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TimesLive reports that Durban residents are furious about a water outage that has affected large parts of the city as a result of an eThekwini municipality labour dispute that has disrupted services.
This comes as residents in several areas are also faced with a power outage, which the municipality said its technicians were working to restore. On Sunday night, the municipality issued a statement informing residents of the disruption of water and sanitation services “because of an ongoing labour issue”. It is understood the labour issue relates to refusal to pay for overtime. According to Sakhile Mngadi, ward councillor for Glenwood, Umbilo and Bulwer, the areas have been without water for 41 hours. Parts of Phoenix, north of Durban, have also been hit by the water outage. A resident complained: “We are angry that this is a result of a strike. Water cuts are frequent in our area due to the lack of maintenance of the infrastructure and now we hear that it is because of striking workers. There must be another way to find a solution.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at BusinessLive
- Read too, Msunduzi municipality under fire over failing sewage infrastructure, at SowetanLive
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