The overflowing sewerage that has been spilling into the houses of the residents of Mothotlung in Madibeng local municipality will be something of the past following North West MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Collen Maine’s intervention.
MEC Maine met with affected ward councillors, Executive Mayor of Madibeng, Jostina Mothibe, leadership of Mothotlung community and community in general of Switch and Thetele, on Thursday, in order to establish the cause of the spilling sewerage that had made the whole area to stink. The residents of Switch acknowledged to deliberately blocking the sewer pipes in an attempt to get attention of municipality to respond to their plea which amongst others, included the construction for an internal road.
In addressing the problem, MEC Maine, requested Madibeng local municipality to deploy the necessary machinery to the area to unblock the system. He will also, in the next two weeks, introduce a contractor who will build the +-2 km road that goes through Switch settlement. “The municipality will have to move swiftly to make sure that the road construction is prioritised. Work will also commence to repair the damaged sewage pipe and the sewerage dam will be emptied,” he said.
Enquiries:
Ben Bole, Departmental Spokesperson
Tel: 018 388 4824
Cell: 071 566 1399
E-mail: msbole@nwpg.gov.za
