Every municipal contract which seeks to duplicate the work of staff who are already paid by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to do the job will be thoroughly scrutinised‚ says Mayor Athol Trollip. This is an attempt to clamp down on irregularities and what Trollip termed “seriously serial bad practices”. Cracking the whip on senior managers of the municipality on Tuesday‚ Trollip demanded better planning and communication about crises in the municipality‚ saying he had been kept in the dark. He cited an alleged “go-slow” by the municipality’s refuse collection workers as an example‚ saying despite being told that the strike was over‚ the city was dirtier than ever. Trollip was speaking at the city’s first open mayoral committee meeting‚ reported The Herald The meetings were previously closed to the public. About the alleged go-slow‚ Trollip said: “When we have a crisis‚ I expect daily reports about progress and what is happening to deal with that crisis. “I’m in the dark. I don’t know if our staff are back at work. I don’t know why we are delivering 10% of the refuse to the tip. I don’t know why they are on a go-slow. I’m not informed‚” he said. - TMG Digital/HeraldLIVE..