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Speaker 1: Each of the road to economic growth runs through our

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Speaker 2: The National Transport Conference live on seven.

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Speaker 1: O two is brought to you by the Department of Transport.

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Speaker 1: In fact, one of the people that I hear at

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Speaker 1: the inaugural National Transport Conference is Dadam Morrero, the mayor

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Speaker 1: of Johannes Beek, who's joining me now on the line

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Speaker 1: not too far from where I am, but inside the

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Speaker 1: whole Maya Morero, thank you so much for making time

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Speaker 1: for us.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, minute, Lament.

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Speaker 1: Dumela. Let me start off with the decision of the

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Speaker 1: anc in in Johannes back. I just want to get

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Speaker 1: your reaction as Maya, how do you feel now?

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Speaker 2: I've not received any communication of any decisions that was

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Speaker 2: made in an official received me team. I suppose to

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Speaker 2: me tune held on Saturday, but I don't have any

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Speaker 2: communication except the state men that was issued yesterday after

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Speaker 2: the recive meeting, which speaks to metals around savit delivery

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Speaker 2: that we need to be focusing on and the show

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Speaker 2: that this government to strengthen our role. But all other

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Speaker 2: metals have not been prieved on.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so to you are not attending that agent ricy

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Speaker 1: meeting over the weekend.

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Speaker 2: No, no, remember I'm not a member of the original

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Speaker 2: Exative Committee.

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Speaker 1: Kind of there's a new there's a new Original Executive

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Speaker 1: Committee since the con last year. Okay, so, of course

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Speaker 1: reports suggest that the decision that they have taken is

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Speaker 1: to recall you as mayor. Thank you for confirming that

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Speaker 1: you have not received anything as yet. I know that

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Speaker 1: there are still meetings taking place today of the leaders

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Speaker 1: of the ANC in Johannes bag But would you be

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Speaker 1: okay to walk away if that's the decision that the

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Speaker 2: What the NC makes a decision of that nature, I

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Speaker 2: suppose we have to comply with the decisions of the organization,

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Speaker 2: which natural is the one that deployed us in those positions.

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Speaker 1: And do you still hold the position that there was

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Speaker 1: something problematic about the conference last year that led to

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Speaker 1: Louisa Masuku taking over from you as the regional chair.

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Speaker 2: Well, those metals with Preyer, that is not metas that

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Speaker 2: they opposed to talk to in the public space. We

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Speaker 2: have raised our consent and we all aw wait for

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Speaker 2: the direction of the executive, the National Executive committing those metters.

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Speaker 1: My understanding from the ANC original statement is that there

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Speaker 1: was a governance report that was also presented at this meeting.

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Speaker 1: Are you able to share with us what the governance report,

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Speaker 1: because our imagine it was prepared by you in government

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Speaker 1: together with your team. What does it indicate about the

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Speaker 1: challenges that are currently facing the city and what the

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Speaker 1: solutions are? No.

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Speaker 2: No, as I said, comment is not part of the meetings.

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Speaker 2: Are not privy to the contents of the meeting. But

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Speaker 2: I do know that as the avalenc Quotra which was

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Speaker 2: held in January, I did present a governance report and

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Speaker 2: subsequently the Elections Strategy Workshop two weeks ago, I did

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Speaker 2: report and gave the governance report and what that the

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Speaker 2: challenge is and what the success is that we are

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Speaker 2: faced within government. So that process has been done. But

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Speaker 2: I'm not aware of the contents of the meeting of Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Okay, based on what you know of what what are

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Speaker 1: the main serious challenges right now and what are the

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Speaker 1: big solutions in terms especially in terms of timelines as well.

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Speaker 1: I know a water is still quite a critical matter

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Speaker 2: When we've taken a long terms you to address the

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Speaker 2: infrastructure which means raising of money and investing into the

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Speaker 2: the water revenue so that we can reinvest. Right now,

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Speaker 2: we're focused at least replacement of the two thousand, six

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Speaker 2: of leaks. Then we believe by addressing that two thousand

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Speaker 2: our water losses at least by ten percent to translate

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Speaker 2: We are doing very well in that process. We do

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Speaker 2: it drills of it which is going well. We're doing

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Speaker 2: and three towers, and then in this week I will

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Speaker 2: Richard b So we're doing quite well, but yes, the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you so much for for chilling to us

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Speaker 1: that Demerero is the current mayor of the city of Johannesburg,

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Speaker 1: potentially the outgoing mayor. As you've heard, he says he

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Speaker 1: has not been given any communication yet, nothing has been

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Speaker 1: communicated to him about the decision the ANC in the

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Speaker 1: Region of Johannesburg has taken that he must be recalled.

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Speaker 1: In fact, the ANC released a statement last night just condeming.

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Speaker 1: Part of their their statement was condemning the leak of

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Speaker 1: this decision, which was first reported I think by the

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Speaker 1: Sunday Times yesterday. But Dada Morero says, look, if a

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Speaker 1: decision has been taken that I'm recalled, I must step down.

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Speaker 1: I will respect the organization and I will step down.

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Speaker 1: But for now I have not received any communicare from

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Speaker 1: the ANC in Johannesburg telling me to pack up my

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Speaker 1: stuff and leave. But that seems to be where things

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Speaker 1: are headed. What do you make of this decision by

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Speaker 1: the ANC in Johannesburg. Give us a call on oh

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Speaker 1: one one eight eight three oh seven oh two. You

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Speaker 1: can react to that decision as well on the watsaup

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Speaker 1: Of course, the anc still hasn't decided on who their

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Speaker 1: mayoral candidate is likely to be. Maybe it will be

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Speaker 1: Loyiso Masuku, who is the deputy mayor in the city

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Speaker 1: of Hahnnesburg and likely now to be the mayor of

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Speaker 1: the city of Choinnesbeg before the elections. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: But if really she's becomes chosen as the mayor or

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Speaker 1: do you think she's got it in her to take

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Speaker 1: on Heim and Mashaba and Helen Zillah. I mean, they

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Speaker 1: are strong condidates no matter what your perceptions are of them.

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Speaker 1: They seem to have some level of support on the ground,

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