Pretoria – The burning of the Mngeni Municipality offices has been strongly condemned by the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, as well Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Nomusa Dube Ncube.
It is believed that municipal workers attacked the arts and culture offices of the municipality and further attempted a break into Mayor Mbali Mnyeni’s private residence where they emptied refuse containers at the weekend.
The municipal workers were apparently demanding a wage increase.
MEC Mchunu on Saturday strongly condemned the action, saying it was a disgrace, uncalled for and needed to be condemned with “all the contempt it deserves”.
“It sets back the programme of delivery as the municipality now has to divert money [meant] for service delivery to fix the damage that should not have happened in the first place” said MEC Mchunu.
MEC Dube-Ncube said she was outraged by the incident.
“As government we recognise the constitutional right to unhappiness within the legal prescripts by any member of society, but we deplore violence, intimidation and destruction of property built at the tax payers’ expense.
“We call on the law enforcement agencies to take whatever action is necessary to bring those responsible for this dastardly deed to book.” – SAnews.gov.za
