Call for Plato to intervene in alleged racism, unfair practices at City of Cape Town
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Cape Town - The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has demanded more dialogue with the City of Cape Town or they may intensify demonstrations “until they are heard”.
A group of members on Saturday gathered at the Civic Centre where they accused the City of Cape Town of, among other things, racism and unfair disciplinary processes on shop stewards.
They handed over a memorandum of demands calling for among others, the intervention of Mayor Dan Plato in a case involving a traffic services supervisor who is currently facing three disciplinary processes.
Stage 1 load shedding for City of Cape Town customers until 10pm
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Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has said that its customers will be on Stage 1 load shedding until 10pm tonight after Eskom announced that the rest of the country will be on Stage 2.
Load shedding, which will be implemented from 4pm today, will last until 5am tomorrow.
“This load shedding has been caused by the higher demand as a result of the cold front settling in much earlier than expected, as well as high breakdowns of generation units,” Eskom said.
They added that generation supply constraints would persist throughout the high winter demand period, which increased the likelihood of load shedding.
Mayor Dan Plato said the emphasis was placed on ensuring that the budget would not further cause economic hardship amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, and that through extensive expenditure cuts, rates and tariff increases were kept to a minimum.
The City of Cape Town’s proposed annual budget for the 2021/22 financial year, tabled at a special council meeting on Wednesday, has been slammed for alleged “acute contradictions”.
Malherbe Nienaber
Both the ANC and GOOD party have raised concerns about governance within the City of Cape Town.
The questions about governance arose after councillor Nora Grose handed herself over to the Hawks last Thursday over allegations of misappropriated funds.
Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell said the City was accountable to the provincial government.
Opposition parties in the Western Cape legislature have locked horns with Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell over his refusal to respond to questions about the City of Cape Town.
Both the ANC and GOOD party raised concerns about governance within the City.