Cape Flats residents protest against service delivery

By Tarryn Le Chat
21 October 2006

About 100 residents of Elsies River, Uitsig and Bishop Lavis joined the rolling service delivery protest against the City of Cape Town yesterday.

The group gathered in front of the Goodwood municipality in voortrekker road, protesting against a lack of cleaning services and the state of council flats.

A daily newspaper, reports that the protests were arranged by Elsies River Peace forun, which handed a memorandum to the sub-council shairperson Theresa Thompson.

Elsies River residents said that the dirty streets and leaking drains posed a health risk to children.