Offices home to snakes and rodents
The district has been informed about this several times but nothing has been done to deal with the problem.
THE circuit inspectors’ offices in Gamalakhe have become a danger zone rather than a workplace to its employees. The overgrown grass is providing a hiding place for snakes and other vermin.
This centre of the Department of Education has not been painted nor renovated since 1997. The board on the entrance is hidden by the bush. The district has been informed about this several times but nothing has been done to deal with the problem. Sihle Mlotshwa, the department spokesman, said that they don’t know all the office statuses because there are too many of them in KwaZulu-Natal.
He added that they are very disappointed because this is a public place and it is supposed to be a clean environment. “This is certainly unacceptable. Public offices should be clean at all times,” he said. He concluded by saying that he would look into this.
