Rise Mzansi claims CoJ bomb squad, Presidential Working Group making little progress in tackling poor service delivery in city
Rise Mzansi spokesperson, Mabine Seane, said that little had been achieved so far.
The Gauteng government, in partnership with the City of Joburg, Jozi My Jozi, and the Church of Scientology, led a clean-up initiative of the Ellis precinct, addressed safety concerns, and provided social services to vulnerable residents on 1 August 2025. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - There are claims that both the Johannesburg bomb squad and the Presidential Working Group have made minimal progress in tackling poor service delivery in the city.
The latter body was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this year following his complaints about poor service delivery in Johannesburg.
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The working group's mandate is to support the city's administrative and political teams in effectively implementing solutions.
Rise Mzansi spokesperson, Mabine Seane, said that little had been achieved so far.
"The bomb squad and Presidential Johannesburg Working Group have clearly failed to make an impact on the service delivery needs of Joburgers; and such an admission must be made. Johannesburg needs new leaders with a plan, not comrades with a plate. We therefore call on Johannesburg residents to hold the council and the mayoral committee to account in the 2026 local government elections."
However, Johannesburg bomb squad member, Vicky Shuping, begs to differ.
"We have established a war room to ensure that we focus on addressing service delivery issues. We also have a war room to deal with the finances of the city. We have passion for the city and that's why most of us have volunteered to be bomb squad members."