How the DA plans to fix Joburg

[BusinessTech]

How the DA plans to fix Joburg

Newly elected executive mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba says that the Democratic Alliance's vision for the city is centred around a promise to create jobs, deliver better services and eliminate corruption.

 

[skeptic_SA]

"The DA would also conduct a full forensic audit of the City’s finances and administrative structures. This will include all tenders currently awarded".

↑ Oh the warm fuzzy feeling I felt when I read this ↑

Let's hope that if any irregularities are found - that individuals are called to account personally...

 

[f2wohf]

"The DA would also conduct a full forensic audit of the City’s finances and administrative structures. This will include all tenders currently awarded".

↑ Oh the warm fuzzy feeling I felt when I read this ↑

Let's hope that if any irregularities are found - that individuals are called to account personally...

This one as well:

“We will conduct a skills audit of the City of Joburg’s employees to ensure that all are properly qualified for the roles they are in,” Mashaba said.

 

[JStrike]

"The DA would also conduct a full forensic audit of the City’s finances and administrative structures. This will include all tenders currently awarded".

↑ Oh the warm fuzzy feeling I felt when I read this ↑

Let's hope that if any irregularities are found - that individuals are called to account personally...

Joburg was/is a pretty well run, fairly corruption free Metro. Parks Tau did not do a bad job. But due to collective responsibility, he had to fall as well.

Mashaba will do well, but do not expect massive improvements. In NMB and Tshwane however...

 

[f2wohf]

Joburg was/is a pretty well run, fairly corruption free Metro. Parks Tau did not do a bad job. But due to collective responsibility, he had to fall as well.

Mashaba will do well, but do not expect massive improvements. In NMB and Tshwane however...

Well, there's still improvements to be done. I hear weekly on our neighbour Facebook group Joburg Water and City Power employees wanting bribes to reconnect them while they've been disconnected because they didn't pay crazy bills over 20000.

JMPD, there's a lot of work to do on them as well, and Pickitup needs to be reshuffled completely.

 

[Gaz{M}]

Joburg was/is a pretty well run, fairly corruption free Metro.

Compared to what? Limpopo?

Traffic lights, potholes, water, electricity problems. Litter, crime, corrupt Metro cops, lack of infrastructure build, inhumane squatter camps. I could go on.

 

[Thor]

Compared to what? Limpopo?

Traffic lights, potholes, water, electricity problems. Litter, crime, corrupt Metro cops, lack of infrastructure build, inhumane squatter camps. I could go on.

Crime should be top priority Jesus. Never in my life did I experience the horrific state of which is jhb and Pta hijackings left right and center when we were there few years ago it's a fcking free for all state.

#Capexit

 

[skeptic_SA]

Crime should be top priority Jesus. Never in my life did I experience the horrific state of which is jhb and Pta hijackings left right and center when we were there few years ago it's a fcking free for all state.

#Capexit

Since he's back in town and the ANC are out... he's be the right person to ask.

 

[ellyally]

Ctrl+Alt+Del

 

[Lupus]

Joburg was/is a pretty well run, fairly corruption free Metro. Parks Tau did not do a bad job. But due to collective responsibility, he had to fall as well.

Mashaba will do well, but do not expect massive improvements. In NMB and Tshwane however...

Have you had any dealings with JHB Metro for anything? Cause if that is well run I'd like to know what the other cities are like? Everything takes ages to get done. Potholes, Electricity that keeps getting cut off due to cable theft, schools that are just empty grounds for the last four years, I could keep going but yeah it isn't well run. Unless you mean compared to any other metro maybe.

Also to Thor, not sure where you were that Hijackings were everywhere? As yes it does happen but not as often as it used to be.

 

[grok]

Since Jhb & Pta motorists bore the blunt of e-tolls we'd like to see some support for the public against national government regarding this failed scheme.

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

Joburg was/is a pretty well run, fairly corruption free Metro. Parks Tau did not do a bad job. But due to collective responsibility, he had to fall as well.

Mashaba will do well, but do not expect massive improvements. In NMB and Tshwane however...

Wow... are you for real? If the new council does a proper investigation / audit about awarded tenders you will find corruption and patronage everywhere. The CoJ billing system is a good start - there are quite a few MyBB peeps here who worked on the project and can attest what happened as soon as IBM was appointed and what followed afterwards.

Remember "Ecomobility month"? - insiders have mentioned a deluge of kick-backs from overseas companies. Parks Tau never did a proper job - he was hands-off and was more the PR person than anything else. In his defense (but not excusable as he should have gotten involved) - most of the the issues originate from the departmental executives.

Look across the CoJ departments and you will notice that basic/essential services are in shambles: JMPD, Pikitup, CoJ Water, emergency services, CoJ billing, JRA. TBH, the ANC has set the bar so low, that the DA/EFF just need to fix one pothole/traffic-light within 3 days and we will call it 1st-class-city-service.

I think the biggest challenge will be to provide essential services to the vast unserviced population and at some point in time actually bill for it. A huge issue, as the ANC has created a generation of people relying on handouts and freebies. I am pretty sure that for the middle-class the next two years will be really tough as we will have to pay up for all the mistakes been made in the last 20 years.

I am still not convinced that the DA/EFF is the silver-bullet to everything. Let's not forget that the very same DA councillors sat in those CoJ billing and eToll presentations and for some reason could not be bothered/comprehend the economical consequences those projects would great for generations to come (hell, they could not even be bothered to inform the public about it properly).

 

[Tman*]

Joburg was/is a pretty well run, fairly corruption free Metro. Parks Tau did not do a bad job. But due to collective responsibility, he had to fall as well.

Mashaba will do well, but do not expect massive improvements. In NMB and Tshwane however...

Id have to disagree. When last did you have to use a public service like a hospital, or the police? Have you ever had to query an incorrect bill received by COJ?

 

[Nerfherder]

Joburg was/is a pretty well run, fairly corruption free Metro. Parks Tau did not do a bad job. But due to collective responsibility, he had to fall as well.

Mashaba will do well, but do not expect massive improvements. In NMB and Tshwane however...

Look, a few others have had their part in the downfall of JHB and it is on its way up - BUT have a look at how a city like Cape Town is run to see what a good African city is like.

 

[JStrike]

Look, a few others have had their part in the downfall of JHB and it is on its way up - BUT have a look at how a city like Cape Town is run to see what a good African city is like.

I live in Cape Town. I am aware. I'm just saying that Parks Tau was considered to be a fairly efficient mayor.
I suspect you don't want to acknowledge that, and you won't. So there is no point arguing

 

[konfab]

I live in Cape Town. I am aware. I'm just saying that Parks Tau was considered to be a fairly efficient mayor.
I suspect you don't want to acknowledge that, and you won't. So there is no point arguing

50c has been deposited in your account. The ANC propaganda team thanks you.


In the real world:
The City of Joburg has spent R1 billion on unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the past financial year alone.

Of this, R1.26 million was paid into a fraudulent bank account for the delivery of 240-litre bins. By the time someone realised the money had been paid into the wrong bank account, it was too late.

The purchase of antique furniture for R125 780.

The Housing Department’s office of the member of the mayoral committee requested catering for the launch of the allocation of units to the beneficiaries in Jabulani extension 1, Soweto, for 2 000 people. The department followed the normal procurement process, but this was not completed in that they engaged the service provider without their report being signed by the delegated official. This was for the amount of R178 293.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/joburgs-r1bn-irregular-expenditure-shock-1981502

 

[The_Librarian]

The DA can run all the audits they want, but the problem is getting the money back.