THE staff at Pinetown Magistrate’s Court have reported a challenge with rats at the court for months, and recently threatened to down tools if the matter is not properly dealt with.
According to the Department of Justice, the court manager addressed the situation by engaging the services of a pest control company but a few months later the problem resurfaced.
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KZN Department of Justice’s, Pat Moodley said it is clear the entire area is infested with rats and that they enter the court from the surrounding areas.
“We have engaged with the regional manager of the Dept of Public Works (DPW) who has undertaken to put in place an ongoing solution to the rat infestation at the Pinetown Court. We envisage that a contract with ongoing and regular monitoring and extermination will address the situation.
“While we are waiting for DPW to implement this long term solution, the Dept of Justice will engage a pest control company immediately to address this issue by this weekend,” said Moodley.
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