Joburg mayor hopes new campaign will see potholes ‘as a thing of the past Updated
Neo Motloung
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The City of Johannesburg believes the thousands of potholes in roads around the city will soon be a thing of the past.
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Mayor Geoff Makhubo, together with Discovery and Dial Direct, launched the Pothole Patrol campaign in Sandton on Monday morning.
The Pothole Patrol partnership aims to manage the repair of potholes throughout Johannesburg.
Makhubo said the aim is to improve the city’s road infrastructure over the next 120 days. We have 120 days of accelerated service delivery, and part of that is to close all potholes and resurface where we can and to improve the conditions of roads.”
CoJ approves debt-rehabilitation programme for ratepayers The new programme policy includes an increase in the qualifying property value from R600,000 to R1.5 million. The City of Johannesburg has launched a programme aimed at tackling billing issues. Picture: Facebook.com.
12 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG - The City of Joburg has approved a debt-rehabilitation programme that includes additional relief measures for ratepayers amidst the ongoing COVID -19 pandemic.
The new programme policy includes an increase in the qualifying property value from R600,000 to R1.5 million.
This follows calls from residents for the city to review the terms and conditions of the initial relief programme, which was first launched in 2019.
CoJ approves debt-rehabilitation program for ratepayer The new program policy includes an increase in the qualifying property value from R600 000 to R1.5 million. The City of Johannesburg has launched a programme aimed at tackling billing issues. Picture: Facebook.com.
3 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG - The City of Joburg has approved a debt-rehabilitation program that includes additional relief measures for ratepayers amidst the ongoing COVID -19 pandemic.
The new program policy includes an increase in the qualifying property value from R600 000 to R1.5 million.
This follows calls from residents for the city to review the terms and conditions of the initial relief program, which was first launched in 2019.
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Businesses and those working in the Johannesburg inner city are facing a serious problem: filthy streets flowing with garbage every day.
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City Power targets trees to curb outages in Joburg suburbs 16 April 2021 - 08:09 City Power has blamed encroaching objects such as trees and buildings for the high number of outages in the Greenstone area. Image: City Power
City Power said it will embark on a three-week programme to patrol and clear electricity line servitudes of any encroaching objects, which have been blamed for the frequent power outages experienced in the Greenstone area, northeast of Johannesburg.
In a statement, the City of Johannesburg said the MMC for environment and infrastructure services department (EISD), Mpho Moerane, paid a visit to City Power’s Sebenza and Westfield substations in Edenvale and Modderfontein in Kempton Park on Thursday, on a fact-finding mission to get to the bottom of what caused the outages.