Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has given the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, seven days to provide her with a plan to turnaround human settlements delivery in the metro. The Minister, accompanied by MEC Nonceba Kontsiwe, made these remarks after getting a briefing from the Metro and the provincial department of human settlements, on the work being done to resolve the slow pace of delivery of human settlements projects. “We need a tangible plan, a .
Nelson Mandela Bay is running out of water and when Day Zero arrives for large parts of the city by the end of this month, the Metro will enter into infamy as it becomes one of the first metropolitan areas in the world to run out of water. Oblivious to the fast-approaching crisis due to an ineffective public awareness campaign by the municipality, residents use 299 Ml of water a day, whilst demand should long have been reduced to 230-250 Ml a day.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor, Cllr Eugene Johnson, to express our concerns after the municipality finally admitted that the Metro’s water supply is not safe for human consumption. (see letter here) This admission only followed after the municipality’s hand was legally forced by the Democratic Alliance (DA). We submitted two PAIA applications requesting the results of testing concluded on the discoloured and dirty water flowing from residents’ taps.