{"id":82831,"date":"2015-03-06T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/82831\/have-your-say-ahead-of-the-state-of-the-city-address\/"},"modified":"2015-03-06T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T06:56:54","slug":"have-your-say-ahead-of-the-state-of-the-city-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/03\/06\/have-your-say-ahead-of-the-state-of-the-city-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your say ahead of the State of the City Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have your say and let your voice be heard ahead of the State of the City Address (SOCA), scheduled for March 25, at the Germiston Civic Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The executive mayor of Ekurhuleni, Clr Mondli Gungubele, calls upon residents to contribute to the address by sharing their SOCA tips to help shape the future of the city.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is extremely important to hear the views of the people as we move towards delivering the most important report about the performance of the metro so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Ekurhuleni have never let us down in terms of letting us into their thoughts, and we are confident that they will once again come to the party and tell us their expectations.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs a government of the people, we view public participation in our work as a key component of taking Ekurhuleni forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, therefore, appeal to our residents and opinion makers to participate in this process because we seek their views,\u201d said Gungubele.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can give their SOCA tips through suggestion boxes at Customer Care Centres, the metro\u2019s Facebook page, the municipality\u2019s website www.ekurhuleni.gov.za or by emailing their tips to SOCA.tips@ekurhuleni.gov.za.<\/p>\n<p>The closing date for SOCA tips is March 20.<\/p>\n<p>Other municipal stories you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/80586\/time-to-clean-up-metros-parks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time to clean up metro\u2019s parks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/79963\/metro-departments-need-to-use-assigned-budgets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro departments need to use assigned budgets<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='83edaab03ae9f17d62010322e2159d04'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let your city know what you really 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