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City of Johannesburg Infrastructure Plan
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg rejects the City’s proposed Infrastructure Plan, a document that acknowledges the collapse of our infrastructure but fails to offer any meaningful or immediate solutions for residents.
Johannesburg is facing an infrastructure emergency. Water outages, electricity failures, collapsing roads, sewage spills, and unsafe bridges have become daily realities. The report admits that Joburg Water, City Power, and the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) are in deep distress, yet it provides no emergency interventions, no short-term targets, and no commitments to improve service delivery within the next 12 to 24 months.
Despite acknowledging a backlog exceeding R100 billion, the report claims there are “no immediate financial implications.”
There is no costed recovery programme, no funding strategy, and no clarity on how the City will stabilise failing entities.
The report maps spatial inequality but does not commit to minimum investment thresholds, ring-fenced budgets for townships, or a township infrastructure recovery package.
On the question of climate resilience and its impact on the City’s infrastructure, the report suggests it will be “strengthened over time.”
Unfortunately, climate shocks are not waiting for administrative plans to mature.
A plan that treats climate resilience as an afterthought simply cannot be endorsed.
The DA therefore rejects this Infrastructure Plan because it:
* Fails to address the immediate crisis
* Provides no financial roadmap
* Lacks accountability and consequence management
* Ignores urgent service delivery needs
* Does not commit to spatial justice
* Treats climate resilience as an afterthought
In this context, residents deserve a credible recovery plan and not another administrative framework.
Johannesburg deserves a plan that delivers real relief, real accountability, and real action.
The DA will continue to fight for a credible, costed, and urgent Infrastructure Stabilisation Plan that prioritises basic services, protects residents, and restores dignity to every community.
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