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EThekwini won’t say what it pays plumbing middlemen

Plumbers question the value and sense of the appointment of a panel of companies to manage them on behalf of the municipality

A cable that contractors tied around a gate to the Pinetown municipal water and sanitation depot during a protest in July. Photo: Joseph Bracken

Plumbers are up in arms about a new five-company panel that subcontracts plumbers instead of the eThekwini municipality allocating jobs directly.

The municipality says the change was necessary to comply with the Municipal Finance Management Act.

But the new system has sparked protests over late payments and raised questions about fees paid.

Although the municipality announced in August that the panel would no longer deduct a 15% fee from plumbers, it has not clarified what management fees it pays the panel.

Plumbers in eThekwini are up in arms about a new municipal system of sub-contracting them…

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