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Eyewitness News
13-05-2025
- Business
- Eyewitness News
Joburg Council Speaker Mthembu notes growing disconnect between residents and municipality over service delivery
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg Council Speaker Nobuhle Mthembu said there was a growing disconnect between residents and the municipality, mainly due to unhappiness over service delivery. Mthembu recently completed a two-month public participation process on the city's draft budget for the next financial year. ALSO READ: CoJ Speaker Mthembu alarmed by residents' low engagement with proposed tariffs The integrated development plan, as it's formally known, is the mayor's vision for Johannesburg over the next three years. Mthembu said that the attendance during the public participation process was not satisfactory. "In a nutshell, a lot of our residents are not happy with the municipality, there is a gap between the municipality, which includes the public representatives, the entities and our residents. If we don't close that gap from our side, as legislature, then we will still continue having a lot of our people not attending IDPs and community-based planning."
IOL News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
Joburg Mayor Dada Morero launches 'Bomb Squad' to tackle crime and grime plaguing the city
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero delivered his state of the city address at the city council on Wednesday. Councillors aligned the ANC in the Joburg Council broke out into chants of praise when City Mayor Dada Morero announced that he will be introducing a 'Bomb Squad' to tackle the city's dire state. The bomb squad will be led by ANC veteran, Snuki Zikalala, Morero revealed during his State of the City address (SOCA) at the Johannesburg Council on Wednesday. According to the mayor, this was part of the turnaround plan for the city. In military language, a bomb squad has the responsibility of examining and removing bombs that are found and preventing them from exploding. 'This COJ Bomb Squad must remove constraints that impact the City's ability to create the Joburg we want to see,' Morero explained. Zikalala is the ANC Veterans' League (ANCVL) president and former head of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The bomb squad will swing into operational from June. This will add to the Presidential Task Force that was launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March - who bemoaned the dire state of the inner city recently. Some of Morero's plans included adding an economic work stream within the presidential package, declaring a State of Disaster for crime and lawlessness from July 2025, and also declaring war on potholes, illegal connection, land invasion, illegal mining operations, illegal dumping and undocumented migrants. To achieve an inclusive city, Morero further urged residents to take care of the city and ensure that their environment was safe and secure. [email protected] IOL Politics
