Mogale City residents urge new mayor to address service delivery

Home | Mogale City residents urge new mayor to address service delivery Mogale City residents have pleaded with the newly appointed African National Congress (ANC) mayor, Lucky Sele, to urgently address the service delivery issues in the area. Sele was elected on Friday with 43 votes. This comes after Danny Thupane resigned before a no-confidence motion was tabled against him.

Residents’ complaints in Kagiso, on Gauteng’s West Rand, include youth unemployment and service delivery. Some residents say service delivery is selectively rendered in Mogale City. “We have a water problem, especially in our area, Ward 8.



We can spend three days without water. What’s worse is that in some areas [there are] water tankers.” “The water quality is not up to standard, which results in people falling sick.

Our kids have completed their studies, yet can’t find jobs.” Mogale City’s newly appointed mayor says he will try to look into the water provision situation and other issues. “We are looking at a situation where we increase the capacity of our water tankers.

We had the situation before where we had contracted water tankers and those contractors cost the municipality and that money can be used to service our people in Mogale City.” Sele says the biggest problem to be addressed is the communication between councilors and residents. “Part of the difficulty we have is communication between councilors and community members.

Yes, the [water tankers] truck comes but the community members are not informed what time the truck will come, where will it be stationed, and until what time ...

what are the routes of delivery of the water tankers? We will improve on the communication with our residents,” explains Sele. Many are eager to know how the new mayor intends to tackle the problems faced in Mogale City. It is believed that crime is also due to the street lights that are not working in the area.

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