Councillors threaten to destabilise Emfuleni unless service delivery improves | The Citizen

🧹🗑️Emfuleni Municipality ward councillors gatvol with the poor service delivery, take to the streets and blockade the entrance to the municipality building. TheCitizenNews Read the full story here⬇️

Garbage dumped outside the gates of Emfuleni Local Municipality in Vanderbijlpark. Photo: Zacharia Nale

A group of ward councillors from areas falling under the troubled local municipality – such as Sebokeng and Evaton – staged a protest in Emfuleni this week. They demanded better services to their communities.that have been raised include high mast lights that are not working, potholes, sewerage and the non-removal of refuse., one of the ward councillors Sefatsa Sefatsa accused the municipality of not taking its residents seriously.

He said they are expecting to hear back from the municipality within a week on how it intends addressing all outstanding service delivery issues.Another ward councillor, who did not want to be named, echoed Sefatsa’s sentiments, saying they are expecting nothing less than a detailed plan on how the municipality will implement all unfinished service delivery projects when they meet in a week’s time.

The distraught-sounding ward councillor said it is worrying that the municipality is only now committing to attend to residents’ concerns. “There are residents in Palm Springs and Evaton West who have been experiencing water shortages for more than a month now and this is just unacceptable.”threatened to boycott paying for municipal services, citing poor service delivery.Emfuleni is currently governed through a coalition arrangement led by the African National Congress .

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