Zikalala and Cele not addressing the construction mafia threat in Cape Town for political purposes
22 April 2024
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, and the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, are failing to take action against construction mafia syndicates in Cape Town for political expediency despite repeated pleas from the City for urgent intervention.
While the City is working hard to ensure the continued delivery of services to residents across the metro through infrastructure maintenance, roving criminal networks are disrupting construction sights and causing delays in project finalization. In turn, when residents don’t get the services that they are entitled to, they blame the City.
This suits the political agenda of Zikalala, Cele and the ANC as community anger, on delayed infrastructure/service delivery projects, is used for political campaign purposes.
Over the weekend, the City of Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill Lewis, exposed how the City has been forced to provide a tactical armed team on site to complete a sewer and storm water upgrade in one of the communities after disruptions from construction mafia elements.