Frustrated residents of the embattledin Northern Cape say they will welcome any intervention from the provincial government.
The municipality has been dysfunctional since the 2021 local government elections with infighting among political parties affecting its day-to-day running. “Our toilets is full here in Seven De Laan. We get infections from these toilets. We don’t get work … always it is the same person who gets hired for work. We don’t get work here,” says one of the residents.
“You see the problem is there at Slaanggpar. There are no toilets whatsoever. Old people have to go to the veld,” says one of the residents.