Frustrated residents of Warrenton, an agricultural town in the Northern Cape, are at their wits end, having been without running water for the past six months. They have pleaded with the Magareng Local Municipality to resolve the 'urgent water crises'.
Residents in the agricultural town of The provincial water and sanitation department says the The department will send officials to the town on Friday to inspect whether the municipality's reporting is accurate.
Their personal accounts of what was happening on the ground appeared at odds with information supplied by authorities, who reported that water had recently been restored in some parts and water tankers were roaming the area. Sonnet Bryant, a resident, said she felt a huge sense of relief when she randomly opened the taps over the weekend at her house and water came out, but her joy was short-lived."It's really as if they don't care about our wellbeing. There has been no water here for months, and as residents, we'd expect that some sort of communication would be sent through to us as to what is being done to rectify this situation," Bryant stressed.
She questioned what the municipality plans to do with the most vulnerable in the area who would possibly also get big bills.Another resident, Gerda Hayward, who owns a guest house in the area, said she had seen a"massive decline" in people booking accommodation due to the water outage. "The amount of people coming to get some water is heartbreaking. A basic need that we all regard as a must-have has now become almost impossible for residents to get."We have lots of elderly people that need water for their medication, some sick children require free supply of water but they are not getting it," Hayward said.
The DA's spokesperson for water and sanitation, Leon Basson, said water supply had been restored to some parts of Warrenton.
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