RUSTENBURG HERALD - DERBY - The DA in Kgetlengrivier has shared in a media statement that they intend to write to the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) in North West, Gaoage Oageng Saliva Molapisi, requesting intervention to ensure full restoration of water to the residents.
This follows an ongoing water crisis in Derby, exacerbated by slow response (if any) from the authorities. For weeks on end, Derby residents have had to rely on water tankers due to a severe shortage of water and some taps running dry.
The reasons given for this crisis keep changing - from Eskom power lines being cut, to boreholes being vandalised, to delays in buying pumps. This has resulted in the residents of Derby struggling with water despite water tankering.
During this period, the DA has extensively appealed to officials to speedily restore water, to no avail. “We now find ourselves with no option but to request a provincial intervention.”
(Adapted from an article written by Mduduzi Maphanga - DA Councillor, Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality)
