Service delivery in Standerton remains a hot topic
The municipal manager at the Lekwa Municipality said the Standerton Water Treatment Plant’s limited capacity against the demand exceeded the design capacity, resulting in microbiological failures in the water.
Service delivery in Standerton is a controversial affair. Malosi Lamola, the municipal manager at the Lekwa Municipality, cautioned residents this past week to boil water for consumption.
According to Lamola, the Standerton Water Treatment Plant’s limited capacity against the demand exceeds the design capacity, resulting in microbiological failures in the water.
Water should be boiled when preparing food, brushing teeth and making ice, but not for washing and bathing.
Angel Khanyile, the DA member of Parliament, said on August 3 that this was evidence that service delivery under the Lekwa Community Forum (LCF) administration kept deteriorating.
“We will report this matter to the South African Human Rights Commission. It is not as if we were getting any clean water, and we have raised the issue of under-purified water with the municipality,” Khanyile said.
She further said the water delivered by water trucks was not of good quality.
“The LCF lacks the capacity to deal with issues about service delivery.”
According to a notice from Lekwa regarding the power interruptions, the incomer 33kv breaker from Eskom’s transformer 12 did not reset after load-shedding. It caused about a 30-minute delay in restoring the electricity.
The breaker is scheduled for replacement on August 22. Lekwa’s clean-up campaign continued in Ward 6 on August 3, and Mayor Delani Louis Thabethe launched it on Burger Street on July 5.
Thabethe previously said they would launch it there but would embark on this programme continuously in the municipality’s various wards.
According to their communications manager, Lubabalo Majenge, the team was in Ward 6 since August 2, clearing illegal dumping sites, sweeping the streets and more.
Several areas in Wards 10 and 3 were cleaned in the past weeks as part of the ongoing clean-up campaign on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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Seipati Modise, the MMC for Community Services and Safety, said residents must follow appropriate waste management practices such as not throwing litter on the street, using litter bins, taking out refuse on the scheduled collection days and desisting from dumping illegally in an open space.
“We urge residents and businesses to play their part in maintaining cleanliness in their surroundings and ensuring a healthy environment because a healthy environment leads to healthy living,” she added.
Residents were encouraged to help keep Lekwa clean by disposing of waste responsibly. The Lekwa Clean-Up Crew took matters into their own hands and cleaned the area at the back of a house this past week.
“This is unacceptable,” Jannie Kasselman, a resident commented on a WhatsApp group.
