Premier Oscar Mabuyane has ordered the Buffalo City Metro to sort out its infamous billing system and service delivery issues which have irked residents. Mabuyane intervened after protesters disrupted the handover of the newly constructed Sophathisana Senior Secondary School in Reeston, East London, by the premier and education MEC Fundile Gade this week.
The scourge of abandoned and hijacked buildings in the Buffalo City Metro is compromising the safety of residents and businesses, with criminals running their operations from some of these neglected premises. BCM has identified 45 problem buildings, mostly in the East London city centre, Quigney, Southernwood, Vincent, Bonnie Doon, Egoli, Nahoon and Berea.
Buffalo City’s much-promoted but almost universally condemned smart metering system could soon be a thing of the past, as the cash-strapped metro’s belt-tightening has finally forced the mayor to concede that it was not providing value for money.
Small businesses in the Buffalo City Metro have been left in the dark over debt relief after the metro failed to update and meet them for more than a week despite assurances.