{"id":43592,"date":"2023-10-09T17:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/city-of-cape-town-reinstates-waste-collection-in-gugulethu-philippi-east-and-nyanga-20231009\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:31:11","slug":"city-of-cape-town-reinstates-waste-collection-in-gugulethu-philippi-east-and-nyanga-20231009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/city-of-cape-town-reinstates-waste-collection-in-gugulethu-philippi-east-and-nyanga-20231009\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Cape Town reinstates waste collection in Gugulethu, Philippi East and Nyanga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Waste collection services in Gugulethu, Philippi East\/Lower Crossroads and Nyanga have been reinstated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This came after the City\u2019s Urban Waste Management employees were robbed and attacked in Lower Crossroads and KTC respectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Services in these areas were temporarily disrupted because refuse-collection staff received threats of attack unless the City paid protection fees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Waste collection services in Gugulethu, Philippi East\/Lower Crossroads and Nyanga have been reinstated and are expected to resume today (Monday 9 October) under security protection if all goes as planned. This came after the City\u2019s Urban Waste Management employees were robbed and attacked in Lower Crossroads and KTC respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayco Member for Urban Waste Management Grant Twigg said services in these areas were temporarily disrupted because refuse-collection staff received threats of attack unless the City paid protection fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe waste-collection services in affected areas have been reinstated under security protection,\u201d he said. \u201cResidents are asked please to be patient as we deal with the backlog. We appreciate their cooperation during this time. 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