The crippling water crisis in the Uthukela District Municipality took centre stage at a Presidential Imbizo in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. | soyiso_maliti
The drought-ravaged uThukela District Municipality needs R3 billion, President Ramaphosa was told during a President Imbizo in KwaZulu-Natal.KZN Premier Nomusa Ncube-Dube said local municipalities were in bad shape.
This as President Cyril Ramaphosa met leaders and residents to get a first-hand account of the issues facing it. Ramaphosa was first briefed by local leaders before engaging with residents who lined up to address him in Ladysmith. Shabalala said national government should not politicise the water woes in parched uThukela, which needed R3 billion to fix the year-long crisis. Describing the crisis as"epic", Shabalala said he had recently communicated this to Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu as well.Shabalala's comments come as political parties, led by the ANC and EFF, seek to topple him and other IFP leaders from the council.
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