eThekwini Municipality is going to close down all bad buildings, and Mayor Zandile Gumede says as municipal authority, they are also willing to expropriate those buildings without compensation and turn them into social, affordable and GAP housing and student’s residences or for business usage or hostels.
Mayor Zandile Gumede made the announcement during the city’s budget, 31 May 2018 at the Durban City Hall. The closing down of bad and neglected buildings is one of the measures announced by the city in a bid to fight crime.
We are cleaning our city and it’s going to be difficult to body corporates, tenants, traders both formal and informal who are disobeying our rules. We are removing all the illegal signs and billboards, clearing crime and grime. We already have demonstrated in Isipingo, we also commit that this is going to happen across the city and all the towns from Pinetown to Tongaat.
The Mayor has committed the city to ongoing fight against crime and corruption, warning criminals that as the city, they will no longer tolerate any criminal elements and will push criminals out of the city towards the dark prison cells.
We are reclaiming our streets and town. Our kids, especially our girls must walk without dear of being raped or robbed in our streets. We will also not allow people to throw stones over the bridges.
The city has accepted that safety is important for the safety in realising its vision of being the most caring and liveable city in the African Continent by 2030.