MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE 19th AUGUST 2026

MINUTES FOR THE MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING OF

THE NEW KILLARNEY-RIVIERA ASSOCIATION

HELD VIRTUALLY OVER THE INTERNET

ON WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST 2026 at 18H30

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PRESENT:   Wayne Ford (Killarney Village); Charles Whyte (Beverley Heights); Nadia Nikakhtar (Killarney Park); Trish Terry (Gleneagles); Kim Robinson (Killarney Hills); Floh Thiele (La Camargue).

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1. WELCOME

• Wayne chaired the meeting. He opened the meeting and welcomed the attendees.

2.  APOLOGIES RECEIVED

• None

3. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES, AND MATTERS ARISING

• The minutes of the previous meeting have been circulated to all attendees previously. There were no amendments. The minutes were approved.

4.  STATUS OF OUR SUBURB, AND LIST OF ISSUES REQUIRING ACTION

• Pavement repair projects –:
• We have had meetings and discussions with the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, and they are ready to start work. Charles will do one final site meeting with them to check the current status and finalise the plan, and then hopefully they will proceed.
• Charles and his team have paved further along on the 7^th Street pavement outside the Anerley park, to link the Gautrain bus stop safely to 4^th Avenue. They also filled and compacted the trench that was dug along the 3^rd Street pavement by City Power, to improve safety.
• Joburg water finally attended to the water meter in 4^th Ave outside Bretton Woods. They installed a new water meter, of the type that stands above ground, but it seems to be leaking still. Meanwhile, there is a lot of pedestrian traffic along that pavement, and once it starts raining, that area will be a mud bath, and people will be forced to walk in the street again. Once that leak is resolved, we will need to repave that area. We do have some pavers available.
• Charles does also have a bit of cold asphalt on hand, and we will look for small jobs to make use of that material.
• Earlier in the year, the NKRA approved a sum of R60,000 for the pavement repair project. Only about R7,000 is left of the original budget. Our plan is now to halt further pavement repairs until the TMF situation is resolved, and then to evaluate what remains thereafter to be done. Then we will make fresh plans, and approach a future meeting for a further financial allocation.
• We can still fill potholes with sand and rubble, and we will research cleaning the graffiti off the lamp poles in 7^th Street and Newtown Avenue.
• Potholes and excavations in the streets –:
• We have received feedback from JRA, who told us that before they can address excavations, they need for Joburg Water and Egoli Gas etc to confirm that the problem has been completely fixed – they do not want to have to fix it twice. Joburg Water waits a long time before they will sign-off, in case they find the pipe is still leaking. JRA also said that they are having problems with the asphalt plant, but once that is resolved, they will resume doing the repairs that are needed in Killarney. They gave no time frame.
• We continue to backfill potholes with sand and rubble, but the sand washes away quickly, so we need to keep repeating this work.
• We are still waiting for Joburg Water to fix the leak in 4^th Avenue outside Bretton Woods.
• The DA is fixing potholes as part of their election campaign publicity drive, and they have offered to fix potholes in Upper Killarney (Ward 67) – so we will see if they do anything. Every bit helps.
• Repairs to leaks in Anerley Road corner Oxford Road have resulted in two serious holes, which are currently a danger. There is also a serious leak in Riviera Road corner Oxford Road, which has been a problem for many months. Joburg Water repaired a leak in Riviera Road, but there are currently around 13 other water leaks in our area. A while ago Joburg Water repaired a leak in Riviera Road outside the petrol station entrance, but it seems to be a problem again.
• Clean-up projects –:
• Themba is still doing valuable work. The project has been scaled down to two people for the time being. They have been doing deep-cleaning of the stormwater drains. At the taxi area, they removed more than 40 alcohol bottles from the drain. Nadia will send photos and videos of the bottles to Floh.
• There is a new man named Frans who does extra cleanup on Tuesdays – he is working very well.
• This clean-up project adds a lot of value, and we need to maintain our relationship with Themba and Frans, even if it means that we may need to allocate extra funding to this project.
• Fence repair along Newtown Avenue –:
• This fence repair has been completed. The quoted amount was about R12,000, but the final invoice given by the work supervisor was only R5,950 – which was actually the amount of the deposit. This is almost certainly an error. They did grout additional exposed bolts as well, but they missed a few, so we may need to do a bit of extra grouting at some point.
• The next step will be to install the City Parks steel gate in the damaged section of the fence in the corner of the car park. A meeting will be held with Nazeem from Highbury, together with a welder, and a plan will be made. We need to maintain that embankment, to keep the fence safe from future vandalism.
• Community Policing Forum –:
• It was noted that JMPD have been issuing parking fines in Killarney, near the Mall.
• We reported the issue of the squatters in Newtown Avenue to the police, and the cable-stripping etc that was noted by the cleaning project volunteers. The police have undertaken to monitor that area going forward. We also asked for more SAPS vehicle patrols around our area.
• George Kymdell is standing in for Floh at the CPF – he has been copied on the correspondence, and he will be asked to attend our NKRA meetings going forward.
• Homelessness and squatting are serious issues across all of Johannesburg. We have two established squatter areas in Killarney – one is alongside the motorway onramp at Newtown Avenue, and one is alongside the motorway onramp at Riviera Road, at the golf course.
• The Vision Tactical guards have apparently seen crimes being committed, and we have heard that these squatters have stabbed a passerby.
• Private security companies cannot move squatters off municipal land, only CoJ can do this, and then only if they can offer the squatters alternative accommodation. However, the municipal shelters are full, and drug-addicted squatters don’t want to go to the shelters because drugs are prohibited.
• We again researched the CAP Security option. Depending on the size and nature of the suburb, this service now costs around R200,000 – R250,000 per month. CAP also told us that they cannot remove squatters or hawkers etc from municipal land on their own, and that they must rely on the CoJ to do this.
• We did previously have success with moving squatters from a vacant lot in Oxford Road, based on trespassing and hygiene risks, but that was privately-owned land.
• It was agreed that we need to have a strategic plan to address the squatting risk, to at least minimise the risk of the problem multiplying. It was agreed that we should at least undertake a regular cleaning project of the squatting areas, maybe quarterly, using hired workers and security guards, and hopefully with support from PikiTup and JMPD. We have corresponded with the Killarney Country Club on this, and we will try to arrange a joint project with them.
• It was noted that Tshwane Metro has an initiative called the Community Upliftment Precinct (CUP), which enables communities to formally partner with the city to maintain and enhance public infrastructure in their areas. CUP partnerships are highly formalised and are closely monitored by the municipality, all repairs undertaken need to follow all the municipal standards and regulatory frameworks, there is a limit to what the residents are allowed to do, and CUP partnerships come with contractual liabilities as well. This CUP initiative is not yet available in Johannesburg. We have also researched the CID initiative, and this is also not yet available in Johannesburg. However, once these options become available, we will follow them up.

• NEW ISSUES
• Park gardener – Nolicent now has a formal job for five days per week, and he is only working in the park on Saturdays, so we need a replacement gardener for the weekdays. Russell Fisher is willing to continue to sponsor this. It was suggested to approach Mthabisi Ncube (an employee of David Krut of Whitehall Court) who has done work in the park before, planting trees and such. David is happy for Mthabisi to fill this role, but they will only be able to start from September. 
• The Martindale Mews wall has been repaired and plastered, but not yet painted. However, the big pile of rubble is still on the pavement. We will identify the current caretaker and ask that the rubble be removed, otherwise we will need to make a plan with Themba.

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The meeting closed at 19h23.

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Our next meeting will be held virtually on

WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 18H30

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New Killarney-Riviera Association – www.nkra.org.za

Ward Councillor Eleanor Huggett – eleanorhuggett@gmail.com and 071 785 8068

Service Delivery Reporting Template – https://www.nkra.org.za/issue-reporting-templates/

Link to Community WhatsApp Group – https://www.nkra.org.za/whatsapp-link/