Nothing is set in stone yet and an announcement of which departments will be open to the public will be communicated later this week.<\/p>\n
Only 30% of the municipality\u2019s entire workforce will be allowed back to work.<\/p>\n
Presently the municipality is sanitising all public spaces within the municipality ahead of the re-opening of the departments next week.<\/p>\n
No decisions have been taken about the opening of the town planning department for the public yet, though personnel will also return to work next week.<\/p>\n
Municipal spokesperson Ms Prudence Magutle says that the municipality is still on Level 5 lockdown regulations for the remainder of the week.<\/p>\n
She said that management is still deciding on which staff members will be allowed back, and how much public access to allow to the respective departments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will confirm which department will be opened to the public by the end of the week,\u201d she told\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>, adding that a detailed layout of services would be given to\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za\u00a0<\/b>to inform the public.<\/p>\n
Once the civic centre has been sanitised and opened to the public, strict social distancing rules will apply while strict access control, to control numbers, will be implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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