PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVED

PROBLEMS AS ON 2016/11/21

ELECTRICAL

 

Recently (10 August) an 8 year old girl, Charlene Jacobs, ’n was killed at an open electrical connection in Leandra.  But there are still a number of open electrical connections in the Govan Mbeki area.

 

 

 

MANHOLES AND PAVEMENTS

SOME TIME AGO - An Mpumalanga farmer who fell into a manhole containing human faeces and condoms in 2009 is suing the Govan Mbeki municipality for R255 000, Beeld reported  - 2013-07-29 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Mpumalanga-man-sues-after-manhole-fall-20130729

 

Still there are a number of similar problem in the Govan Mbeki area.

 

 

SEWERAGE AND WATER MAINS

Another problem that are still with us, but do receive attention from time to time.

 

 

ROAD SAFETY AND SIGNS

Road sings and markings in the Govan Mbeki area lave a lot to desire. a Number of sings and marking are not according to what the law requires.

 

Look at these road signs, daily members of the Traffic Department see it but does nothing. The perpetrators even supply them with telephone numbers, but nothing gets done.

 

 

 

Two lanes ahead, but the left is marked as a must "Turn Left" - why? It causes drivers to break the law on a daily basis

 

What about this, thank you for re-tarring the road, but look at the solid white line down Bram Fischer road. The residents must break the law on a daily basis to be able to turn into their residences. The line is suppose to be a broken white line according to the law.

 

THATS ALL FOR NOW.

 

Problems get noticed, not in the office but in the streets of our towns.

 



 



BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS IN OUR DISTRICT

 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS

Dangerous electrical connections are found all over our towns in the Govan Mbeki District Municipality. See photos below.

Recently (10 August) an 8 year old girl, Charlene Jacobs, ’n was killed at an open electrical connection in Leandra

Melkbos.net reported as follows:

AfriForum, in conjunction with a branch of the civil rights organisation in Leandra, has laid complaints of murder and culpable homicide against two employees of the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality. The complaints arise from the death of Charlene Jacobs (8) from Leandra. Charlene was electrocuted on the afternoon of 10 August when she touched a lamppost in a street.

 

In a statement released yesterday AfriForum states that “an independent expert attributes Jacobs’s death to the illegal electrical connections on this pole and the fact that there is no earth wire attached to the lamppost.” According AfriForum’s District Coordinator for Mpumalanga West, Hillel Coetzer, the actions of the municipal employees are criminal in nature because poor service delivery and impaired maintenance have led to the death of a child.

 

 

 

PICTURES COLLECTED BY THE PUBLIC OF

DANGEROUS ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS

IN OUR AREA

 

 

 

Please send your pictures to  lourens.badenhorst@webmail.co.za



 

You can forward your complaints to  callcentre@govanmbeki.gov.za



 

 

 

AREAS OF MAJOR CONCERN

OPEN MANHOLES

CAN CAUSE SEARIOUS INJURY AND EVEN DEATH

JOHANNESBURG - Manhole victim wins R706 000 lawsuit - LOYISO SIDIMBA
A bricklayer has successfully sued the City of Johannesburg after he fell into an uncovered manhole while jogging. The city was ordered to pay Butise Madolo R706 000 by the South Gauteng High Court after he was left partially disabled. Madolo fell into the manhole and broke his right knee while jogging at night in Fordsburg, downtown ­Johannesburg, in 2005.

LEANDRA - An Mpumalanga farmer who fell into a manhole containing human faeces and condoms in 2009 is suing the Govan Mbeki municipality for R255 000, Beeld reported  - 2013-07-29 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Mpumalanga-man-sues-after-manhole-fall-20130729

JEPPETOWN – A WOMAN was badly injured after falling into a manhole on 3 May 2015 at around 12pm in Jeppetown.

 

KEMPTONPARK - A Spartan High School pupil severely injured his leg when he fell into an open manhole on his way to school. The Spartan High School learner is considering suing the metro for injuries he sustained. August 28, 2014 

 

PICTURES

Govan Mbeki Municipal Area

 

Other examples

  

 

OPEN ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS

Accessible even to children

 

LAMP POSTS

 

SEWERAGE POLLUTION

Rivers and streams in the Vaal dam catchment area gets polluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOVAN MBEKI MINICIPALITY ON A "LIGTER" NOTE

MC GILL DRIVE, EVANDER  WHERE CHANGE TO:

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