Buffalo City’s main water treatment works, responsible for providing safe, clean water to about 80% of the metro’s residents, needs urgent intervention to keep the water flowing. The metro has confirmed that it is preparing to fork out R9m to prop up the Umzonyana water treatment works’ ageing infrastructure as an interim measure to ensure communities receive adequate supplies.
Ten years ago, Nompumelelo Watani was told to move her shack, so that her RDP house could be built. No house has been built for her, to date, and she is now 74 and uses a wheelchair.
Next month Buffalo City Municipality starts the construction of a R1-billion sewage tunnel that will open the way for the development of housing projects in the city.