As part of the citywide #BuyaMthetho campaign, Mayor Herman Mashaba was accompanied by city officials to various supposedly non-compliant sites around Roodepoort and the City of Johannesburg’s Region C at large on Tuesday, 12 February.
The mayor’s day in Roodepoort kicked off in Bergbron Extension 14, where a development has gone up where, according to a City of Joburg tweet, “The contractor has not consulted the City with the building plan for approval, and application for electricity has not been done”.
Executive Mayor @HermanMashaba of @CityofJoburgZA accompanied MMC Finance @FunzelaZA, explains findings during building inspection at a development in Bergbron, Roodepoort. pic.twitter.com/v5Fxx2lyvF
— Joburg Finance (@JoburgFinance) February 12, 2019
The sound location is in Bergbron. The contractor has not consultated the City with the building plan for approval, and application for electricity has not been done. #BuyaMthetho ^LM pic.twitter.com/v08ZBGyg4m
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 12, 2019
The second Roodepoort location which they visited, and third on the day after visiting Ormonde first, was a surprise to many a Roodepoort resident, as they visited Curro Academy Wilgeheuwel where they allege that the “School has not submitted the building plans and they are illegally connected to City Services”.
Our third location is Curro Academy in Mozelle Close, Roodepoort. It is being said that the School has not submitted the building plans and they are illegally connected to #CityServices ^LM pic.twitter.com/WGAkP58VsF
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 12, 2019
Mayor @HermanMashaba tells the media about the 7 days notice been given to the school. #BuyaMthetho ^LM pic.twitter.com/P54YQPGjGh
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 12, 2019
The third location in Roodepoort was a newly-built retirement village in Honeydew called Regent Park, which might also surprise residents, as it was also alleged that “the contractor has not submitted building plans and the village is illegally connected to City Services”.
The forth location is the Regent Park Retirement Village in Roodepoort where the contractor has not submitted building plans and the village is illegally connected to #CityServices ^LM pic.twitter.com/bXejidKt8e
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 12, 2019
Mayor @HermanMashaba speaks to the official of the construction company and a resident about his visit. #BuyaMthetho ^LM pic.twitter.com/RMRYjpEVyd
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 12, 2019
The fourth and final Roodepoort location, and fifth overall on the day, was a site in Totius Road in Poortview, where the City said that “The Stonemill Hillside Villas has illegal connections to #CityServices and has not submitted a building plan as well”.
https://twitter.com/CityofJoburgZA/status/1095285023475933184
Note that we have submitted a request for further clarification on the allegations, and a follow-up article will be published.
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