KAMHLUSHWA – Nkomazi Local
Municipality mayor, Johan Mkhatshwa described the recent incident in Hhoyi as senseless after community members harassed health workers who were conducting screenings.
Mkhatshwa pointed out that government would never sell out its people and that misinformation and fake news leads to such acts.
“We had to swiftly intervene with police and reiterated our message through the community radio. There’s no such thing as health workers will infect people when they conduct screenings. These people are trained to assist the community. There’s only a questionnaire that will determine that one should go for testing,” he said.
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He also mentioned that he meets with essential workers of the municipality daily to come up with interventions that will fill gaps and improve its service delivery during the lockdown period.
Lockdown facts in Nkomazi:
1. Two community halls are quarantine sites.
2. Municipality privately hired more than 15 water tankers to double up on water provision.
3. Eight Covid-19 cases confirmed.
4. Sanitised it’s public facilities
