Comet protesters receive feedback
Following a protest march by the residents of Comet to the Boksburg local authority recently, where they handed over a memorandum of grievances, a meeting was held to provide residents with answers to questions related to service delivery issues.
A delegate representing the community along with ward councillor Hillary Coke, met with Ekurhuleni officials at the Boksburg Civic Centre on Thursday, October 24.
During the meeting, officials told the delegate that the metro is in the process of evaluating the Comet properties and it is anticipated that it will take a period of three months or more to complete the evaluation.
Residents were also told that environmental impact assessment (EIA) and other studies were also conducted and are all completed.
Officials promised residents that they will be kept up to date on all the projects going on in the area, through public meetings.
However, residents say the municipality is making promises but they never deliver.
“We are tired of this,” said one of the community leaders.
The residents’ complaints include a lack of electricity and water, and they want government to buy the property from Living Africa Properties, and then build RDP houses for them.
The marchers also threatened to boycott next year’s elections if their demands are not met.
