SAPRA

The Home of the Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents Association

SAPRA Has Changed Bank Accounts

We have changed our bank account to that shown on the right hand side. Please make sure that you note the change when making payments to SAPRA. Thanks for your cooperation.

Road Closures

Report of the Panel Appointed by SAPRA

We understand that the subject of road closures has again been raised in SAPRAland and have been asked by our community to make the report on road closures available once again.

Unfortunately, road closures can be very divisive for our community and accordingly SAPRA adopted a policy to remain neutral on this issue, and to make available factual evidence both for and against the proposal. This, to enable impacted residents to make an informed and rational decision.

This report attempts to do this and we encourage all residents who might be affected by the proposals to read the report.

A copy of the report and its appendices may be downloaded by clicking here.

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There is construction of Sewer Pipe Replacement Engineered by Johannesburg Water Parkwood. Please could you bear with the contractors as there will be slight impact on the roads. Also the following may be removed should it be along the pipe path; Lawn, pavement, Flowers, Driveways etc, but all will be reinstated in due course.

The streets that will be affected are:

• Jan Smuts Avenue
• Bolton Road
• M20
• Chester Road
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd Avenues
• Newport Road
• Wells Avenue
• Sussex Road
• Dudley Road
• Rutland Road
• Fourth Avenue
• Bath Avenue
• Ashford Road
• Wantage Road
• Eighth Avenue.

Please note that you will be notified prior to the contactor coming to work on your street.

Construction is set to take place from Monday the 6th of May 2024 and is estimated to last for 8 months.

For enquiries, please contact the following:

SAPRA’s MEMBERSHIP DRIVE 2024

• The demands on SAPRA are growing as the city continues to falter.
• Please bring your neighbours onboard through personal visits or on your street groups.
• We will also need volunteers to assist us with the membership drive.

This year, your subs allowed us to:

• Join JoburgCAN, a part of OUTA which activates citizenry, works with authorities to enhance service delivery in Joburg.
• Work with the CPF’s in Rosebank and Parkview.
• Introducing stop streets where necessary on dangerous intersections.
• Continue the Green Team’s cleaning and tidying in our public spaces.
• Keep an eye on Town Planning and the increasing demand on SAPRA’s budgets to stop high-rises in our suburbs.
• Constantly updating members (and residents) on the status of outages on electricity, water and sewerage.
• Nagging and escalating all the myriad of problems: the road, electricity and water networks etc etc. to the City.

 There are also many THANK YOU’s:

• To Dave Taylor for his vision for the electricity network in our area. We intend to roll out a coordinated security programme to keep our substations locked.
• Fran Haslam and her committee for their tireless efforts at Zoo Lake.
• The events committee, Bron, Ali and Len for our famous Halloween and other events.
• To the Hoffmanns who started the Oxford island beautification project.
• To our committee members who volunteer a huge amount of their time and energy.
• To you, our members for your continued support. It is because of you that we are able to continue with the myriad issues we deal with and the increased demands as the city’s administration falters.

 From 1 January 2025 fees will increase to R1 200 a year, pensioners R750 and Corporates to R1 500.

Membership Subscriptions

(from 1 January 2025)

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