Joburg acting Mayor gets into heated argument with flat caretaker in Hilbrow. Image: Screenshot/Eyewitness News
WATCH: Acting Joburg Mayor gets into heated argument with caretaker of flats in Hilbrow
Johannesburg acting Mayor, Kenny Kunene was embroiled in a heated argument with a caretaker of a hijacked building in Hilbrow.
Joburg acting Mayor gets into heated argument with flat caretaker in Hilbrow. Image: Screenshot/Eyewitness News
There was a heated exchange between acting Joburg Mayor Kenny Kunene and the caretaker of the Park Lane flats in Hillbrow, who refused to disclose the owners of the property.
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Kunene said the building had not been paying the city for services such as water and electricity, insisting that illegal activities occurred on the property.
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Heated argument between Kenny Kunene and flats caretaker
During the heated argument, Kunene asked the man who identified himself as the caretaker of the building, “So where is the number of the owner? You are the caretaker of the building. Where is the number?”
Acting Joburg Mayor Kenny Kunene and Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku were left frustrated over what they called the bad attitude that was portrayed by the caretaker of Hillbrow’s Park Lane flats.
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The caretaker told Kunene that the five-storey building with multiple broken windows and leaking taps was home to hundreds of people paying rent to property hijackers.
While the staircase has been turned into a rubbish dumping area, the paint on the property can be seen peeling off the walls.
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Kunene described the building as one that was on the brink of collapse and said he would not allow people to stay in appalling buildings during his stint as acting mayor.
