Hostel dwellers say the buildings could collapse and kill people if refurbishments are not done soon.
Ward councillor Themba Mkhize warned that maintenance of the buildings was becoming critical.Mkhize said residents were drinking water from the street which had not been declared safe for human consumption.There was a probe into the water issue and the department found that the water system was simply too old and not working, Mkhize said.“Sometimes people get the water at night, while they are sleeping. The old system should be changed and a new system implemented.
Mkhize said hostel residents stopped paying for services in 2011, adding that, “we agreed with them that if they maintain again, we will again pay for services, we cannot pay while living in poor conditions”.Sinesipho Schrieber Maxwell Khanyi said he had been living in the hostel since 1982 and over the years it had been “destroyed brick-by-brick”.“I am not supportive of the apartheid era because we were abused and jailed, but when looking at the state of the building it was not crumbling in those times.”He said dirty water running down the street, dirty toilets, pipes dripping water, and the drains not working could cause people to become ill.
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