RNM STRIKE: Coast in crisis as community leaders demand answers [WATCH]
RNM is having a special council meeting this morning.
Port Shepstone town and surrounding areas are in a crisis due to the protest action, power outages and refuse that has not been collected in weeks.
Ray Nkonyeni Municipality workers have been on strike for weeks and have left Margate and Port Shepstone in a mess.
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Refuse bags were thrown all over town. On Friday morning the town woke up to no electricity, which is believed to have been sabotaged.
RNM has failed to come up with a solution for weeks and the workers will not back down, which is now affecting residents and businesses.
Senior leaders in the town, led by Selvan Chetty, say that if council fails to resolve this issue by midday today they will be calling for intervention by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to urgently find a speedy resolution to the current crisis.
RNM is having a special council meeting at the moment.
Chetty says that they believe that, given the current impasse and deadlock, that outside facilitation could help bring the parties to an amicable win-win agreement.
“The senior leaders supporting this idea are representatives of District Board of community police forum, local business, health, and affected ratepayer associations. Communities are calling us to lead them out of this crisis,” said Chetty.
In the meantime, RNM services are all on hold and workers are still on strike.
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