A Moot resident says he is worried about a months old “massive” water leak at a soccer field in the west of Pretoria.
Jan Smith, who lives in his car and moves around the area, said water has been leaking in Slegtkamp Street since October last year.
“It just keeps getting bigger and bigger, so much so that ducks are using the water to bath,” he said.
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“If you look at the grass on the field, you can actually see how far the water leak goes due to the difference in the grass colour.”
The field in Slegtkamp Street was a soccer field owned by the Tshwane metro.
“On weekends, they still play soccer here,” he said.
“I believe the water leak was caused by something wrong with the pipes under the ground.
“I told the municipal workers this early last year, when they first fixed the leak,” Smith said.
“It was not long then it started leaking again.”
He said the water leak was problematic.
“We are now approaching winter time, which means that water will become scarce,” he said.
“This water that keeps coming out is a waste.”
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He said the field also posed other problems.
“On the premises, there is a building that was previously used as ablution facilities,” he said.
“This building has been completely stripped on the inside by criminals. Parts of the outside palisades have also been stolen,” he said.
Another resident who preferred to remain anonymous for fear of her safety said sometimes there were vagrants who did “unlawful activities” at the building.
“There is one person that I regularly see at the park,” she said.
“He opens the gate for others to get access.”
Smith said he suspected that these people were involved in prostitution and drugs.
“There was a time last year where there were more than 10 vagrants living in the ablution block, but I reported it to the metro,” he said.
“They were removed shortly after.”
DA ward councillor Elma Nel said she was aware of the water leak.
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She added, however, that Smith did not follow the correct procedure when he reported the leak.
“It is of utmost importance that residents follow the correct procedure when reporting municipal issues to us,” she said.
“We can only escalate issues, but for us to do so, we need a reference number and, if possible, a picture of the issue.”
The Tshwane metro did not comment at the time of going to press.
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