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Illegal Strike by Electricity and Energy officials places strain on Electricity Service

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to assure the residents and ratepayers of Nelson Mandela Bay that the Municipality is working around the clock to make sure that employees of its Electricity and Energy Direcorate who are currently on an illegal strike resume their duties immediately.

Since last Friday, some employees in the Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate have been on an illegal strike, based on dissatisfaction with issues related to allowances. This strike has placed considerable strain on the services that the Directorate renders to the public and caused delays in attending to electricity related problems, because of the absence of dedicated staff to deal with them. The Municipality wishes to extend an apology to residents for the inconvenience that has been caused by this strike.

This morning, a delegation, led by the Portfolio Chairperson of Infrastructure and Engineering, Cllr Andile Mfunda, met the striking employees in a bid to find common ground.  Afterwards, Cllr Mfunda said: “We apologise to our residents and businesses that have been affected by this strike. We are doing all that we can to bring the situation to normal. I have already met the striking workers to talk to them about their grievances and the importance of them going back to work. The meeting was progressive and we hope to have a solution that will lead to normality before Friday this week”.  Cllr Mfunda added that residents should continue to register their electricity related queries or complaints with the Call Centre. “Although we will not be able to attend to complaints immediately, we will try our best to reach everyone,” said Cllr Mfunda.

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