Why Joburg’s roads are in such a state

Private sector players are filling in potholes in the hope of reducing insurance claims – leaving their logos in their wake. Moneyweb South Africa

The Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Dr Mpho Phalatse, admitted on Tuesday that “our city is in ruins”. She was speaking at an event at the Joburg Theatre to announce new boards for the city’s municipal entities. The metro is unique in that it separated out most of its functions into separate companies – including Johannesburg Water, City Power, the Johannesburg Roads Agency and Pikitup – in the early 2000s.

Thanks to the dysfunction of the JRA in recent months, Joburg residents now have spray-painted Discovery and Dialdirect logos strewn across roads in the city. Quid pro quo, right? Management In March last year, the city admitted to the FM that “governance of the JRA has been an issue for years”. The problem with delegating authority for certain city functions to separate entities that residents expect – and pay for – is that those entities need to be held to account.

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