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DAM-L Daily Dispatch 2/8/00: Centane residents share water w stock
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>From South Africa:
Daily Dispatch 2/8/00
Residents share water with stock
By Mkhululi Titi
CENTANE -- Hundreds of residents here live in daily fear of falling ill
from the water they drink because they share it with livestock.
Some residents have to travel 30km to get clean water from other villages
while those without transport queue for hours at one of the streams near
the town.
Some government developmental projects here are at a standstill because
there is no water in the town after the main electric pump station which
had been supplying water for over a century was destroyed by fire in June.
"This is an acute problem facing our town but we hope that if the
government intervenes we will get over it," Mayor Jongwaligqili Nayo said.
The water crisis started when several electric pumps were destroyed by
unknown people.
"Because of this crisis water used for bathing is kept for flushing
toilets," PAC chairman Richard Ntsombo said. He said it would cost about R9
000 to repair the damaged pipes.
Nayo said the municipality had not received a guarantee from the police
that any new pipes would not be vandalised.
Although it appeared from a meeting with Macibe village political leaders
that the majority of residents were not against the installation of the
water pipes, relations between the municipality and some residents turned
sour when the council erected a sewerage site near the village two years
ago.
However, a letter signed by villagers mandating the municipality to carry
on with the sewerage site was shown to the Daily Dispatch.
"We want people to know that the majority of Macibe villagers are not
against development in this area and we support all developmental projects
aimed at improving our lives," villager Nqabelo Sayo said.
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<P><FONT size=2><B>By Mkhululi Titi</B></FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>CENTANE -- Hundreds of residents here live in daily fear of
falling ill from the water they drink because they share it with
livestock.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Some residents have to travel 30km to get clean water from
other
villages while those without transport queue for hours at one of the streams
near the town.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Some government developmental projects here are at a standstill
because there is no water in the town after the main electric pump station
which
had been supplying water for over a century was destroyed by fire in
June.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>"This is an acute problem facing our town but we hope that if
the government intervenes we will get over it," Mayor Jongwaligqili Nayo
said.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>The water crisis started when several electric pumps were
destroyed by unknown people.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>"Because of this crisis water used for bathing is kept for
flushing toilets," PAC chairman Richard Ntsombo said. He said it would cost
about R9 000 to repair the damaged pipes.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Nayo said the municipality had not received a guarantee
from the
police that any new pipes would not be vandalised.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Although it appeared from a meeting with Macibe village
political leaders that the majority of residents were not against the
installation of the water pipes, relations between the municipality and some
residents turned sour when the council erected a sewerage site near the village
two years ago.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>However, a letter signed by villagers mandating the
municipality
to carry on with the sewerage site was shown to the Daily Dispatch.</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>"We want people to know that the majority of Macibe villagers
are not against development in this area and we support all developmental
projects aimed at improving our lives," villager Nqabelo Sayo said.</FONT>
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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
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