform the residents of his ward that he is back in office after taking a break from his duties.

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“After considerable time, today marks my return back in office since deciding to use the December month council recess period in taking my first mental break from work in a year. Despite not going far away during the festive season, I did manage to get some distance between myself and chaos that is the City of Joburg.

“In this time, I had a chance to disconnect from an overly negative work environment, taking it as a self-introspection trip which opened up my mind to new insights and perspectives on approaching less pleasant situations in a more positive and focused mindset, and what a ride it was.

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“Having said all this, I now recommence in fulfilling my duties this new year, whilst also giving thanks to the PR Councillor colleague of mine, Councillor Susan Stewart, who proverbially stepped into my shoes for any and all emergencies during my absence,” said Goosen.

Goosen also encouraged residents to continue to use the city’s provided reporting mechanisms to log faults/tickets and follow up on them.

• City Power

011 375-5555 (City call centre)

0860 562 874 (Option 2)

www.citypower.co.za

www.citypower.mobi

@citypowerjhb (Twitter handle)

CityPowerJohannesburg (Facebook)

082 822 9340/sun@joburg.org.za (MMC of Infrastructure Services)

078 709 8377 (Regional General Manager)

• Joburg Water

011 375-5555 (City call centre)

0860 562 874 (Option 3)

076 333 5052 (Sms line)

customer@jwater.co.za

www.johannesburgwater.co.za

@jhbwater (Twitter handle)

Johannesburg Water (Facebook)

• Pikitup

010 055 5990 (Pikitup call centre)

0860 562 874 (Option 4)

www.pikitup.co.za

info@pikitup.co.za

@cleanerjoburg (Twitter handle)

Pikitup (Facebook)

• Joburg Roads Agency (JRA)

011 375-5555 (City call centre)

0860 562 874 (Option 5)

www.jra.org.za

hotline@jra.org.za

joburgconnect@joburg.org.za

trafficsignals@gauteng.gov.za

084-968-4653 (Pothole Patrol)

@myjra (Twitter handle)

JohannesburgRoadsAgency (Facebook)

072 366 8404/funzelan@joburg.org.za (MMC of Transport)

• City Parks and Zoo

011 375-5555 (City call centre)

0860 562 874 (Option 0)

www.jhbcityparksandzoo.com

joburgconnect@joburg.org.za

082-803-0748 (Fallen trees)

@joburgparkszoo (Twitter handle)

JoburgParks/ Joburg Zoo (Facebook)

081 792 9378/ronaldha@joburg.org.za (MMC of Community Development)

• Public Safety

011 375 5911 (JMPD hotline)

@cojpublicsafety (Twitter handle)

011 011 279 6532 ( SAPS Roodepoort

@sapoliceservice

10177 (Ambulance and fire hotline)

@cityofjoburgems (Twitter handle)

074 534 9883/tembeds@gmail.com (MMC of Public Safety)

• Other hotlines

082 779 1361 (Illegal dumping)

0800 120 555 ( Land invasion)

complaintsleregionc@joburg.org.za (Planning contraventions)

084 970 0509/belinda@joburg.org.za (MMC of Development Planning)

0860 037 566 (Eskom customer service)

customerservice@eskom.co.za

“Assuming that you have exhausted all reporting mechanisms and the fault has not been resolved in a reasonable timeframe, I kindly ask that you provide me with your ticket reference number in the following format; necessary for the request of escalations from City entities,

1. Contact Person: Name and number
2. Address: House, street and suburb
3. Fault: Issue being experienced
4. Ref nr: number and ticket link

“In the spirit of a renewed state of mind, I would like to wish you and your family a belated Happy New Year. Whatever is beautiful, meaningful and brings you happiness, may it be yours throughout the coming year; full of contentment and joy,” said Goosen.