Residents
of Hlalanikahle Ext 2 in Emalahleni, living on a sewer hell
Residents of Hlalanikahle, Ext 2 on the main road of ward 1 in
eMalahleni are bearing the brunt of the Municipalities continuous neglect of
the area.
The smell surrounding the area is unbearable, raw sewer flowing on
the streets, even motorists are avoiding the area. According to residents
- this is has been going on for a while. Their cries about the conditions have
fallen on deaf ears.
In the same area, the other manhole has blocked since last
year. The ANC claim to care about the poor, especially the most
vulnerable, yet they continue to subject people to inhumane conditions such as
this. It is the worse crime against humanity to live with a stench and
raw sewer spewing and flowing right in front of your house and all over the
streets.
Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor in the eMalahleni local
municipality, Sibusiso Mokoena, visited the site on Friday, and he found raw
human waste spewing out of the manhole flowing through out the main
street. There is no human being who is supposed to live with that kind of
smell on a daily basis. It is a huge health hazard and it is wrong.
If there is one thing the eMalahleni Municipality
It is incomprehensible to think that the people who are supposed
to fix this are getting paid for doing nothing. On Friday, the Administrator Mr
van Vuuren announced new appointments and additions to his team during Premier
DD Mabuza’s visit to eMalahleni. The newly appointed Deputy Administrator Mr
Eric Ngomane must put the people of eMalahleni first and the appointment of Mr
Elija Shongwe as acting Executive Director for waste and environmental
management must deal with this unpleasant waste as it’s causing environmental
havoc for the residents of Hlalanikahle.
I will be writing an urgent letter to the Administrator, Mr van
Vuuren to give this matter urgent attention, failing which the DA will run a
petition to force the Municipality to act.
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