Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa February/ March 2020 | Page 3

CITY OF JOBURG
in which everyone works, lives an
FUTURE
Makhubo’s
Q U E to
ST
quest
turn
Johannesburg’s new
mayor has
Joburg
into
a a mission: to
transform SA’s financial capital into an inclusive
city where of
everyone
can work,
live and play
city
the
future
N AT I O N A L S U P P O R T
“I’ve held discussions with the president and the
He on
says
he’s
out the big
premier and impressed
both
of bringing
how Joburg
enlisting
the help
of the other tw
could benefit from the
international
investment
drive the country has government
embarked on. – We
want the and nat
provincial
City to become the beneficiary of that drive,” says
transform
Joburg
into an investm
Makhubo.
‘I’ve held discussions with the
He has also started and
a conversation
to and
reassure
the premier,
impressed o
potential investors and the City’s long-suffering
benefit R100
from the in
residents that there Joburg
are plans could
to mobilise
billion funds to tackle
the infrastructure
backlog
investment
drive the
country has
and accelerate service We
delivery
and
he City
insist to
that become
he
want
the
the
never gets into a fight he won’t win.
A return to basics and tougher by-law enforcement
are some of the arsenal the newly appointed City
of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Councillor Geoff
Makhubo, will deploy in his war against crime and
grime in the country’s financial capital.
that drive,’ says Makhubo.
“There’s no one who’ll invest in a city full of crime
and grime, a city where there’s no security in the
FIGHTING CRIME AND
supply of power and water, no reliability of billing.
He right.
has One
also of started
a conversatio
So, the basics must be
the priorities
of this Government of potential
Local Unity investors
that I’m leading
and the City’s
is to ensure that we turn Joburg into a safer and
residents that there are plans to m
sustainable city.
R100 billion to tackle the infrastru
“This means turning and
Joburg
into a smart
city by
accelerate
service
delivery.
harnessing technology to police and prevent crime,
Makhubo
insists
he never
gets
installing cameras, profiling suspect individuals
in
the various inner cities
Joburg
from
Midrand,
he of
won’t
win.
‘There’s
no one who
Roodepoort, Randburg,
CBD
the Lenasia
a Joburg
city full
of and
crime
and grime, a c
CBD, launching proactive instead of reactive policing
there’s
no
security
in on the
in the different wards and deploying resources
a supply
needs basis.”
and water, no reliability of billing
basics must be right.’
Another arrow in Makhubo’s bow is the Joburg
10 Plus approach, which entails “10 Bobbies on
the beat”, metro police
officers
SM
A R T patrolling
A N D a S ward,
U S TA I N A
urban inspectors and environment inspectors, park
‘One
of
the
priorities of this gove
wardens among others. “It’s an integrated approach
local enforcement,
unity that I’m
leading is to
to ensure there’s strict of by-law
there’s
visible policing, and people
don’t
do as
they please
that we
turn
Joburg
into a safer a
and circumvent our by-laws,” says Makhubo.
tainable city,’ says Makhubo.
means
His face lights up as he ‘This
becomes
more turning
animated Joburg in
when he talks about
red tape technology
and
city cutting
by harnessing
to
accelerating the ease of doing business in the City
crime,
installing camera
of Joburg. “All over the prevent
world, cities
are competing
suspect
individuals
the variou
for the attention of a finite
number
of investors. in
The
cities that succeed are of
those
that have
drastically cut
Joburg
– Midrand,
Roodepoor
red tape and improved the ease of doing business.
Joburg CBD and the Lenasia CB
GEOFF MAKHUBO
Executive mayor of the
City of Johnnesburg
F R  
“I was talking to a businessman
at the recent
SA
proactive instead
of reactive
poli
Open golf tournament different
and he shared
his frustrations
wards,
and deploying re
with delays from the City of Joburg regarding a
a needs
piece of city-owned land
where basis.’
he wants to invest
R4 billion. Think about the multiplier effect of the
investment,” he says. V I S I B L E P O L I C I N G
rom ensuring that residents and
eturning
to basics
and to
implementing
Another
arrow
in Makhubo’s bow
businesses
are billed
correctly
“Economic Development
and
Development
guaranteeing
municipal
work-
Planning
and Joburg
the Mayor’s
office (ward-based
need
tougher that
by-law
enforcement
are two departments
of
the
10 Plus
p
to work together on this. We must cut the waiting
ers perform the
what
they are included
paid to do,
weapons
in the
arsenal
approach,
where
there
are
‘10
bob
time for rezoning approval, land use applications,
Makhubo is in a race to turn the fortunes
appointed
City so
of Johannes-
the and
beat’
or certificates.
metro police officers p
issuing of environmental
health
of that
the the
City newly
of Johannesburg
around
burg
executive
– councillor
Geoff
a ward, in addition to urban and e
that
it can
become a mayor
more inclusive
city
“We also need to invest in the ageing infrastructure,
of Makhubo
the future in
which
everyone
works,
– will
deploy
in his
war against
and of park
wardens, am
get the private sector inspectors,
to match the City
Joburg’s
lives and plays.
crime and grime in SA’s financial capital.
integrated
to
R100 billion investment ‘It’s
fund an rand
for rand, approach
and
an engaged citizenry.
wait
for things
From
residents
businesses
there’s Don’t
strict
by-law
enforcement
He says
he’s ensuring
taking out that
the big
guns by and get
to deteriorate, raise issues and play your part to
enlisting
the help
of the to
other
two tiers
are billed
correctly
guaranteeing
that
muni- resolved.
visible
don’
get
problems
This is policing,
your city and
too,” people
he
of government, provincial and national,
workers
perform
they are concludes.
paid to do,
please and circumvent our by-law
to cipal
get Joburg
to become
an what
investment
Makhubo is in a race to turn the fortunes of
to the mayor.
magnet.
W W W. J