Lesufi meets with Gauteng mayors to discuss service delivery
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi met with the mayors of various Gauteng municipalities on Wednesday.
Top of the agenda was service delivery, as well as areas of collaboration between the two spheres of government.
In a statement released by his office, Lesufi said he has noticed recurring areas of concern in all Gauteng municipalities, including the energy crisis, crime, unemployment, ageing infrastructure as well as service delivery protests.
The meeting was also attended by various MECs, including Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Research Mzi Khumalo, Community Safety’s Faith Mazibuko, Social Development, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment MEC Mbali Hlophe and Roads and Logistics MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela.
The meeting comes after the provincial government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Johannesburg to give effect to the premier`s pronouncement from the provincial energy EXPO in February.
This includes a commitment to work with the City of Tshwane to look at ways to reactivate the Rooivaal power station and further engagement about the Kelvin power station to assist in mitigating the energy crisis in the province.
“As a province, we stand to add 800 megawatts of power to the national grid through the Merafong solar plant in the West Rand," said Lesufi.
“We are in the process of establishing a strong dispute resolution mechanism within COGTA, which will be instrumental in resolving some of the disputes in our municipalities, which do not require us to go to court to resolve.
“On the issue of community safety and security, we want law enforcement agencies under one command centre, we, therefore, need to work together to integrate all our law enforcement resources for maximum impact,” added Lesufi.
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