Yesterday, ActionSA responded to a call by residents of Kempton Park in the City of Ekurhuleni to witness yet another service delivery nightmare in an area where people live in bonded homes.
Recent news that Johannesburg residents will experience water shedding in addition to load shedding, despite the Vaal Dam overflowing, is an indictment on the infrastructure renewal programme of the City of Johannesburg.
As promised during our first visit earlier this month with the Mamelodi families whose children tragically drowned at an unattended quarry, we returned for the second visit with our Lily Mine legal team from Mkhabela Huntley Attorneys Inc. led by senior council Wendel Bloem to finalise plans to pursue legal action against those responsible for this gross negligence.
Makhura’s government has played politics with the lives of the residents of Emfuleni who live without a government in towns that are falling apart, infrastructure that has collapsed and services that do not exist any longer.
This issue has progressively gotten worse since 2005 and reached a height of media attention in 2017. Despite this, nothing has been done that has improved the situation for the residents of Hammanskraal and Rooiwal.
The following remarks were delivered by ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba, during a visit to the Sharpeville Memorial in commemoration of Human Rights Day. Mashaba was accompanied by National Director of Operations, Funzi Ngobeni; Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, John Moodey; ActionSA Interim Senate Member, Chief David Tembe and ActionSA Emfuleni Leadership Team.
This issue has progressively gotten worse since 2005 and reached a height of media attention in 2017. Despite this, nothing has been done that has improved the situation for the residents of Hammanskraal and Rooiwal.
This year’s commemoration of Human Rights Day will mark 61 years since the fatal events that took place on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville where 69 unarmed protestor’s fighting for human rights were shot and killed by the Apartheid police.
ActionSA notes reports that Mayor Geoff “Gupta” Makhubo is forging ahead with plans to convert fixed-term contract political support staff into permanent employees. This follows the expansion of the number of political staff employed in the City through the deployment of ANC cadres to high paying positions in his office, and that of his MMCs.
This issue has progressively gotten worse since 2005 and reached a height of media attention in 2017. Despite this, nothing has been done that has improved the situation for the residents of Hammanskraal and Rooiwal.
Following last week’s visit to Hammanskraal and Rooiwal, ActionSA has committed itself to holding public hearings into the water crisis effecting these communities.
This issue has progressively gotten worse since 2005 and reached a height of media attention in 2017. Despite this, nothing has been done that has improved the situation for the residents of Hammanskraal and Rooiwal.
Despite the shocking story of the water quality issues reaching their zenith in 2017, the City of Tshwane has seemingly made no progress whatsoever in improving the water quality in Hammanskraal. The South African Human Rights Commission has not published findings in their investigation and no public hearings have been called.
