Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mzwandile Masina is leading a team of officials to fix and clean up the Germiston CBD street by street.

A team of officials and workers was led by Masina to fix potholes, unblock stormwater drains, reinstate pavements damaged by contractors laying or fixing pipes, remove illegal advertising on street poles, and give warnings to landlords of illegal buildings in the central business district of Germiston.

Technicians are on hand to immediately fix those that can be addressed on the spot.

“The pavements of Germiston look like a construction site with paving damaged and not reinstated, open holes on sidewalks, broken storm water drains,” the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development said in a statement.

Fixing Germiston to boost investment and tourism

Masina explained that for two weeks, starting last week, the City will be focusing on bylaw enforcement and fixing Germiston so that it can attract investors and tourists, and make the city conducive for businesses to operate and pedestrians to walk.

“We have great plans for the Germiston precinct,” Masina said. “We want to do basic things that’s why we started here. We cannot begin to invest in Germiston and attract investors if we leave Germiston in this state.”

“We now have wardens, the former peace corps, in every street and their job is to assist with urban management and ensure that the City is kept neat,” Masina added.

Masina also noted that Germiston service providers and contractors were not managed properly. “When they dig up roads to fix energy faults or burst water pipes, they do not reinstate roads and pavements properly,” he said, and added that they should be held accountable for the workmanship of the pavements.

The Mayor will be doing a 3-hour walkabout every day this week, starting from the Germiston Civic Centre at 9am.