eThekwini Municipality has lost more than R3.5 million in property damage as a result of a strike by municipal workers, KZN Premier Willies Mchunu said.
Durban - eThekwini Municipality has lost more than R3,5 million in property damage as a result of the violent strike by municipal workers, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu said on Friday.
Mchunu was briefing the media on the strike by the eThekwini municipal workers which largely involve the Water and Sanitation Unit and Durban Solid Waste departments, has led to water being cut off for days in certain areas. A government intervention task team has been appointed to facilitate discussion and ensure a speedy resolution to the impasse.
"We now have a situation where hotels housing international guests are without water. On Wednesday, the Metro escorted water tankers to various hotels across on the beachfront, as well as various areas across eThekwini such as KwaMakhutha, KwaMashu, Folweni, etc. This will have huge repercussion for us in the long term."
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