What do you think about ...
WITH complaints about service delivery being the focal point of protests countrywide, The Rep reporter
this week took to the streets to ask residents if they know who their ward councillors are and if the incumbents hold regular ward meetings.
Loyiso Dyongman Antonio Joubert
of Aloevale
I do not know my ward councillor and I have never heard of any ward meeting in my area. I know that there should be ward meetings but we do not have them. I know that ward meetings are meant as a platform to listen to problems. I do not even know what my ward council-
lor looks like.
Azola Belisa of Sada
My ward councillor is Khangelwa Manzana and she does call ward meetings in our community. I am satisfied with the way she normally calls ward meetings because it shows that she does want to know problems in the community.
Raymond Smith
of Aloevale
I forgot the name of my ward councillor but it is rare that we get called for a ward meeting. If I am right we only had one last month and I do not know when the last one was before that. The last meeting was about the matter of water and electricity.
Tammy Stalz of Komani Park
I do not know my ward councillor but what I know is that I have never heard of any ward meeting happening there. I understand that we should get letters when there is going to be a ward meeting but that has never happened. We just stay there and know nothing about meetings.
Mbuyiselo Mayeki
of New Vale
I am from ward 19 and my councillor is Michael Jaska. The last time he called a ward meeting was in 2011, as far as I know. That was the last meeting we had in our ward and the only ward meeting that year. We have reported this to the municipality but nothing has happened.