OR Tambo district municipal bosses say they are worried about the growing incidents of water theft, due to illegal connections to the main supply lines, saying they contributed to unplanned shortages in various towns across the district.
Ratepayers and businesses in Tsolo are struggling with severe water shortages, and have blamed private contractors sent by the government to replace underground sewers for damaging pipes meant to bring clean piped water to their homes.
The National Treasury on Wednesday confirmed it had blocked more than R500m in conditional grants to 15 Eastern Cape municipalities because of non-performance and failure to meet targets.
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