'I will not be paying' - ratepayers lash out as garbage piles up amid Durban metro strike

eThekwini Metro ratepayers vented their frustrations on Monday after it was announced that refuse collection would not take place due to an ongoing strike.

Strike action is also hitting residents hard in Durban's poorer areas and many residents are without toilets and electricity,"Cleansing and Solid Waste is currently unable to provide refuse service collection and street sweeping in and around Durban due to the ongoing strike action," the municipality said on its"We kindly request that you keep all refuse within properties, or to take it to your nearest landfill site [in] Mariannhill, Ilovu or Buffelsdraai.

"I am old. I don't have the strength to go fetch water on the other side of the township where water is still available.""I am unemployed. I don't have enough money to pay them."

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