The Emfuleni Electrical Infrastructure Intervention Program (EIIP)
See the Letter of Intent (LoI) – We have Liftoff, and there’s No Turning Back, come hell or high water!
Emfuleni for Change NPC (EfC), in association with 6 prominent business- and community organizations, reached a watershed agreement to launch the EIIP, which purpose it is to mobilize the Private Sector in rehabilitating the decrepit, apocalyptic state of electrical infrastructure in our community.
This EIIP will be executed with or without Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) in tow (the operative words being ‘in tow’). As business and community representatives, we have a moral obligation to intervene, and if ELM decides to obstruct this intervention (which we doubt they will, as this program is in the best interest of their constituency), we will pull so many rabbits out of our collective hats that it will make them spin for years, by which time we will have completed this mission critical rehabilitation program…
To this end, the LoI was compiled and addressed to the new Administrator of ELM, Mr. Willy Bhila (and other dignitaries), which was posted on Friday, 3 July 2020 at 10:23. This was preceded by a ‘signing ceremony’ by the 6 co-Signatories (that was sourced in a very short time frame) in support of this intervention program. However, we anticipate that the support-base will dramatically increase over the coming days, which will be formalized in an Annexure to the LoI.
I am happy to report that, at the time of writing, we have already received acknowledgement from Mr. Bhila and the Executive Mayor, Cllr Rev G. Moerane, and have high hopes that they will heed the appeal by President Ramaphosa for local councils to engage with the private sector to assist in the recovery of failing municipalities.Note that we are not waiting for ELM to respond, the time for that is past!
Let sense and sensibility prevail!
We’ve initiated a huge awareness campaign with prominent news media, and plan a formal press conference in due course to get the word out wide and far. We therefore need your support in signing our petition below, so go right ahead and sign it Now!
There are over 253 Thousand Households in Emfuleni, and we believe that there won’t be a single person not willing to support this drive, as it is mission critical for sustaining life.
Planning for Phase 1 of the EIIP will commence in earnest this coming week. Please sign the petition now and send this post to your entire contact list. This petition is not limited to Emfuleni only, so, feel free to distribute it far and wide.
If ever there was a time for all our people to stand together, this is it. As John Dickinson said in 1768;
“By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall”
This quote has never been more relevant for our time – The New Normal (post COVID-19). Life will never be the same again, so, let’s make it Better!
Let’s embrace this opportunity and show the world how a community can stand up from the ashes and take flight to new heights, by not only restoring Emfuleni to its previous status as the hub if industry and heavy engineering in Africa, but as a new Sustainable Metropolis by embracing latest global best practice, trends and innovations. We will not leave a single stone unturned, including crowd-funding, to source the financial resources in our quest to turn this tide.
We will usher in the new dawn by leveraging our own phenomenal resources, for the benefit of our community – Let the dream start right here, right now.
Flourishing Regards
Gerhard Janse van Rensburg
Congratulations!!
Thank you, Jorge, the time for talk (pleading and threatening) is over… Please make sure you sign the Petition.
Petition signed. Well done – and thank you to all involved.
Its time that EMF start doing what they have been appointed for and forget about enriching themselves. They are doing a great wrong to their people and supporters.
Bad suvers we always have problems with EMF
A long and welcome plan. Well done and thank you to all involved.
Thank you to all the roleplayers in this initiatiff to make an end to this corrupt and useless ELM. Now at least I am sure that we will be able to leave something behind for our children.
We cant go on with this ELM as it is at the moment. Corruption!!! Dont supply any services.
This intervention is now critical for our town, we have been milked dry by corrupt, inept and unscrupulous municipal officials for too many years. Unless we stop the rot, we are doomed.
I agree
I agree
Petition signed
Petition Signed, thanks for taking the initiative guys, appreciate your tenacity!
Ek stem
I agree
Petition signed. Stop the corruption and rot now.
Thank you, Corrie, you echo the plight of the countless voiceless population of Emfuleni. We have just given then a voice, by signing the Petition… And that’s just the first step.
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Well done to all concerned may God be your steering wheel and the driver of this whole project
Thank you so much.
Great things lay ahead if we can keep politics out of it.
Absolutely!!!
Baie danki vir julle hulp en saamstaan, ons staan by julle
Support all the way thanks
Petition signed.
Thank you for this wonderful initiative.
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Thank you in advance – so fedup with all the ‘new normals’ in Emfuleni
Sterkte!!
Genoeg is genoeg. Ons moet kry waarvoor ons betaal
Willing to support this initiative.
Dankie
Baie dankie aan almal betrokke. Laat ons voorentoe gaan.
Baie dankie dat julle genoeg omgee om ons almal aan die gang te kry.
Mag God julle ryklik seën.
Thank you, Lenette, we are in God’s hands; His will, not ours.
Willing to support this inititive whole heartedly
As a nation we unite against corruption.
I agree
Signed. Let’s get rid of this corrupt bunch
Thank you, Panny.
I agree
uiteindelil. Hopelik staan almal saam
Staan saam!
100% Support
In Unity there is strength!( where did I here that…?)
Indeed…
I agree!
Bravo Gerhard dankie vir julle hulp en omgee.
Bravo Gerhard.
Great initiative guys, good luck
I agree
Finally there is a light at the end of the dark tunnel where we as payers are being robbed by the munisipality!!! Thank you so much!!
Hi, Marie, a resounding YES – There is definitely light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s not that steam-engine coming this way!! Keep an eye out in the media, big things are about to happen.
good work doesn’t go unnoticed, fully supportive of the initiative, thumbs up
We need to stand together to put a stop to the corruption, incompetence and nepotism. The deterioration is out of all control
congratulations 👏,
We can stand together and fix the town..
Welcome any initiative to fight corruption
Congratulations 👌🏽👏🏽🙏🏽
Congratulations are on order, I support the initiative hundred percent. This is long overdue. 👏👏✊
Thank you so much, Prince, and looking forward to Monday… Very good news will be released.
Whish you evrything of the best
By now we know that we cannot depend on acceptable services from the sitting (exactly that) municipality so we will have to do something ourselves so I fully support the initiative. I only wondered if the EIIP can claim a % of the rates & taxes paid by the community otherwise it will allow them to pocket even more money.
Big (positive) things are about to happen, Hennie, so, watch this space and the news media in the next few days…
Thank you for your good work
I support the initiative taken by EFC, it’s about time
Thank you, Vuyela, watch out for some good news in the next few days.
Great ideas. Let us also get the rotten element out of the system. The time has arrived for capable honest people to reinstate and manage this function.
Dankie
Thank You to all involved. Please let me know if I could be of any assistance in my capacity as Chairman of the Arcon Park Residents Association, or as a registered Electrical Engineer.
Hi, James, I was contacted last week by someone from your Assoc. and still waiting for reply. Please get in touch with me, as we need to ‘sign-up’ all similar associations under the EfC umbrella (united we stand, divided we fall…).
It’s so pleasing to see something being done, we’ve been dragged down to a level that we can’t stand any longer. Thank you so much for initiating the process. I appreciate and stand for it.
Goeie initiatief. Glo daar sal voldoende ondersteuning wees.
So far there are just over 2,400 signatures to the Petition; we need at least 50,000 to really make the difference at every level. If you have not signed the petition yet, do so here:
https://efc.umca.co.za/action/eiip-petition/
I’m all for this. Go for it.