The benefits of staying, or living on the KZN South Coast, are listed in an advertisement in the South Coast Herald of June 3, 2022. It reads that in the exquisite paradise of the Zulu Kingdom there is much to ‘sea’ and do together.
In as much as we thought that it was in hell where it is without water, it is difficult to establish what credence the message carries.
In Margate, Ramsgate and other areas there is no piped water for up to a month at a time. In the Hibiscus Retirement Village with up to 400 flats, one bedroom, two bedroom and three bedroom houses and frail care facilities have been informed that there is no water at all forthcoming from the treatment plant.
Ugu’s budget for the new financial year, which starts on July 1 with a budget of over a billion rands, provides for a capital amount of R347 million, which presumably includes the equitable share provided by government.
How much of this amount will actually be spent on essential capital is yet to be seen. In the past some of it has been used on working costs. One wonders if monthly expenditure still exceeds monthly income monthly at Ugu?
DAVE SNASHALL
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