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Buffalo City Metro is pinning its hopes on a “consortium of outside experts” to deal with the many challenges relating to infrastructure development and maintenance, which will cost a projected R25 million a year.
Buffalo City Metro’s staff overtime bill has ballooned to R35.4m in just three months, prompting the cash-strapped municipality to clamp down on overtime payments as creditors close the taps. On Thursday, some traffic officers complained that their municipal petrol cards had been declined at filling stations.
The Buffalo City Metro has hit another temporary setback after the East London high court ordered it to reconnect the electricity of residents it had cut off.
The commission for conciliation, mediation and arbitration (CCMA) has ordered Buffalo City Metro to pay workers, who had not received their salaries for three months, more than R500,000.About 150 workers, who specifically focus on cleaning, were hired five years ago for BCM’s master project, and placed under various directorates.
Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku has apologised to the family of infrastructure and engineering services head Nceba Ncunyana, who died in a hail of bullets last week.Ncunyana, 52, was shot dead on the N2 near Ntabozuko (formerly Berlin) on October 11.