In a Q&A, Mpho Phalatse talks about her plans to fight graft and run an effective multiparty government
revenue collection programmewe have identified that our revenue collection is not where it ought to be. So, we have embarked on a campaign to collect as much of theowed to the city in outstanding rates, taxes and levies. Those who have the means to pay but simply refuse to have their service suspended until they pay what is owed.. It assists financially distressed ratepayers and defaulting customers to bring their outstanding municipal accounts up to date.
We have also accelerated maintenance projects. Our service delivery teams from City Parks and Zoo, the Johannesburg Roads Agency, Joburg Water and City Power are conducting region-by-region blitzes to fix potholes, clean open spaces and kerbs and cut trees, paint lines on the roads, fix traffic signals, repair leaking pipes and taps, and so on. This is part of getting the basics right.
One can have the best political and policy intentions but, without a working administration, making one’s priorities reality becomes difficult. The rejuvenation of the CBD is important. We have begun taking back hijacked buildings — buildings, mostly in the CBD, which were either shuttered or abandoned by their owners and taken over by criminal syndicates who then rented out without paying rates and taxes — and returning them to their owners. If the owners can’t be traced, we will convert the buildings into affordable housing, among other things, to bring more people closer to economic opportunities.
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