city hall

The Tshwane metro said it had no choice but to fix up a “catastrophic” R100-million renovation job done on the city hall in the centre of Pretoria under the previous administration. The city hall, located on Visagie Street and Paul Kruger Street, has been fenced off in its entirety as plans to refurbish it kicked off in July for the 2019/20 financial year. Previous renovations indicated that the contract workers put cement over a wooden floor and in the main hall‚ the seats in the balcony were all stolen as were most door handles‚ all made of brass. “An assessment on what needs to be done is underway,” said Tshwane metro spokesperson Lindela Mashigo. The total cost of renovations would only be determined once the evaluation was completed. “The renovations could take 2-3 years to complete.” This after claims by the metro that previous renovations to the hall was a “waste” of millions of rands. In 2016, then-mayor Solly Msimanga blamed the office of former mayo…