The City of Joburg’s Region F is moving steadily with the Accelerated Service delivery programme, with special attention given to major suburbs in the region that prove to have major challenges.
Last week, the programme progressed to Wards 64, 67 and 123 with the aim of unblocking service delivery bottlenecks that affect both business and residents.
Ward 64 covers Berea and Bertrams, Ward 67 is Yeoville and Parktown and Ward 123 which covers New Doorfontein and surrounding areas. The high levels of migration in the inner city causes several service delivery challenges and puts immense pressure on the city’s infrastructure.
The team from various city departments and entities cleaned along streets such as Empire, Joe Slovo, Saratoga, Louis Botha, Nugget, Muller, Mitchell, York, Grafton, Hunter and many more. The team swept, cleared rubble and created a clean and safe environment for residents and visitors.
Pikitup picked up litter, cleared illegal dumping sites and swept streets. Joburg Water repaired leaking water valves and repaired burst water pipes. It also brought all its cooperatives to assist with the mass clean-up.
City Power undertook street lights maintenance in all the streets and around Pieter Roos Park. Joburg City Parks and Zoo cleaned the park, pruned trees and planted trees living the park spotless. JRA, repaired potholes and trenches, embark on unblocking of kerb inlets and storm water drains, carried out road markings to ensure that roads are safer and visible, including reinstatements and road patching.
Social Development profiled homeless people and shared information about the city’s social services programmes. Officials distributed more than 200 food parcels at the Yeoville Recreation Centre to indigenous families from the surrounding areas.
Region F Regional Director Irene Mafune expressed her satisfaction at the integrated manner in which the departments and entities are going about delivering services to the residents.
“We are pleased to see the exceptional progress we have made thus far in the Accelerated Service delivery programme. Tremendous collective effort from residents and local businesses is critical in ensuring that we keep our places clean,” Mafune said.
The City would like to express gratitude to the owners and employees of BP filling station on Empire Road who came to support in the clean-up.
The programme will continue this week and move to other wards in the city. These include Wards 124 and 61.
The campaign was supported by outreach programmes including public education and awareness by Citizen Relationship and Urban Management, Pikitup, Social Development, Rea Vaya, Environmental Health and Joburg Water.
Written by Dudu Lushaba
11/10/2021