I regularly exercise in the Union Buildings gardens and since 2017 I have been advising the Department of Public Works of water leaks and other maintenance issues, most of which were dealt with promptly by Bennitto Motitswe, but since his transfer, things have gotten much worse. I sent a comprehensive list of issues to the Department in May 2019, along with photos. Apart from a water leak repair and a significant improvement in the maintenance of the gardens themselves, none of the other more serious issues I raised have been dealt with. All of the issues I have noted would have been picked up by anyone doing even the most cursory inspection of the precinct.
The quality of the workmanship was appalling, with the copings being replaced skew and cement mortar having been spilt all over the stonework below the coping. You would certainly not want the individual responsible for that work to go anywhere near the other stone masonry in the Union Buildings gardens...
