In tweets: Executive Mayor Geoff Makhubo says February’s budget lekgotla must be people-driven
JOBURG – The Joburg Budget Lekgolta will take place over the next two days, with a strong focus on creating a city people can work, live and play in.
Speaking at the 2020 Mayoral Budget Lekgotla Programme, Executive Mayor for the City of Johannesburg, Geoff Makhubo said the City of Joburg was building a city for the people.
“What we do must always be people-driven. Thus, I urge all residents in the city of Johannesburg to participate actively,” he said.
The Joburg Budget Lekgolta will take place over the next two days, with a strong focus on creating a city people can work, live and play in. #JoburgBudget2020 ^NS pic.twitter.com/gez7AWLEKo
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 18, 2020
The budget will also aim to close the gap formed by historical injustices of the past in regards to service delivery and housing: @GeoffMakhubo #JoburgBudget2020 ^NS pic.twitter.com/4BE0vDhdc9
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 18, 2020
We also need to take urbanization into account, we are mindful of the great leap towards the GDS 2040. We need to plan with the future in mind: @GeoffMakhubo #JoburgBudget2020 ^NS pic.twitter.com/YMoFhcs3M9
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) February 18, 2020
Makhubo added that the City of Joburg consistently responded to the conditions of the city and its citizens within these four key pillars:
4 Main Outcomes of GDS
1: Improved quality of life for all
2: Provide a resilient, liveable, sustainable urban environment
3: An inclusive, job-intensive, and competitive economy
4: A high performing metropolitan government#JoburgBudget2020— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) February 18, 2020
Makhubo said as a Government of local unity, they existed to respond to poverty, inequality and unemployment. “Our people want to see a government that serves them. A government that will deliver a better tomorrow and seeks to grow Johannesburg.
“In the last two months, as the Executive Mayor, I have taken time to engage with the various departments and entities of the City to try to understand where we are in terms of responding to the problems of the people of Johannesburg”
One of these nations, Mbeki said, is white & “relatively prosperous, has ready access to a developed economic, physical, educational & other infrastructure”.
The second is “black & poor”, and “lives under grossly underdeveloped conditions #JoburgBudget2020— Geoff Makhubo (@GeoffMakhubo) February 18, 2020
The Mayoral Budget Lekgotla Programme continues for the next two days.
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