Protest will turn city into 'pigsty'

EXPANDED Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers have vowed to bring service delivery in Kimberley to a standstill if they are not permanently absorbed by the Sol Plaatje Municipality.

- SANDI KWON HOO

Rubble, bricks and burning tyres were strewn across the entrance of the Ashburnham council yard this week. Municipal vehicles may not be able to refuel if the gates remain closed.

The workers said yesterday that their protest action would continue until their demands were met.

"We are the ones doing the dirty work — cleaning the streets, parks and graveyards. Without us, no work will be done — we will see who collects the refuse. The city will be turned into a pigsty," they said.