Velenkosi Hlabisa also said he would personally scrutinise the first reports issued by the intervention teams, and that consequence management would be implemen
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Cogta minister Velenkosi Hlabisa during a press conference in Durban on Tuesday, about turnaround plans for eThekwini metro. and Inkatha Freedom Party leader, Velenkosini Hlabisa, said on Tuesday efforts by two teams tasked with the turnaround of the embattled eThekwini metro were on the right track.
The team is led by former MEC and former deputy ANC KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Mike Mabuyakhulu, and is expected to assist the municipality for two years. Asked on Tuesday about possible duplication of work by the two teams, Hlabisa said the presidential working group and the section 154 team should work in an “integrated” manner.
“The ease and speed with which the government was established in KZN also signalled a political commitment to servicing the province,” the business confidence report said, adding however that more than 75% of those surveyed still said that complaints about service delivery were not dealt with in a reasonable time.for years, with incidents of fraud, corruption, water and electricity cuts, E coli in the sea and poor or non-existent service delivery making regular headlines.
In late February leading into March this year, waste collection in the city came to a standstill, the result of a protracted strike by municipal employees after salary disputes that left refuse piled up in the streets and resulted in an outcry from residents.
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