EThekwini Mayor Councillor Mxolisi Kaunda has resolved service delivery challenges at the Umgudulu Informal Settlement in Reservoir Hills. The Mayor’s intervention comes after a public engagement with residents today, 30 May.

 

Mayor Kaunda visited the area following a service delivery protest earlier this week. He announced today that electricity will be reinstalled in the area. Furthermore, a contractor has been appointed to repair non-functional ablution facilities.

 

Mayor Kaunda also deployed a team of officials from various departments to work closely with the informal settlement committee to ensure that illegal dump sites are cleared. The officials have also been tasked with ensuring that water leaks are fixed, and other challenges are addressed.

 

“Upon hearing the concerns raised by residents, as eThekwini Municipality we took a decision to intervene urgently on the two challenges which were the reinstallation of electricity and the non-functional ablution facilities. Our progress report has addressed these two critical challenges because we are a government that listens and puts the needs of the people first,” he said.

 

Mayor Kaunda assured residents of the Municipality’s commitment to accelerate service delivery in the area. He also urged residents to use proper channels to communicate their grievances.

 

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Issued by the Office of the Mayor. For more information, kindly contact Mayoral Spokesperson Mluleki Mntungwa on 060 974 1140.