Municipality disconnects illegal water connections
On June 5 the Nkomazi Local Municipality disconnected numerous illegal water connections in this community, which as a result has affected the water supply in other areas.
BLOCK C – On June 5 the Nkomazi Local Municipality disconnected numerous illegal water connections in this community, which as a result has affected the water supply in other areas.
Speaking to this journalist, the spokesman for the municipality, Mr Cyril Ripinga, said the existing water infrastructure had been negatively affected by illegal connections.
“We face a major problem regarding the scarcity of water. When the municipality put infrastructures in place to address this, we are confronted by these illegal connections. Therefore we are removing all of them, because other sections have been affected and reservoirs have not been filling up as they should,” explained Ripinga.
Ripinga explained that they were in the process of properly reconnecting all the illegal connections. “Residents whose pipes have been disconnected, can come forward to the municipality and request us to restore their water supply.”
Residents didn’t welcome the removal of these illegal water connections, saying the municipality was unjust. “We are unhappy with what the municipality is doing. We voted that we would also receive services. But the manner in which the municipality is treating us, does not sit well with us. It should install taps for us, and if we then continue to still connect pipes illegally, we are guilty. If we never had voted, government wouldn’t be government, because it is only government because of the people,” said an unhappy resident.
