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What is the community about

Phaphama Mhlali is a community-driven organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of our community members. Our mission encompasses various aspects, including: - Community care and support
- Advocating for service delivery
- Addressing unemployment
- Providing learnerships for youth development
- Assisting learners with homework through our aftercare program
- Supporting initiatives to prevent drug abuse among youth

Services or Operations We Deliver

We deliver a range of services aimed at improving community well-being, including:
- Resolving water and electricity issues
- Mediating conflicts related to housing affairs
- Providing support for community members facing various challenges

The Benefits

Through our work, we foster a culture of mutual learning and growth. Our community benefits from:
- Enhanced communication with service delivery entities
- Empowerment through knowledge sharing and skill development
- Strengthened community bonds and support networks

1. We facilitate a meeting with the Premier's Office when the community had power outages as result a new Transformer Box was installed as we speak .The taxi association (WATA) transported us to the Premier's Office without paying and gave us 2 taxis for free at their expenses .
2. In Zola 2 Eskom disconnected power as well we facilitate a meeting with Eskom Executives to bring the power back without the residents paying the fine if R500 for non payment .
3. Through the engagements of Marching to the Councilors' office we managed to have our first Public Meeting 3 years for the first time since the current Councilor came to power.
4. Managed to have a first accelerated Service Delivery as well which City Power is busy with Street Lights and Johannesburg Road Agency is also busy with patching the potholes as speak .

Problem Solved

By addressing the challenges faced by our community, we create a positive impact on the lives of our members. Our efforts lead to:

- Improved access to essential services like water and electricity
- Reduced conflicts and improved housing conditions
- Enhanced youth development and reduced drug abuse
- A more informed, empowered, and connected community

15 Tuesday April 2025

Fighting Bulling in Schools, at Lavela Secondary School School

We the community had a meeting with the school governance, department of education: circuit mangers and the district manager

3 March 2025

Meeting with Eskom and Dr Trevor Ngwane the heavyweight activist was part of the meeting.

See the letter we wrote to Eskom as the community

Att: Senzo Khumalo
Eskom Zola Hub
Zola North
1868

Dear Mr. Senzo Khumalo

We are writing to respectfully request that you or a representative from your organization address our community regarding certain issues related to your services.

As you may be aware, our community has been experiencing issues to mention few, the upgrading of the system, loadshedding, load reduction and power outages. We believe that it is essential for your organization to engage with our community, provide explanations for these issues, and outline the steps being taken to resolve them.

We would like to request that you address our community at a public meeting, which we propose to hold on 8th March 2024 and Time: 10am to 2pm at Zola North office . We expect approximately +-300 community members to attend.

Some of the specific issues we would like you to address include:

– IBT
– FBE
– Smart metres

We appreciate your organization’s efforts in providing essential services to our community. However, we believe that open communication and transparency are crucial in building trust and good relationship in resolving concerns.

Please let us know if you are available to attend the meeting and if there are any specific requirements or arrangements that need to be made.

Thank you for your attention to this matter, and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Ward 51 Concerned Community members
Greetings Com

9 Friday May 2025 we had a formal meeting with Senzo the Eskom official and spoke about how important is public participation and the responsibility Eskom has to the Community . So we sent a formal invite to come and address the whole community and he agreed and instructed us to send an formal invitation by email . So the committee agreed that we schedule the meeting for this Saturday the 8th March 2025 from 10 till 2 but it’s subject to him confirming the date cause he said we must give him atleast 5 days notice that’s why the invite went out today . I have informed the committee about your interest to attend the meeting as well .