City Power - Johannesburg Municipality to address frequent, prolonged power failures in Block’s amongst others

Dear Mayor Mpho Phalatse

We would like to invite you to a meeting with concerned residents from the Weltevreden and Randpark Ridge community. 
We have a number of pressing unresolved urgent issues.  

City Power Issues 

1.  The frequent, prolonged power failures experienced.  These outages are very frequent and can go on for 48 to 72 hours at times.  This situation is totally unacceptable.  It would seem that a temporary fix in 2021 changed them from Block 16 to Block 8.  This may be causing an overload on a line not designed to bare a permanent load of such volume.  There needs to be an urgent and thorough investigation done to rectify and address the problem.

Johannesburg Water 

2.  We have frequent burst water pipes in the area too, causing the flooding on a number of homes, resulting in massive water loss, extensive damage to property, and not without serious inconvenience to the residents.  The suburb is looking shabby with all the excavations which also take extended time period to reinstate.  There are areas where new pipes need to be laid as the old ones are in a delapidated state. 

Johannesburg Roads Department 

3.  We have numerous very dangerous open storm water drains and despite reporting these frequent, we have absolutely no response from JRA.  Not even a reference number.   Are we waiting for a serious injury where someone will take the Municipality to court for injury or loss of life before the matter is addressed? 

4.  We have requested reinstatement of barriers, and additional barriers for the safety of homes on dangerous corners, this too is neglected for almost a year now.  

As a community, we kindly and respectfully request a visit by yourself and the departments responsible for our complaints at your earliest convenience urgently please.  

Thanking you in advance from the community represented by 

The Welridge Residents Association 

The Honourable Mayor Of Johannesburg    Contact the author of the petition