The residents association is considering legal action against the City of Johannesburg
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Water activists last week "renamed" rivers and other water bodies throughout the country to highlight the dire state of water and sanitation in their areas.
The section of river between the N1 highway, Oxford Road in Ferndale and Main Road in Bryanston has experienced regular spills in the past five years, but the situation has worsened since January 2023. The smell of raw sewage regularly pollutes the valley. The residents’ association is concerned that a repeat of last year’s Hammanskraal cholera outbreak, which claimed 23 lives, could occur in the area.
“The situation in the Bryanfern Spruit is an accident waiting to happen,” said Bryanfern resident Paul Hanly.A leak found upstream had been repaired but then occurred again. That matter was first escalated on 8 November 2022 but there have been 28 escalations since, as well as 19 additional escalations to the Johannesburg Water. No action was taken.
She had also raised the Bryanfern spruit sewage problem at three councillor forum meetings, on 29 June, 29 August and 24 October last year. She was told that the situation would be investigated and she would receive feedback.Even section 79 committee meetings, a councillor’s main oversight mechanism in terms of receiving reports, had yielded no results.
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