WATCH LIVE: Ekurhuleni’s Executive Mayor Councillor Mzwandile Masina delivers the State of the City Address 2019.
Cllr Masina is currently speaking at the new Germiston Council Chambers, Germiston Civic Centre.
According to the City of Ekurhuleni, the aim was to achieve the below action plan over five years.
• Improve service delivery through visible, impactful and optimal programmes supported by Capex
spending;
• Electrify all informal settlements;
• Construction of 100 000 housing units;
• Provide 59 000 service stands;
• Make informal settlements more habitable through the upscaling of services;
• Promote preservation of water usage and continue investing in water infrastructure to ensure
security of supply;
• Establish a commission to fight fraud and corruption;
• Build an Ekurhuleni power station;
• Build internal capacity to minimize outsourcing of key municipal services;
• Increase the number of local clinics piloting the 24-hour health care programmes;
• Launch an app for communities to report services delivery challenges;
• Launch the BRT;
• Accelerate Wi-Fi rollout;
• Create a signature mega arts and culture festival for the city; and
• Strongly pursue the issue of the establishment of an Ekurhuleni University.
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