Metro working on slowly restoring services to its residents amid strike
“I remain hopeful that the municipality will be able to sort out its issues with workers,” says a resident.
As the metro slowly restores services, some residents are left frustrated with the pace at which the municipality is moving in the delivery of others.
The metro recently started collecting waste in the evenings to reduce the backlog.
Ward 59 councillor Shaun Wilkinson told Rekord that the measure was the metro’s way of ramping up service.
Wilkinson said services were not fully restored as the majority of workers were still on strike, which would delay response time.
“There might be a resumption of regular services on Wednesday,” he said.
Lerato Mokoena, a resident in the Pretoria CBD, said she could see the difference along Pretorius and Bosman streets.
Mokoena added that there were areas in the city where garbage was visible.
“I remain hopeful that the municipality will be able to sort out its issues with workers. I just want to applaud workers who risk their lives to work in making sure that they preserve the city’s image and cleanness,” she added.
Meanwhile, Wilkinson said the metro was using contractors at this point, saying that they would also be working at night to catch up on the backlog.
He said workers would be going back to their weekly schedule.
Furthermore, he said refuse collection in Muckleneuk and Lucasrand was expected to take place on Monday evening.
The metro’s service nightmare comes after it did not implement the 5.4% staff salary increase ordered by the South African local government bargaining council (SALGBC) as per the 2021 collective agreement, which was supposed to take effect from July 1.
Tshwane metro intended to apply for an exemption from the order after claiming its coffers could not sustain the increases.
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