Water interruption angers residents
Mr Monyai said residents of Umthambeka experienced water interruptions last week and no one from the council came to address them as to why their water supply had been cut off from their homes.
Residents of Umthambeka Section in Tembisa are fed up with the water interruptions, which in the past have resulted in service delivery protests.
Mr Molatelo Monyai said this is due to lack of accountability, transparency, incompetency, poor governance and poor leadership.
Mr Monyai said residents of Umthambeka experienced water interruptions last week and no one from the council came to address them as to why their water supply had been cut off from their homes.
“Surely the Ekurhuleni Municipality has adequate resources. It should have come with another mechanism or strategy to inform the community of Tembisa, either through communication channels or through the media. I was perturbed to see children and the old, walking in groups, carrying buckets to fetch water from a communal tap servicing squatter residents in the Kanana area. They claim they are charged between R5 and R10 per 20 litre of water by runners,” said Mr Monyai.
Mr Monyai explained that as the taps ran dry, those who run car wash businesses (many are run by unemployed youngsters) find it difficult to make ends meet as this was their only source of income.
“The Ekurhuleni Metro held an imbizo on Wednesday last week at the Rabasotho Community Hall. Once people’s needs are not addressed or their promises are not met, they resort to violence in protest for poor service delivery. Councillors and ward committees seem to have lost touch with their communities,” said Mr Monyai.
The Tembisan requested comment from the Ekurhuleni Municipality by February 23 at 9am. No comment has been received.
