Durban refuse removal workers protest

About 200 municipal rubbish removal workers disrupted morning rush-hour traffic in Durban.

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Durban – About 200 municipal rubbish removal workers disrupted morning rush-hour traffic in Durban on Tuesday.

Police spokesman Major Thulani Zwane said that about 200 workers from Durban Solid Waste, the municipal entity tasked with waste removal and recycling, protested on the Mangosuthu Highway in Umlazi near the Megacity Shopping Mall.

Zwane said police were monitoring the situation and that there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.

Municipal spokeswoman Tozi Mthethwa said that municipal officials met with the protesters.

Mthethwa said that the protesters were employees, employed under the Expanded Public Works Programme.

She said that the protest was brought to an end after it was agreed that “members of the City leadership” would meet with the protesters soon.

Mthethwa did not state what the protesters’ grievances were, or when exactly the meeting would take place.

African News Agency

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