eThekwini mayor intervenes to calm residents fed up with lack of service delivery 24 May 2021 - 15:52 eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda stepped in to calm angry residents who protested on Monday morning about lack of service delivery in their area of Reservoir Hills. File photo. Image: Sandile Ndlovu
eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda convened an urgent meeting with aggrieved residents in the Durban suburb of Reservoir Hills after they blockaded roads on Monday morning to vent their anger over the lack of service delivery.
The municipality said in a statement that the mayor visited the area after the protest.
Among the issues raised by the community include the lack of maintenance of public ablution facilities and the installation of electricity in houses that were affected by fire.
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Yolanda Palezweni Digital Reporter 24 May 2021
“They always remember us during election time when they need our votes and put us on hold after.”
That was the shared sentiment of 14 families who have been living in bungalows for a decade waiting for their RDP houses in Daku.
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