Audience becomes rowdy and walks out of meeting
The community of an informal settlement asked when they will be given proper toilets.
A meeting between residents of Ward 5 and 6 and the Lekwa Municipality was adjourned because the audience became rowdy, being dissatisfied with the answers.
The municipality visited them at Sakhile Hall last Thursday evening as part of their consultation meetings.
According to Ms Caroline Morajane, executive mayor, they are launching projects and visit the community to hear their views about them.
Members of the Lekwa Youth Club introduced the club to the audience and Mr Sello Sauhatsi, secretary, informed them about the services the centre offers.
The mayor also thanked the club for what they are doing in the community.
“It is nice to see young people doing constructive things rather than sitting in the corner,” she said.
The council informed the residents about the budget as to how much they will spend on rates.
According to the municipality, the following projects have been completed and some are almost completed.
Most of the streetlights are being fixed in Sakhile and in town, Santa Road was paved, the old water pipes are being changed and a new reservoir has been constructed in order for people in Ext 2 and parts of Ext 7 to have access to clean water.
According to the mayor, the projects will be completed by the end of June.
The water treatment plant construction will also be completed before the end of June.
The community was urged to pay their municipal bills so the municipality can have enough money to complete these projects.
The community was giving the opportunity to raise questions about these projects.
A resident asked if the municipality has statistics as to how many people have died since the water problem.
In response, the municipality said the water is clean and no doctor has confirmed a case where a person died because of it.
The community of an informal settlement asked when they will be given proper toilets.
According to the municipality, there is nothing they can do to develop informal settlements until studies are conducted to ascertain whether the place is suitable for development.
The community of Mandela, an informal settlement in Sakhile, was disappointed to hear what the council said.
“The ruling party has disappointed us and the leadership is not acting in our best interest,” a resident said.
They alleged that according to a metro plan of 2002, the area was to be developed.
