Municipal Manager, Mr Bheki Khenisa, says that the municipality was instructed by the provincial government to remain closed until a thorough inspection can be done by the department to ensure the municipality has the necessary Covid-19 precautions in place.<\/p>\n
Licencing is a provincial competency and therefore the municipality must adhere to the instruction to remain closed for now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have communicated our readiness to open to the province but have been instructed to remain closed until an inspection has been done,\u201d Mr Khenisa told\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The province has not notified the municipality as to when the inspection will be conducted.<\/p>\n
Mr Khenisa says that complaints should thus be forwarded to the Mpumalanga Provincial Government as the municipality is only following order.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are ready to open and will do so when the province allows us, we apologize for any inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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