25 March, 2026

350 REACHED! A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO DARON MANN & WARD 6! 🎙️📈

WE DID IT! 🚀

We hit our goal of 350 signatures just as the Mayor faces Day 2 of her parliamentary grilling.

A special thank you to Daron Mann for sharing our petition and giving a voice to the residents of Ward 6. Your support has been the "shot in the arm" we needed to turn this local grievance into a city-wide mandate. 🤝🎙️

THE NEW TARGET: 500 BY FRIDAY.

Because we haven't received a reply to our March 6th letter (19 days of silence!), we are ramping up the pressure. If they won't answer a letter, they will have to answer 500 of us. 

SIGN & SHARE: Stop The Ward 6 Budget Hijack
✍️ The goal is 500 signatures by Friday

 The Issue:

I am Janine, a resident of Ward 6. Our ward—which includes Broadwood, Charlo, Springfield, Overbaakens, Goldwater, Lorraine, Mangold Park, Walmer Park, Fairview, Fernglen, Lovemore Heights, and Lovemore Park—is one of the city's largest financial contributors, yet we are being systematically neglected.

Despite Ward 6 contributing over R100 Million in rates and taxes annually, the coalition government has slashed our service delivery budget from R1.1 Million to just R600,000. To put this in perspective: The Mayor’s annual salary is nearly THREE TIMES larger than the maintenance budget for our entire ward.

We are in a state of infrastructure collapse:

• The Water Cycle of Failure: Constant outages are followed by burst pipes because our aging network cannot handle the pressure surges when pumps are restarted. We don't just need "repairs"; we need proper maintenance of the pipe network.

• Safety Hazards: Street lights remain out for months, and fallen branches/debris are left in our public spaces, compromising our security and property values.

• Open Service Calls: Potholes and park maintenance issues are reported and then ignored for months on end while our budget is diverted elsewhere.

• Fiscal Insult: While Ward 6 is stripped of R400,000, the city has overseen the loss of R400 Million in grants and R1.5 Billion in electricity revenue.

Our Demands:

1. Immediate Restoration of the R400,000 cut to the Ward 6 service delivery budget.

2. A Technical Water Audit: A plan to manage pressure and stabilise the pipe network to prevent the "outage-burst-outage" cycle.

3. Accountability for Open Calls: A commitment to close all service calls older than 30 days.

4. Budget Fairness: A budget that reflects the R100 Million contribution of our suburbs.