The residents of Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape are hoping that a protest to be staged on Wednesday, 12 September, at the council offices in Jeffrey's Bay, will provoke a positive reaction in improving local service delivery, which has reached an all-time low.
Numerous requests to the local governing body to attend to the rapidly deteriorating infrastructure have met with little success and residents are left with no choice but to make themselves visibly heard via protest action.
The unacceptable state of affairs experienced in parts of Kouga is merely part of a widespread phenomenon plaguing the country. Only 7 out of around 237 municipalities received a clean audit from the Auditor-General and, despite this, the situation in most parts of the country seems to be getting worse instead of improving.
Regarding the protest on Wednesday, the following is a statement from St Francis Bay Residents' Association secretary, Jacky Green:
"We will be gathering at the beach front (Dais Rd) at 9: 30 am to march on the municipal offices at 10:00 am. We will march up Oosterland Street to the municipal offices in Da Gama Road.
"A local company has offered a 32-seater bus for those without transport. It will depart at 8:45 am from God's Acre in Tarragona Street, Sea Vista. Those with transport are urged to please assist by going to God's Acre to ferry people to the march. If you are an employee, please give your staff time off to attend the march."
This is but the latest in a litany of protests countrywide calling on the government to provide capable leadership and effective service delivery.
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