Residents attend service delivery meeting

Despite the cold weather over the weekend, about 60 members of the community in Winnie Mandela Zone 2 attended a report-back service delivery meeting that was conducted by the DA.

The meeting was held at Thembinkosi School for LSEN on Saturday.

Speaking to the residents, the DA’s Clr Nkosinathi Madonsela said they submitted two petitions pertaining to lack of electricity and poor sanitation.

The petitions were submitted to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM).

“It was resolved that we are going to approach the right channels to address the issues. We have submitted the petitions and are still waiting for feedback from Ekurhuleni. We will also try and exhaust all other avenues to ensure these issues are resolved,” he said.

Residents who attended said they will continue to connect electricity illegally until the EMM intervenes by connecting them into the electricity network.

“Since 1994, we have been using pit toilets. We have no electricity, no houses or stands, and no water. We are relying on terminal taps. Our toilets are full and we do not know where else to go. We are frustrated. We have been told that our area is dolomitic but we see unnecessary buildings being constructed within the very same dolomitic space,” said some of the residents.

The DA’s Bronberg Constituency chairperson, Clr Eulbri Magesi Kubayi, said their last resort will be to take the issues to the Human Rights Court, as they believe that basic human rights of the Winnie Mandela Zone 2 residents are being violated.

“Members of the community are fed up and disgruntled,” he said.

A request for comment was sent to the EMM on September 7.

At the time of going to print, no comment had been received.