WATCH: High water bills the reason for KhayelitshaShutdown TheCapeArgus
“This comes after engagements with the City regarding the residents high water bills, we heard that the City is saying that the water meters are faulty,” Khayelitsha Development Forum chairperson Ndithini Thyido said.Most roads leading into and out of Khayelitsha were blocked off by protesters burning tyres and obstructing the roads. Bus services in Khayelitsha were also suspended due to the violent protests.
“I insisted that Khayelitsha people are smart, they will never allow such. But SAPS said, 'Not this time, the adults and holy people are shutting down services'," said Mbombo. In February this year, protesters led by Mtsolo marched to the City council’s Khayelitsha office to demand that their water accounts be written off. They said they were “victims of inappropriate, estimated and actual high water bills".
"I have passed these details on to Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Jula, and call on him to put every effort into their swift arrest,” Winde said he has little doubt that their motives are political – with less than a month to go until the election.
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