The GCN recently received a call from an elderly resident from Dinwiddie.<\/p>\n
The frustrated woman explained to a journalist that she stays in the Corrie Oberholzer flats, which are metro-owned flats for the elderly.<\/p>
She claimed that the metro was continuously ignoring the maintenance issues brought forward by the residents.<\/p>\n
Issues include leaking geysers, unkept gutters and electrical problems among others.<\/p>
\u201cWhen I called the metro\u2019s call taking centre to report the problems, the operators were extremely rude and refused to give me reference numbers,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n
The GCN sent a query to the metro to find out why the maintenance of the flats had been allowed to fall along the wayside, as well as, what plans the metro had to address the issues.<\/p>\n
Themba Gadebe, spokesman for the metro responded to the query, \u201cThe issue of leaking geysers was identified in October.<\/p>\n
\u201cOrders were received in November and an instruction was issued to the service provider to proceed with the repair of the leaking geysers which commenced on Thursday, November 3,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCorrie Oberholzer is a municipal building and repairs and maintenance are done as and when required.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe complex does not have a caretaker, however, inspections are conducted weekly by the housing liaison officers,\u201d said Gadebe.<\/p>\n
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