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dam-l SA water meters ripped out/LS
>From The Mail & Guardian, Nov. 4.
VANDALS TO GO THIRSTY
The Northern Province's water affairs
department has laid criminal vandalism
charges against rural villagers in
Modombidzha village in the Sinthumile/
Kutama area on Wednesday after they
allegedly ripped out 113 water metres to
avoid paying for their water consumption.
The water metres formed part of a
R47,5-million water project in the area that
was opened by national water minister
Kader Asmal on October 10 this year. The
department will disconnect all standpipe
taps without meters in the village from
December 1. Disconnections are
scheduled to be completed by
mid-December, leaving Modombidzha
residents without water for the rest of the
Christmas season. Police are investigating
the vandalism case.
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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