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#PublicProtector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane and The South African Human Rights Commission(SAHRC) release a report into an investigation regarding service delivery in Alexandra.

The probe started on 02 April 2019 following reports of threats of a “Total shutdown of Alexandra”

#PublicProtector Mkhwebane says evidence and observations made by the investigation team during an inspection revealed that the City of Johannesburg has not provided sufficient municipal services to the community of Alexandra in a sustainable manner.

#PublicProtector: Mkhwebane says the following service delivery deficiencies were recorded:

#PublicProtector: a) Inadequate housing which has resulted in widespread land invasion and property encroachment;
b) Failure or undue delay to issue title deeds to lawful owners of existing houses;

#PublicProtector: c) Overflowing man hole, blocked drains and unpleasant stench in hostels

d) Potholes in the streets due to a lack of maintenance

#PublicProtector: e)A general lack of maintenance and degradation of buildings at hotels which has resulted in damaged plumbing systems, poor illumination and unhygienic conditions

#PublicProtector: f) Uncollected refuse or waste lies strewn along walkways and corridors within the informal settlements;

#PublicProtecror: g) Heavily polluted surface water on the Jukskei River due to direct uncontrolled deposit of waste and raw sewer waste into the stream;

#PublicProtector: h) Chemical toilets shared by no less than seven families and located within a radius of about five hundred metres away from each other

#PublicProtector: I) Chemical toilets only cleaned or drained once a week by Pikitup.

#PublicProtector wants the SIU to investigate the Alexandra Renewal Project

“We further make a recommendation in pursuit of section 6(4)(c)(ii) of the Public Protector Act that the Premier of Gauteng: to request the President to issue a proclamation.”