The Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration, Dr Chana Pilane-Majake, is returning to Zandspruit, Southwest of Johannesburg on Monday morning, 13 June 2022 on a clean-up drive.

The clean-up initiative follows an Imbizo outreach that Deputy Minister Pilane-Majake held in the area last week to engage members of the community on service delivery and social challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis.

The Deputy Minister calls on volunteers from the community to join the campaign in an effort to clean the streets of Zandspruit which are drenching with filth and wet stench.

Among other issues uncovered by the Deputy Minister was that Ward 114 area needed urgent cleaning as it was covered in filth due to littering, uncollected refuse and illegal dumping sites which are now causing severe health hazards to residents.

Zandspruit is a sprawling informal settlement near Roodepoort, comprising of over 15 thousand households. 

Sites to be cleaned include:

Transit Camp Extension 16

Next to Zandspruit Primary Extension 10

Next to Mbele ground (Mbele Section)

Pik-it-up, an entity of the City of Johannesburg, will be present to assist with removing the rubbish and taking it to the rubbish dumps.

Following last week’s visit, Government is putting together an intervention programme to respond to the challenges raised by the residents including ensuring that government services are accessible to the community with ease. 

The Deputy Minister emphasized that while this campaign seeks to promote accountability by government and the residents, government’s efforts always must be leveraged by improving community participation to create a difference in people’s lives.

Members of the media are invited to the event as follows: 

Date:              Monday, 13, June 2022

Time:             09H00

Venue:           Emthonjeni Hall, Zandspruit, Johannesburg

Kindly confirm attendance with Mr Percival Mthombeni at Percival.Mtombeni@dpsa.gov.za/ 079 184 2807

For more information contact: Moses Mushi at 082 972 6595/ mosesm@dpsa.gov.za

Issued by GCIS on behalf of the Department of Public Service and Administration

10 June 2022