The Ugu district municipality on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast has blamed malfunctioning infrastructure and a power outage for taps running dry in several areas.
Infuriated residents in areas that fall under the municipality have faced water outages since last week.
“It wasn’t even four weeks ago since the last water outage, which lasted four days, and again there were no tanks, tankers or even feedback from them as to what is happening with the system. “Children and the old are coming to get water, only to walk away disappointed. It’s having a bad impact on us. If our home tank runs dry, we are forced to spend R400 to buy 1,000of water from companies on the south coast. If we don’t have the money, we have to join the lines or find a tank that has water.”“There is no remorse from the municipality and every time this happens, they tell you the system is old and they don’t have the money to fix it.
Municipal spokesperson France Zama said the “municipality acknowledges that some residents had been with intermittent supply on their taps from Saturday. ugar Mill. Work on the repairs commenced on Monday morning and was completed on Tuesday due to the complexity of the repair work needed.Umzimkulu“The second step was to open water downstream to fill the two reservoirs in order to supply the areas affected.
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