MK Party members march to Durban city hall over service delivery

About 3,000 Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party supporters marched to the city hall in Durban on Friday to air out their grievances about how the city is governed.

According to a post on X by the MK party, the march to the Durban City Hall shows demand for service delivery from eThekwini Municipality. See video below.

UMkhonto WeSizwe Party submitting the memorandum to eThekwini Municipality executives. The municipality has deteriorated and has failed the residents of eThekwini. We demand change now and intervention. #VoteMK2024 🍀 MK Party pic.twitter.com/OqNgsbGNLW

— uMkhonto WeSizwe Party (@MkhontoweSizwex) March 1, 2024

MK: THE CITY IS NEGLECTED AND FACING WATER SHORTAGES

“The City has deteriorated with people of eThekwini neglected by the Municipality,” says the MK party. Recently, large parts of the city of Durban have been battling water shortages.

Timeslive reported that according to a political activist, Chris Biyela, the protest was intended to voice the protesters’ dissatisfaction with governance in the city. He cited rolling power blackouts, water cuts, and joblessness as some of their concerns.

‘WE ARE ACTING ON CONCERNS RAISED BY COMMUNITY’ SAYS ACTIVIST

“We are acting on the concerns raised by community members battling,” said Biyela.

Rev Zibusele Ngcobo, from Grace Kingdom church in Mariannhill, said members of his church had been affected by the service delivery problems. “We are concerned because our members are also feeling the pinch [because of] all the wrong things happening in our country,” said Ngcobo.

A strong police presence was visible at the demonstration. The march comes as the city faces a wildcat strike by mainly solid waste workers over wages.

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