South Africa: Hekpoort Settlement Has Been Trying for 12 Years to Get Water

11 October 2017

Politicians don't work for people, say residents of the settlement of Schaumburg in the North West Province. They are going into the rainy season without the water or sanitation services they have been asking for since 2005.

Residents of the settlement, which lies between Hekpoort and Skeerpoort, say there has been no progress since a group of 3,500 residents protested in June. None of the authorities concerned - the Madibeng Municipality and the provincial departments of Water and Sanitation and Basic Education - have responded to their demands. Schaumburg Residents Committee member Oscar Nkgoeng told Groundup: "We are still using the pit toilets. It's now 12 years without proper water. And the government still isn't coming to the party."

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