DEAR Editor,-
I think it is time we all stopped accepting the myth of the ‘broken pipe’ that Ugu continually tries to sell consumers. When phoning Ugu for whatever reason, you are treated to a long diatribe about the wonderful community projects that Ugu is taking on with sports and youth development, all on your airtime of course!
It seems that Ugu is more concerned about the extracurricular activities it has taken on, rather than providing clean water to consumers, which should be its primary objective. Of course, all this is all smoke and mirrors to avoid closer investigation into how badly they have allocated funds and how badly pumps are working, due to lack of maintenance and money never spent on new equipment.
The money seems to be going towards inflated salaries, new cars for top staff members and of course, the so-called ‘youth development’.
Meanwhile Shelly Beach was without water for three days because of a ‘broken pipe’ and now Uvongo has the same story? It seems Ugu is load-shedding us all at different times, because it cannot cope with the work it is supposed to be doing – much like Eskom.
If, in fact, pipes really are broken, it begs the question as to why it takes three days to repair and why they break so often? Of course they will never admit to this, and the ‘broken pipe’ myth continues.
When will the government and municipalities stop punishing those people who pay their way, who contribute to the economy and are prepared to work. And when those people leave, who will bear the load?
MJ BLACKLER
Uvongo
