Speaker of Council, Cllr Nonceba Molwele is hosting a series of virtual public consultations to give residents free rein to determine the substance and character of the City’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
The Council led community-based planning (CBP) outreach sessions are scheduled to run on digital platforms from Tuesday, 9 February to Friday, 5 March 2021, affording residents of Johannesburg a platform to air views about how the City can deal with backlogs in the delivery of municipal services.
“These sessions ensure that people are actively involved in their development. They help the City understand community issues better and to address service delivery backlogs,” says Cllr Molwele.
The outreach sessions serve as a forerunner to the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) process, designed to produce service delivery policies for each ward in all of the City’s seven regions.
Cllr Molwele says all public comments are critical to ensure a legitimate IDP consultation process as provided for in prescripts of municipal governance.
“This process will assist us to be responsive and to plan accordingly. It also builds partnerships between communities and the City,” says the Speaker.
Cllr Molwele highlights that scheduled outreach sessions will be held in line with recently adjusted protocols regulating Level 3 of the Covid-19 lockdown. She adds that consultations will be held in line with Directive 6.7 of the Regulations issued by the Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs.
“This should be read together with the adjusted Level 3 regulations, which call for stricter adherence to all Covid-19 public health and containment prescripts, especially those relating to gatherings, physical distancing, health and safety,” she explains.
All engagements will be streamed live on the City’s social media pages, including Twitter and Facebook. Residents may also join the meeting by logging onto the City’s website, www.joburg.org.za; click on Notices, then select CBP meeting.
“You will then select the region and cluster you want to join. You’ll get to join the MS Teams sessions by clicking on the barcode icon. There’s also a link to make online comments and a short video clip on the CBP process,” says Cllr Molwele,
The Speaker urges residents to submit their inputs by attending virtual meetings.
Inputs may be submitted to cbpinputs@joburg.org.za or online by clicking on this link: https://share.hsforms.com/1-W81Bz_gS6yf20an7wB-uQ469tl. Written comments can be submitted through suggestion boxes available at each regional office. Telephone Yusuf Lachporia on 011 407-6310 or Yusufl@joburg.org.za for any enquiries.