Newlands East community protests against high water and electricity bills

Durban — Newlands East residents held a protest on Wednesday opposing the electricity and water bill tariffs increases which the eThekwini Municipality is set to impose.Protest organiser and representative of the Newlands East Interim Crisis Committee, Graham Gaines, said that committee represented the interests of the community of Newlands East.Gaines said a group of concerned persons within the community had come together to raise the concerns of this marginalised community. Gaines said there were a myriad social and service delivery issues that the committee wished to raise. Central…