City Exco extracts

THE 464th sitting of the City of uMhlathuze Executive Committee (Exco) took place on Tuesday. Report on selected items by Dave Savides

Gas leak mystery persists

Preliminary examinations into the gas leak on 27 February that mostly affected pupils at Richards Bay High School show the source and cause to be undetermined after extensive investigation.

However, a joint government hierarchical investigation team comprising all relevant sections will conduct inspections during the first week of April to conclude their findings on the incident.

Airport set for lift-off

A service level agreement will be drawn up between uMhlathuze Municipality and Airports Company South Africa to render management services for a period of 60 months.

Going up

The uMhlathuze Municipality has awarded the tender to Amagwaba Construction, to replace the lifts at Richards Bay Civic Centre and Empangeni Civic 2, in the amount of R5 405 977.

Libraries still well used

The third quarter (Oct-Dec 2021) report shows the city’s public libraries are still well used.

Numbers through the doors were: Aquadene

371, Brackenham 4 824, Empangeni 25 685, eNseleni 655, eSikhaleni 2 837, Ngwelenana 3 484, Ntambanana 399, Richards Bay 22 472

Teams on fire

Fire and rescue operations during the Oct-Dec quarter indicate that firefighters were kept extremely busy.

Blazes attended were: 22 formal and 22 informal dwellings; one restaurant; one garage/workshop; three outside storage; three conveyor belt; six vehicles; 53 bush and rubbish; eight electrical.

Fire damage was estimated at R117 533, while the value of property saves was around R593 248.

In addition, they attended 107 vehicle accidents during the period.

The switchboard handled 4 691 fire service and 2 165 non-fire service calls during the quarter.