Emfuleni municipality on path to recovery

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On Tuesday, lead administrator Gilberto Martins was joined by Lesedi Mere, who is responsible for supply chain, Silas Zimu, heading basic services, and Rianda Kruger in explaining the progress during a panel discussion orgainsed by Gauteng government.

tasked with turning around Emfuleni local municipality in Sedibeng, south of Johannesburg, say they are winning in addressing financial problems and service delivery issues which have plagued the council for the past few years.

“If you look at the number of power outages that the residents used to have, that has been reduced. You used to have a whole suburb without electricity for 32 days, those [days] are not yet gone but we’re talking less of such. Reservoirs that had no water in However, Zimu conceded that the sewer “is still a big problem” and said the team is working with the department of water and sanitation to solve the problem.

Emfuleni has been plagued by service delivery problems over the past few years. Sowetan reported in February about the suffering of the residents and businesses who lived without any refuse collection, constant power outages and potholes. “Just yesterday, we had three power outages. Loadshedding schedules state that we should have one power outage in a day... This is something we experience every winter. It has become part of our lives,” Hlanyane said.

 

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