After service delivery protests left Alexandra shutdown, Inter-Ministerial Task Team on Service Delivery (IMTT) met in Pretoria to discuss a short term action plan, in response to the issues raised by the community of Alexandra. The short term...
The EThekwini Municipality is urging community members to refrain from damaging infrastructure during service delivery protests. This follows protest action in after Chesterville which saw residents’ attack and damage Durban Transport buses...
EThekwini officials are working hard to keep the City clean and will not be deterred from doing their jobs. This is according to eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede. Gumede who was speaking at an Executive Committee meeting recently said the...
Waste removal services in uMlazi, south of Durban, have been interrupted following protest action by municipal contract works which wreaked havoc in the township on Tuesday morning. According to reports by IOL and the Daily News the workers dumped...
Former Jozi@Work employees have been on the rampage recently, after their demands for permanent employment were turned down. According to the waste management service provider the protests, which turned violent last week, are costing the company...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has called for calm in Sheepmoor, Mpumalanga, after residents took to the streets to protest against recent water shortages. The community, which shut down schooling in the area, is protesting at the Kliphoek...
The Madibeng municipality in the North West, which has been hit by protests over water delivery is dysfunctional, says Trevor Manual, minister in the presidency. “I’m saying what my observation – that the local authority is dysfunctional. It...
The ANC in Gauteng has urged the national government to intervene in the service delivery protests in Bekkersdal. The community in the west of the province has been protesting for several weeks. Source: eNCA News Source URL:...
Poor government service delivery, especially in electricity, is impeding business growth in South Africa, according to Grant Thornton’s latest quarterly International Business Report, published last Tuesday. As local communities grow impatient with...
