Protesting oThongathi residents set jojo tanks alight, blockade roads with rocks over lack of water - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

Image: Nonkululeko HlopheResidents of Hambanathi in oThongathi north of Durban haveThey say the eThekwini Municipality does not meet their needs and they go without water for days.

There has been frustration over the water that tankers have been supplying since the devastating floods four months ago.The municipality says the R31 million water plant construction project which started in mid-July will take four months to complete.“As you see, these Jojo tanks have been burnt for one simple reason. They’re just left there. Unattended, not serviced. We very rarely see water in the Jojo’s. So, therefore, the community is saying enough is enough.

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