The City of Johannesburg’s departments have failed to deliver basic services to residents in Ward 124.
Both City Parks and the Johannesburg Road agency did not meet their promises to residents, because the sidewalks and pavements in Kenilworth, Forest Hill and Turffontein continue to be neglected and pose numerous risks.
As the Shadow Councillor in the ward, I have sent the request on to officials at City Parks, with only one acknowledgement.
I have further sent this request on to the MMC for community development, which is responsible for managing City Parks, to intervene. If there continues to be no action, I will then forward the correspondence on to the Executive Mayor, who is a resident in the South of Johannesburg.
As for JRA, numerous reference numbers were logged manually with head office and on the Find and Fix app, to rectify the reinstatement of pavements in Leo Street, restoration of a kerb in the same street, fixing a flashing red robot in Springfield, as well as a pothole on High Street.
Only the robot has been fixed, eight days after it was logged on the Find and Fix app. This far exceeds the turnaround time of 90 per cent fixed within 24 hours.
The matter is now being taken up with the MMC of Transportation to address the shortcomings of the JRA.
It is unacceptable that residents are subjected to this poor performance of service by the city.
Tyrell Meyers, DA Ward 124 Shadow Councillor
