Stop illegal building contraventions in Ekurhuleni!
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#3
The value of our property decreased as 10 new families moved into one premises next to usGerhardus Johannes (Primrose east, 2021-05-24)
#5
Stop illegal buildingJOHAN Malan (Germiston, 2021-05-24)
#8
I'm don't want my area to turn into some craphole location filled with people who have no standards or consideration for others around them. Dirtying up our streets and urinating and drinking everywhere. Plus the rise in crime, and the fact that we pay tax to infrastructure that can't handle all these illegal people.James Zerff (Joburg, 2021-05-24)
#11
The services provided for the houses on a one unit dwelling basis are insufficient for high density dwellings. It is one of the major causes for the services failure apart from the actual lack of maintenance on the part of the council.Beverly van Zyl (Germiston, 2021-05-24)
#12
This leads to overpopulation and an concomitant overloading of sewerage and other infrastructure. It also leads to noise polution.These buildings are sub-standard in both materials and workmanship and generally does not comply with town planning by-laws.
This has a direct and negative bearing on the values of properties.
Charles Thompson (Ekhuruleni, 2021-05-24)
#13
I am signing this petition because such things are happening in our area which will lead to the lowering of our property values.....Virginia Rogers (Germiston, 2021-05-24)
#21
I am signing this petition... as we are concerned about our value of our houses and our safety that comes with the illegal buildingsLetitia Harmse (Klopper Park, 2021-05-24)
#24
This practice has turned Ward 92 into a so-called grey area affecting property values negatively, which is already over inflated on the new valuation roll. Not to mention the increased sewerage and electricity burdens, which is already in a more than precarious state. It has also lead to increased petty crimes as well as other crimes. Ordinary residents alnot contravening legislation are paying the price for these reckless slumlords.Hulda Heiberg (Germiston, 2021-05-25)
#25
I'm signing because of illigal building that makes our place dirty due to their improper buildingMafemani Shadrack (Germiston, 2021-05-25)
#27
Will result in collapse of sanitary, water and electrical systemRussell Hyde (Gauteng, 2021-05-25)
#29
1. Safety of Tenants is compromised :a. No vetting of fellow tenants
b. Buildings do not conform to building regulations
c. Environmental safety, fire, shared ablutions
2. Infrastructure cannot support development:
a. Sewer system stressed
b. Strained power grid, illegal connections
c. Water supply cannot keep up, regular outages
3. Legal & other:
a. Rezoning ignored
b. Tax compliance with SARS
c. Rates and taxes lost
d. TV licences not paid
e. "Guest houses" used for prostitute activities
f. Drop in value for legitimate investors
g. Illegal dumping of refuse / waste
List goes on.
Benjamin Jones (Primrose, 2021-05-25)
#30
THE ILLIGAL BUILDINGS ON PROPERTIES NEED TO STOPMichelle Bester (Primrose, 2021-05-25)
#36
I'm tired of having no street lights and refuse collected 1 per 6 weeks. RidiculouThe government cannot keep up with the current work load in Primrose. All these buildings are illegal. Having lived between 2 of these such places I can tell you that drugs and Alcoa use is rife. Prostitution and abuse is an everyday occurrence. The strain these places put on our system is not right.
Bronwyn Button Botha (Germiston, 2021-05-25)
#39
It is disgusting and lowering the value of our properties!!!Christine Woods (Primrose germiston, 2021-05-25)
#40
People buy the houses and put up lots of rooms on the property..Rencea Wallis (Primrose East, Germiston, 2021-05-25)
#46
Enough is enoughYolandi Esterhuizen (Johannesburg, 2021-05-25)
#52
I do not agree with illegalbuilding of addional . Then the road become parking lots for the residents living at the resident and play grounds.Maria Jardim (Germiston, 2021-05-25)
#53
Illegal building going up in my street all over. Throwing waste out in streets, partying in the streets til ungodly hours. Making my neighbourhood unsafe and a permanent club.Venetia van Zyl (Primrose, 2021-05-25)
#57
Environmental safetyTax compliance with SARS
Strained power grid ,illegal connections
Water supply can not keep up, regular outages
Illegal dumping of refuse/waste
Melinda De Koker (Germiston Gauteng, 2021-05-25)
#59
The value of our houses are declining because some people do not have to follow procedure and just do what they want. Then other part of the problem corrupt municipal workers that will approve anything if the incentive is sufficient. We need people who care about the area to live here and people who take pride in their work to be employed by the municipality. Please dtip the madness the infrustructure is not built for all these extra people living in back yardsEstelle De Wet (Primrose, 2021-05-25)
#60
Stop illigual buildingsHJ Erasmus (Germiston, 2021-05-25)
#62
The buildings are a health risk and not safe. Due to the fact they are already been discussed as 1 hour beds it will promote prostitution and thereby exposing young kids to sexual conduct which could lead to early experiments and sexually transmitted diseasesSabrina Watermeyer (Ekurhuleni, 2021-05-25)
#64
It is straining our infrastructure in our areaCheryl Westcott (Germiston, 2021-05-25)
#67
This illegal building is damaging our infrastructure. The sewage system cannot hold 15+ people per household. It puts pressure not only on our water but electricity systems too.Marianne Grove (Primrose, 2021-05-26)
#70
I am against illegal buildings in my areaItumeleng Mashele (Johannesburg, 2021-05-26)
#71
It is a disgrace to see these properties.There is no safety regulations applied.
Where is the wealth inspector ?
Where are approved building plans and the necessary neighbourhood consents.
Ekurhuleni must demolish these buildings.
Johann Louw (Germiston, 2021-05-26)
#73
I have seen too many properties with a lot of rooms being rented out to different people, mainly foreigners. This encourages crime in our city.Dhanraj Mocktar (Germiston, 2021-05-26)
#75
We need a municipality that is FOR the people and not against the people.MANDY SNOYMAN (Gauteng, 2021-05-26)
#78
1. Safety of Tenants is compromised :a. No vetting of fellow tenants
b. Buildings do not conform to building regulations
c. Environmental safety, fire, shared ablutions
2. Infrastructure cannot support development:
a. Sewer system stressed
b. Strained power grid, illegal connections
c. Water supply cannot keep up, regular outages
3. Legal & other:
a. Rezoning ignored
b. Tax compliance with SARS
c. Rates and taxes lost
d. TV licences not paid
e. "Guest houses" used for prostitute activities
f. Drop in value for legitimate investors
g. Illegal dumping of refuse / waste
List goes on.
Brian van Niekerk (Getmiston, 2021-05-27)
#82
My property that I worked many years to pay the banks for and did not steak from anyone, is losing it's value. The area is becoming a ghetto. There are laws in place but are not being enforced. Enought is enough.Vanessa Spassov (Germiston, 2021-05-28)
#83
Too much overcrowding also noticeable in the streets. Dirty streets. Squarter camp like structures. Too many break in. Properties fast losing valueHoward Nyevera (Germiston, 2021-05-28)
#85
The value of the neighborhood is droppingMonica Fernandes (Germiston, 2021-05-29)
#87
I am against this increaseTracy Enslin (Germiston, 2021-05-29)
#90
I am a resident of Primrose and the area is going backwards because the municipality is allowing illegal building to take place without them doing anything about it.André Janse (Germiston, 2021-05-29)
#92
It's not fair to overcroud our cityGeorge Van Blerk (Germiston, 2021-05-29)
#98
Illegal building contraventions are unethical and are harmful to the well being of our community.Jarred Beiling (Germiston, 2021-05-29)
#99
Stop the extra buildingVenitta Van Wyk (Primrose, 2021-05-29)
#101
The potentially illegal structures erected in my street and other streets close to my house are:1 - built in an ad hoc semi supervised manner,
2 - constructed on top of the services into the properties ( water lines, electrical supply and sewer lines) in the driveways and garden areas.
3 - are built in clear violation of the building line property restrictions and bylaws.
4 - may have violated the Electrical CoC requirements for the relevant properties.
5 - may have violated the designed electrical and water supply criteria for the residential area by altering the densification of the area.
6 - may have violated the occupancy requirements of the residential area.
7 - are renting out these rooms for commercial purposes thus trading without a licence as hotels / B&b or similar businesses without zoning rights.
8 - construct structures without engineering, architectural or Municipal approved plans or drawings to ensure safety of users.
9 - utilise unsuitable building materials that may create higher than acceptable designed fire loads close to or on the boundaries of adjacent properties.
10 - increase the density of traffic in the area above the design thresholds posing public safety hazards.
11 - such illegal structures also alter the design of the residential area from a desirable suburb to an undesirable overpopulated area and directly affects the property values of the area negatively while increasing rates due to over land use.
12 - the illegal structures are mainly rented out rooms at low values which attracts a lower LSM into the area thus potentially increasing the opportunities for crime.
13 - the increase in refuse generated by extra persons beyond design or occupancy capacity on such properties places an undue strain on the waste removal services and impacts service delivery negatively for all residents.
14 - the increased population now changes the policing requirements for the area but as these are unplanned and unknown changes in population density, the applied policing is inadequate.
15 - lax enforcement of Ekurhuleni bylaws has promoted this spate of illegal structures being erected in the Ward and specifically Klopperpark. To continue to ignore this problem is to ignore the needs and rights of ordinary citizens.
Bruce Mills (Germiston, 2021-05-29)
#104
This is encouraging people to open up properties and utilise for shebeens, encourage prostitution and the trading of other illigal commodities ie drug lordsGwen Van Blerk (Primrose, 2021-05-29)
#107
All these illegal buildings are causing the collapse of the town's infrastructure as well as turning the town into a slum.Anne-Marie Felcia (Germiston, 2021-05-30)
#108
Our city has bern turned into a squatter campAlbie Bester (Kempton Park, 2021-05-30)
#111
Against the building of extra dwellings on propertiesTersia Bekker (Germiston, 2021-05-30)
#114
The noise all hours of the night the suwrage system is no disgn for so many people on one propertyLetitia Slabber (Primrose, 2021-05-30)
#116
This is ABSOLUTELY NOT acceptable. Will bring the value of the other houses in this area down and utility demands will be exhausted. NO NO NO NO NO!!!!Lesley Dubrovo (Germiston, 2021-05-31)
#117
These structures are illegal and our infrastructure was not designed for so many people. It's also a common practice for these places to be utilised for prostition in a neighborhood where there are many families with young children being exposed to this.Vanessa Beiling (Germiston, 2021-05-31)
#118
We already are over populated besides the noise, traffic etc now the electricity becomes short as well!Storm Landsman (Germiston, 2021-06-01)
#121
We have two properties around our Older Person Housing Facility that have and are building outside rooms on their properties which put a lot of strain on the sewerage system, the waste removal system, the water and electrical systems of the council. These systems are already se very strained as we have regular power failures as well as waste removal interruptions.Jozelle Steenkamp (Germiston, 2021-06-01)