It was alleged that on Tuesday they set alight two trucks belonging to Roadmac Surfacing, the contractor upgrading the highway between the Hilton and Tweedie interchange. Locals demanded they be given jobs.
The special agreement between the locals, the Project Steering Committee , uMngeni as well as the Mpofana Municipality states that workers who were hired by the previous contractor Basil Read were to be given priority. “If, for instance, people had been taken from uMngeni, they would then have to wait their turn until people from other wards were employed. People from Mpofana in Mooi River are fighting to be employed and do not want to follow the right process. They are forcing matters. They do not care about other wards and whether the jobs are available.”
“I had to speak to the N3 Toll Concession who promised to intervene, and while we were busy with that, we learnt of the burnt trucks.”Con Roux, N3TC spokesperson, said N3TC and the contractor engaged with locals in relation to the project through a Project Steering Committee and that the recent disruptions had occurred outside of the agreed structure.Craig Millar, Howick councillor, said the delays had a number of ramifications locally and nationally.
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