CoJ and EFF clean up the Roodepoort CBD
He went on to say that the EFF is very happy to see the city officials present, coming together and helping the community.
Officials from the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) held a clean-up operation together with members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the community in the Roodepoort CBD on Saturday, 22 June, under the banner ‘A re sebetseng’ (meaning ‘Let us work’).
Moving from street to street, they picked up every single bit of litter and swept around the area. Street vendors were also urged to keep their work areas clean, to make the CBD an attractive place for business.
The officials came across dirty water flowing from a pavement and tried to establish where it was coming from and what the cause was.
After the clean-up, Mlamleli Belot, the CoJ Regional Director, together with Mike Motaung, Branch Chairperson for Ward 84, and other officials, took a walk around the CBD and spoke to a few vendors.
“Every third Saturday of the month, the CoJ, plus members of the community in the identified area, get together to clean up and fix the infrastructure, as identified by members of the community,” said Belot.
The Regional Director also added that they held a meeting with residents a month ago and that is when a number of streets were identified for clean-ups.
“The identified streets were focused on with regard to picking up illegally dumped items, fixing leaking sewers, repairing the roads and cleaning up the pavements. The work we are doing will be on a continuous basis, because we want to make sure we clean the CBD of Roodepoort,” explained Belot.
Joburg Water, the Joburg Roads Agency and Pikitup are also said to be assisting, and will continue with their work in the CBD, making sure that all problems are attended to.
“It is about us as the City of Johannesburg coming together with communities and holding hands to uplift our areas,” he concluded.
Motaung said the aim of the clean-up is to return the Roodepoort CBD to what it used to look like – clean, with less crime.
“We are initiating a flea market where people will be able to sell their goods every week. We also want all the shops around the CBD to comply with taxation and cleanliness.We want everything in order. We want to make sure that all the sewer drains are taken care of,” said Motaung.
He went on to say that the EFF is very happy to see the city officials present, coming together and helping the community.
“We are also happy that the Regional Director opened his office for us, to come and address anything we want as a community,” he added.
