JOHANNESBURG – An invitation has been sent out to local community organisations and local government departments to attend “The ward 54 Launch of the Ten Plus Programme of the City of Johannesburg”. This was done by the “Mayoral Spousal Office” an “office” that has no official or legal status.
“I am shocked to discover that such an invitation and activity is taking place without my involvement or participation as the duly democratically elected councillor in that ward,” Dos Santos said.
“The invitation has been sent to ‘integral stakeholders’ yet I received no such invitation,” explained Dos Santos, “If I’m not an integral stakeholder as the ward councillor then I don’t know who is”.
Clr Sergio dos Santos explained that this is a clear attempt to sideline himself as the ward councillor and to use this event as a general election activity before the elections in May.
The invitation claims that the “Ten Plus” is a multi-disciplinary programme of the City of Johannesburg launched in 2012 and piloted in a few wards towards combating crime and grime in communities. The City allocates 10 officers per ward as well as teams from urban management, emergency services, social development and environmental health practitioners to work directly with communities in a coordinated manner.”
Dos Santos said that already cracks are showing in this programme and appear to be ignored by the Mayor and his administration in an attempt to use this as an electioneering tool for the Elections.
“I will be attending this event and will be asking publically why I was not invited or consulted as the democratically elected ward councillor,” dos Santos said. Cllr dos Santos said that this must be explained to the residents of ward 54.
