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The Department of Water and Sanitation says the mismanagement of Municipal Infrastructure Grants in some municipalities across the country is a major concern.

A municipal water pipeline providing water to the communities.

However, some municipalities in the North West are failing to address sewer spillages because they are allegedly dysfunctional.The department says most of the municipalities in the country are incompetent and have no capacity to address sewer spillages. Some municipalities struggling to address sewer spillages say technical positions are vacant, which further contributes to the problem.Residents are trapped in their yards because of sewer and this is what township residents have had to contend with.Sewer spillage has caused Bloemhof guesthouse owner, Jan Du Plessis his business.“I had women here that stopped here last week.

“Our townships have grown to the extent that now the pipelines are very small. That is why you have some burst pipes or the situations of sewer spillages. In many of our areas like in Mamusa, Lekwa Teemane, and in your Naledi, they are doing their best to also use the sewer jet to then address continuously the challenges that they have,” explains Miga.

 

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