Mthonjaneni Local Municipality to reopen on Monday
Cooperative Governance officials say the offices of Mthonjaneni Local Municipality in Melmoth, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, will reopen on Monday.
The building's being decontaminated and sanitised after 19 employees tested positive for COVID-19.
The department says in the meantime, staff are working remotely.
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MEC Sipho Hlomuka says employees are being tested and contact tracing's underway.
"[The mayor] promised me that the service delivery will continue even though there are those cases, but they are fumigating the offices now," he says.
