Strike action looms as Komani civic organisations with residents plan to disrupt the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality’s confidential council meeting at the Jesus Christ Church today. The fed-up Komani residents want the local municipality to be dissolved due to dissatisfaction with service delivery.
The call to have the local municipality dissolved had formed part of the number of demands that were raised by residents at a peaceful protest march which took place at Queens Casino on Saturday.
Residents had blocked the two entrances to prevent the ANC Gala Dinner guests from accessing the venue until ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula addressed them. They were also at odds with the ruling party hosting its 111th Birthday Celebration while they were confronted with the power crises in their residential areas.
The peaceful protest action was fuelled by the technical power glitches that had plagued parts of Komani areas over the past week, with some even for longer periods. Read the full story in The Rep.