By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
19 October 2025- The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality said it continues to experience costly vandalism in its water infrastructures across the district, which often creates interruption in supply of water to the community.
The municipality said Matshogo Reservoir in Dinokana village, near Zeerust, was not spared and suffered another blow when about 12 armed men accosted two security officers and cuffed them with electric cables and vandalized.
The executive mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Khumalo Molefe said these criminals opened the nearby pump house and took the entire cables inside, security guards’ cell phones and the security two-way radio communication system. Molefe said the situation seriously affected the flow of water greatly in parts of the wards in Ramotshere with water supply.
“We appeal for patience as our technical staff is onsite assessing the damage in order to mitigate this challenge. The municipality has for a number of times suffered these acts of vandalism and in many instances, our community ended up running out of patience and stage protests against the municipality.
“I am therefore making a humble appeal and hope that the alternative water supply will be available. Currently, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is onsite conducting their investigations with the hope of arresting perpetrators,” he said.
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