In an effort to respond to key urban management challenges, the metro is applying a robust approach to address service delivery shortfalls across the region.<\/p>\n
In October, the metro began with a series of by-law enforcement blitzes that will continue until December.<\/p>
The aim of the blitzes is to identify critical issues within communities that require intervention, as well as to detect practices which contravene by-laws.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy-laws are laws passed by the municipality that regulate activities within the metro.<\/p>
\u201cIt is, therefore, vital that individuals and businesses conduct their daily activities within the boundaries of these rules, which exist to maintain order,\u201d said metro spokesmanThemba Gadebe.<\/p>\n
The blitzes are a multi-departmental intervention and site visits involve officials from city planning, environmental health, outdoor advertising, parks, roads, energy, water and sanitation, urban management departments, as well as the EMPD.<\/p>\n
Some of the issues they focus on include overgrown grass, maintenance of parks, potholes, non-functional street lights, illegal posters, illegal dumping and littering, water leaks and pipe blockages, illegal taverns, missing manhole covers and dilapidated buildings.<\/p>\n
To read up on your local by-laws visit www.ekurhuleni.gov.za.<\/p>\n
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