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Mayor tours inner-city Moses Moyo moses@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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City manager Trevor Fowler, Mayor Parks Tau and Environmental Services MMC Matshidiso Mfikoe during the tour.
n Tuesday this week Joburg Mayor Parks Tau and municipal officials toured the city to highlight Region F challenges pertaining to bad buildings. The tour included city manager Trevor Fowler, MMCs and officials from Development Planning, EISD, Health, Housing and Economic Development; and was led by the MMC responsible for Region F, Clr RoosGreeff and Acting Regional director for Region F Irene Mafune. Inner-city ward councillors also took part in the mayoral tour of Region F. The entourage witnessed first-hand, the scale of hijacked, delapidated and invaded buildings, while conducting grassroots interviews throughout the day and night tour. The other objective was to witness the current status of night life to which Health and Human Development responds, and looking at how effective current measures are in addressing homelessness, safety and drug abuse. They visited over 10 sites of ille-
gally occupied buildings, places trading illegally, commercial sex sites, illegal service connections and collapsed buildings. From Jeppe Street to Mai Mai market and Yeoville and Bertrams, the delegation was shown the appalling conditions under which people desperate for accommodation are forced to live under. A big challenge faced by the City is its inability to evict people from such unsafe buildings without providing suitable alternative accommodation as required by the courts. The delegation interacted with residents, listening to their complaints and pleas for improving their conditions. City spokesperson Nthatisi Modingoane said this tour’s thrust is to give more focus on the remaining bad buildings in the inner-city. “This rallies efforts consisting of Housing, Planning, Economic Development, Health and EISD towards resolving the bad building challenge in a holistic way. This approach will lead to improved quality of life in a well governed and productive City underpinned by sustainable services as envisioned in the GDS 2040.”
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