ROODEPAN – Homes in Ravel Street, Roodepan are under sewage. Residents cannot move out of their homes.
According to residents, the problem has been around for months and every person in the street has already reported it.
A resident of the area told FiND iT that the sewage dam is now rising so fast that if given another day, it will run inside the homes.
FiND iT has inquired with Thoko Riet, spokesman for the Sol Plaatje municipality,Kimberley but is still waiting for an answer.
A group of Galeshewe residents have started marking sites for shanties to be erected on a piece of land on Twalu and Royal streets.“We inquired and we were told that the land belongs to the municipality and it forms part of the proposed by-pass road.”
IN YET another land invasion in Kimberley, community members of Ward 33 in Chris Hani Park started clearing an open piece of veld yesterday, where they vowed to start a new informal settlement, named “Scandal”.
Community members waited in vain on Monday to meet with the Sol Plaatje executive mayor, Patrick Mabilo.
The residents said they had a meeting with the mayor’s office in May this year regarding the large, open piece of land in the area, which they pointed out had become a notorious hot spot for crime.
“There are always robberies and murders going on there and even babies that are dumped.”
According to the residents they have been asking the Sol Plaatje Municipality for permission to ere
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