Residents of informal settlements established during lockdown in 2020 want the City of Cape Town to fire the company contracted to clean in the township.
The shack dwellers 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 these issues on 30 January. As a result, cleaners at the company stopped working from 31 January. They are expected to resume work this week.
Meanwhile, to try to resolve the impasse, mayoral committee member for waste management Grant Twigg met ward councillors and community leaders at the Khayelitsha Training Centre last week. A group of residents picketed outside the centre during the meeting. Community activist Nonceba Ndlebe said: “We want Twigg to fire Mega Ndira Resources and hire a new company to clean areas such as Wetland, Sanitiser, Noxolo Xawuka and others.”
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 10 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.
Following the most recent meeting with Twigg, Delmaine Cottee, subcouncil 10 chairperson, confirmed that the company’s contract will expire at the end of April.“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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