The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has sent a high-level rapid response team to the Mooi Mpofana local municipality to end the protest action which is blocking the traffic on the N3 highway near Mooi River.
“We are in communication with the disaffected community whose objective appears to be the removal of the local mayor. While we recognise the right of the community to protest, we urge protesters to be considerate to motorists who use the N3 in the vicinity of their town,” said KZN MEC for Cogta Nomusa Dube-Ncube.
KZN Cogta has successfully tested its rapid response mechanism in similar crises in other parts of the province and it is confident its intervention at Mooi Mpofana will resolve the issues behind the current crisis in this municipality.
“We believe in dialogue. Unless we engage the disaffected community in talks, there can be no hope of an acceptable solution to the current crisis. Our pledge to the people of Mooi Mpofana is as follows: We are here to listen and to act in your best interest,” said Dube-Ncube.
For more information:
Lennox Mabaso
Cogta spokesperson
Cell: 082 884 2403
