We are pleased to announce that the City of Johannesburg has awarded a new contract for the maintenance and management of its key service delivery vehicles which will enable entities like Joburg Water to return to full capacity. The current vehicles have been grounded without a maintenance contract in place, meaning that Joburg Water and City Power have been unable to fully attend to power outages, water outages, and burst pipes. The lack of a proper contract was the result of years of .
The Johannesburg multi-party government is aiming to mitigate problems and issues in the city such as unemployment, economic challenges, water and electricity issues, and to provide economic and social opportunities and service delivery for citizens, through its ‘The Golden Start’ programme of action, which flows from seven mayoral priorities. This was revealed by executive mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse during her State of the City Address on April 21.
Allow me to begin by conveying my condolences to the Speaker of Council, Cllr Vasco Da Gama, who is currently in mourning following the passing of his beloved son Robin Da Gama. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Joburg residents have been subjected to reduced service delivery since the start of the implementation of the lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which compelled the city to reduce operations to protect employees. We are pleased to announce that the City of Johannesburg has instituted “100% back to work” policy since 1 April 2022 after months of hard work was put into ensuring that this takes place in a manner that is safe for all employees and residents.