Shack dwellers from informal settlements established during lockdown in 2020 in Khayelitsha are demanding that the City of Cape Town fire the company contracted to clean in the township:
They have two main complaints: that their areas are not being cleaned by the contracting company, Mega Ndira Resources, and that they are not being selected for job opportunities.Residents first staged a protest over issues on 30 January. As a result, cleaners at the company stopped working from 31 January. They are expected to resume work this week.
Scores of people picketed outside the Khayelitsha Training Centre where Mayoral Committee Member for Management Grant Twigg met with ward councillors and community leaders over their demand for new informal settlements to be cleaned Shack dwellers initially demanded that Mega Ndira Resources fire its former supervisors. They claim that some of the supervisors have been employed for more than ten years, meaning many others are not given an opportunity of employment. Several meetings have been held with subcouncil managers to resolve the impasse but to no avail.
“The community leaders asked the City to withdraw from the contract, but there is no way that the contract can be cancelled. There are legal implications,” he said.
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