ALEX INQUIRY: I’m accountable for Alex demolitions, Joburg City Manager tells commission of inquiry By Ayanda Mthethwa
According to the Gauteng director of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Sibusiso Mthembu, there have been past interventions by the department to handle sewage issues in the township of Alexandra, but these were never sustained by the City of Johannesburg.What we have a concern with when it comes to Alexandra is how the wastewater is being managed, the collection network there, I think, the City is not doing the best that it should,” Mthembu said.
Mthembu said the project looked at pipeworks, connections into main sewer lines and ensuring that there were no leaks in the hostels.of service delivery in the township. This, however, has been repeatedly contradicted by other state bodies. Appearing at the commission for a second time, Johannesburg City Manager Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni was interrogated about the evictions in the area on Friday 31 May.Lukhwareni’s response was accompanied by a lengthy explanation of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction From and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act , which commissioners dismissed as a misinterpretation.
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