Posts tagged with 'Water shortage'

 

VIVA ANC! Bethal has been without water for 26 consecutive days after ANC takeover

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FF Plus is about to put a complaint in at the Human Rights Commission (HRC) after large parts of ANC-controlled Bethal, Mpumalanga’s taps have already been dry for 26 consecutive days.

The problems of the Govan Mbeki local municipality apparently arose just a month after the ANC took over the municipality after the local by-election held on October 9. FF Plus councillor, Deon De Vries said that the FF Plus only needed votes after the DA ward councillor resigned. The FF Plus’ support grew from 4.31% to 35.4% but was still just too low to secure a victory. De Vries says the cause of this water shortage is unknown.

But, according to some sources, the bulk water supplier, Rand Water, has not installed enough pumps to supply enough water to the town, while there is also the possibility that Rand Water has imposed water restrictions due to overdue water debt of R272 million from the Govan Mbeki municipality.

Meanwhile, all residents of Bethal and the Govan Mbeki Mun
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Empty promises leave Free State residents fuming, Mayor’s house burnt down due to frustration on water crisis

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Mayor Mamiki Mokoena, of the Nketoana municipality, which includes Reitz, Petrus Steyn, Arlington and Lindley in the Free State, house in Petrus Steyn has been destroyed after angry residents burnt it down to show their anger towards the shortage of water in the areas.

Residents’ anger over the ongoing water crisis has apparently boiled over after no running water has been available for a week. Mokoena allegedly arranged for two tankers to deliver water to her father, Benedict Nakedi, over the weekend for an alleged family gathering. This while the rest of the township’s residents had to cope without water. These actions apparently contributed to the residents’ anger.

Heleen Müller, FF Plus councilor in Petrus Steyn says that the water crisis was apparently caused by a broken water pump that was temporarily replaced by a smaller water pump that could not supply the necessary amount of water. She argues that the crisis was brought to
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ANC regime certainly did not do proper planning – Multi-million rand project undertaken by China in Northern Transvaal is being put on hold due to water shortage, compromising thousands of jobs

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The planned economic investment in the Far North Transvaal undertaken by China may be affected by a severe shortage of water.

This project, which will amount to R150 billion, will provide thousands of jobs, but may be delayed due to a severe shortage of water.

The area where the project is in the identified zone requires a total of 123 million cubic meters of water per year for the Musina area.

Mining operations, together with the establishment of a power station, various agricultural crop plantations, and a silicone plant form part of the project, which provides for approximately 21,000 jobs.

However, experts argue that the project can only be sustainable if provision is made in time for storage dams for enough water.

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