By Obakeng Maje
Sannieshof- The shortage of potable water to Sannieshof residents is declining to such an extent it has become a disaster.

Despite a severe drought aggravating the crisis, the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality as well as the Tswaing Local Municipality failed to implement disaster management procedures to the residents in Sannieshof, Agisanang and Pelhindaba, DA said.

DA said residents are facing inhumane conditions and the infringement of their Constitutional Human Rights on a daily basis.

“It was reported that several children, aged people and the terminally ill are regularly treated for dehydration by the clinics. Indigent mothers complain that the milk formula received for their babies cannot be prepared due to the lack of water” DA Tiaan Kotze said.
According to DA, the water management service level agreement between the Tswaing Local Municipality (Water Services Authority) and the District is failing the consumer.

Kotze said that bulk water supply is 8X less than consumer demand resulting in limited availability of potable water for extended periods at a time often causing severe dehydration of citizens.

“Officials responsible for bulk water management neglect their duties that is supposed to ensure water supply at certain hours to the almost 30 000 citizens. Ten weeks ago five boreholes were drilled. The District failed to install pumps and connect water to the pipelines during this period” said Kotze.

He said furthermore, a recent refurbishment program of the district where all boreholes were fitted with smaller pumps caused an even greater bulk water shortage than before.
The DA believes that all citizens should have access to potable water and that municipalities should prioritize service delivery to an acceptable level to sustain the community, says Kotze.

Bad water management currently lead to 11 of the 15 Wards in Tswaing with serious bulk water shortages, in as much that all clinics, the business sector and ordinary life are negatively affected.

“The Tswaing DA Caucus will again write to the MEC of Local Government & Traditional Affairs and NW Premier Thandi Modise for urgent intervention in the water supply of the areas short of potable water” concludes DA Tiaan Kotze.-TDN
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