Tshwane Mayor's streetlight claims face backlash

TSHWANE Mayor Nasiphi Moya’ report that over 90 000 streetlights have been fixed across the municipality has been met with fierce criticism from residents.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

The backlash comes after Moya recently reported that the City of Tshwane had made significant progress in public illumination, with 91 581 streetlights fixed across the metro.

She said: “The City of Tshwane continues to make progress in the illumination of communities as recorded at our weekly service delivery war-room there have been 91 581 public lights that have been fixed across the city”

She explained that many of the streetlights in the city are vandalised through theft which increases the service delivery backlog faced by her teams.

“While these challenges persist, we have made it a Prony to ensure that our public areas are visible at night to make life easier for residents and businesses,” she said.

However, the DA expressed skepticism and criticism, accusing Moya of misleading the public about the state of public street lighting.