Water is life and sanitation is dignity. Access to water is a basic human right and proper sanitation gives people dignity and ensures the right to an environment that is not harmful to health and the well-being and protection of the environment from degradation.
The City of Cape Town said it received over 3,000 streetlight service requests for Mitchells Plain alone, between April and May, and while it has attended to over half, it is running behind as a result of continued infrastructure vandalism.
This comes after no less than nine suburbs in Cape Town were left without electricity for much of Tuesday due to vandalism, theft, damage to infrastructure and cable theft.
Due to increased theft and vandalism, the railway agency has been unable to maintain and manage its service over the last few years, but it says with the new graduates, it will be able to significantly improve the security of its assets.