The Rand West City Local Municipality (RWCLM) has acknowledged its failure to collect refuse recently, but discouraged the action taken by AfriForum following the dumping of refuse outside the municipal offices on Friday morning.
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Tshidiso Thlaripe, RWCLM spokesperson said in a statement, “We are aware of the actions by AfriForum members who dumped waste at the municipal building. The municipality is in the process of seeking a private contractor who will collect refuse throughout Rand West City while the management and unions are still trying to find solutions to the issues raised by SAMWU.
“While we acknowledge our failure to collect refuse for the past two weeks, we discourage the grandstand action as taken by Afriforum. Their action undermined the spirit of self-respect and reveals some distasteful undertones.
“The municipality is still committed to providing quality services to our communities and we will post a schedule which will address backlogs on our website by Tuesday.”
The municipality did, however, pick up the refuse that was dumped. Watch the video below …
