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The Ekurhuleni Metro announced earlier this week, due to unrelenting pressure from AfriForum branches in the area, that the municipality will hire waste removal vehicles as part of a project to tackle the backlog of rubbish removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows after AfriForum contacted the municipality several times regarding complaints from the community about the backlog and poor service delivery of garbage removal. AfriForum\u2019s branches in Kempton Park and Springs\u2019 legal team then presented the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality with a letter of demand on 2 February, requiring the municipality to resolve poor service delivery of rubbish removal and put forward an action plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The municipality hired 36 waste removal vehicles to restore the municipality\u2019s fleet to capacity, as well as waste removal schedules to deal with the backlog. Tania Campbell, the mayor of the Ekuruhleni Metro, received the equipment on Monday 27 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAfriForum welcomes the initiative and supports the project,\u201d says Jurie Ferreira, District Coordinator for the East Rand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMunicipal Systems Act, No. 32 of 2000 requires that waste management services be delivered to all local communities in a financially and environmentally responsible manner to promote the accessibility of basic services and sustainable waste management. AfriForum will monitor waste management in the East Rand by putting pressure on the municipality so that the community receives the services which they are entitled to,\u201d says Petrus Coetzee, adviser for Local Government Affairs at AfriForum.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To get involved, or to join: SMS \u201cKempton Park\u201d, or \u201cSprings\u201d to 45340 (R1) and become part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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