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Frightened and fed-up ward councillors who are under siege from criminals have lambasted the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality for its sluggish approach in providing adequate security for their offices.
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The residents have accused ward councillor Simphiwe Tyukana (ANC) of failing to provide them with basic services. Public Order Police dispersed the protesters with rubber bullets at 08:00 and opened the road. 'Seven days to respond' The protest was organised by residents of about a dozen settlements. Ward 41 is one of the biggest wards, where the municipality has been relocating people, many of them destitute and elderly, from wetlands across the municipality. Monwabisi Yani, a community leader, explained that on 8 April they had handed a petition to City Council Speaker Jonathan Lawack. "We ...
. Some were dressed in their nightgowns. From as early as 3am they came. On Thursday morning, about 400 Nelson Mandela Bay residents closed the R75 Uitenhage Road and Mission Road with burning tyres and rocks. Some live in informal settlements, others in RDP houses. They all want to have electricity, water and sanitation. They are fed up that municipal officials have not responded to a petition they submitted on 8 April. They also want the Housing Development Agency (HDA) to be removed from building RDP houses in ward 41 where they come from. The residents have accused ward councillor Simphiw...