Klerksdorp Court in shambles: DA lodges formal complaint and requests immediate intervention
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in North West conducted an oversight inspection at the Klerksdorp Magistrates Court in the PC Pelser Building, Klerksdorp after we received numerous complaints from the public about the terrible and inhumane conditions there.
The DA will lodge a complaint under the Occupational Health and Safety Act with Minister of Labour and the Department to conduct an intensive inspection of the state of the building. In addition, we will submit written questions in Parliament to the Minister of Public Works on the state of maintenance at the building and how contracts for maintenance and renovations have been awarded and the specific cost incurred over the last five financial years.
The building is old and dilapidated, toilets are not working properly, and the air-conditioners are out of order since they were installed. We will ask detailed questions on money spent on tenders and maintenance here as it seems as if there might be a flood of corruption taking place when tenders are allocated and no significant maintenance can be seen.
Temperatures in the court are excruciating in summer and drops to below ten degrees in winter.
It is shocking to learn how disabled people need to be carried up the stairs in their wheelchairs by SAPS members and security staff as the old lifts are out of order since last year.