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TimesLIVE reports that City of Johannesburg environmental MMC Nico de Jager indicated on Wednesday that ongoing violent protests in the inner city were affecting service delivery in Yeoville, Bellevue and Bellevue East.
"Unfortunately, refuse collection, street cleaning and the clearing of illegal dumping has not been rendered in these areas and the disruption of waste collection services has resulted in large quantities of waste being illegally dumped," De Jager said. He indicated that in a recent incident, residents forced Pikitup workers to empty a truck full of waste into the middle of Yeo Street, Yeoville, next to the police station. De Jager advised further: "Over the past couple of days Pikitup employees have tried to service the area, but have been forced out after each attempt. Pikitup management therefore instructed service delivery to be temporarily halted, until it becomes safe to continue." Pikitup's Norwood Depot was in contact with the Johannesburg Metro Police to devise a plan to continue service delivery and contingency measures were also in place to tackle the waste backlogs that have resulted.
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