Netwerk24 reports that, with members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) having been on strike for the past 15 days, residents of Bloemfontein are staggering under service delivery problems.
Dave McKay, Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor, commented on the situation by saying that sewage was bubbling up in places like “lava out of volcanoes”, while the two dumping grounds had become “dangerous places”, with both on fire again on Tuesday. A resident complained that garbage bags were lying about all over the place and the city had become a stinking garbage dump. The thick smoke clouds from the southern dumping ground that hung over the Ferreira small holdings on Tuesday led to at least three residents with asthma being admitted to hospital. Glory Twala, chief manager of the city’s solid waste division, said that she was not permitted to comment. Qondile Khedama, chief manager of communications, was also asked to comment, but has not once in the past 15 days responded to queries. (Loosely translated from Afrikaans).
- Read this report by Marietjie Gericke in full in Afrikaans at Netwerk24
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