In the meantime, they had to live with sewage water running down the street.
According to residents, Metsi-aLekoa explained that the holdup was due to the fact that they were waiting on authorization for a special kind of pipe which was needed to fix the problem.
Residents added that it only seemed like there was some reaction after Vangie Molefe had emailed resident’s woes to the office of the Gauteng Premier.
Molefe said, however, Metsi-aLekoa had already inspected the problem and issued numerous promises.
The workers arrived after she visited the offices recently.
Molefe said the smell of the sewage is so bad that her pets and children are confined indoors home.
Metsi-a-Lekoa stated in their report that apparently the roots of trees in the area were causing the pipes to burst. Molefe said Mbatha Qiniso, an inspector from the Department of Health, visited the are on September 17.
“He was devastated about the conditions we had to live in,” said Molefe. She said Mbatha played a huge roll in sorting out the problem before he left.
“I want to thank him for his dedication and willingness to help,” Molefe concluded.