Today’s State of the City address by the Executive Mayor can be seen as a pre-election speech. Although he mentioned the successes of the Metro during the previous five years, he did not mention any shortcomings in delivery.
The Democratic Alliance yesterday proposed for the second year an alternative State of the City Address highlighting the ANC’s failures in several departments.
If one looks at service delivery one can really think of many instances where the Tshwane Metro failed the community. Why did the switch gear in the Kentron Substation at Centurion catch fire? Because of the failure to implement a maintenance plan for such infrastructure? Why is raw sewage running into the Apies River at Rooiwal? Why are many Itsoseng residents still not connected to an installed sewage system in their township?
The Mayor said that the City must start enforcing city by-laws vigorously and he mentioned safe buildings. All I can ask Mr Mayor is when last did you look at our own building? Do you ever use the dysfunctional lifts in Munitoria and do you ever park in the basement parking of Sammy Marks to experience the fresh smell of sewage? Not to mention the grass that is growing on top of some of the parking garages in the Munitoria yard.
He said that the Metro provided more than a million plastic bags for waste collection. The question is - who benefited; the residents or the service provider?
As far as the next five years are concerned: Yes it is a good wish list and it is a challenge to set tough goals. The question remains: will the Mayor with the manpower/structures in place be able to meet these goals? I doubt it!
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