On Tuesday, the DA called an urgent press conference.<\/p>\n
This was held at the Primrose water reservoir, to brief the media on what the party calls the \u201ctrue state\u201d of the Gauteng water crisis.<\/p>
This briefing followed a public meeting held in Dinwiddie, on Monday night.<\/p>\n
This meeting was attended by the mayor, Clr Mondli Gungubele, and saw the public voicing their extreme dissatisfaction with the sporadic and at times non-existent water supply.<\/p>
On Tuesday, councillors were introduced to the media by deputy chief whip Mike Waters in turn, and went on to describe how the water crisis has affected each of their wards.<\/p>\n
What all the councillors could agree on was that there was a complete lack of communication between the metro and the affected residents.<\/p>\n
Many wards also experienced problems with the metro-appointed water tankers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is reported that very few of these tankers are operational,\u201d said Waters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has meant that privately owned tankers had to be contracted to help to curb the demand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Waters went on to commend the councillors on their efforts to communicate with the residents of their wards.<\/p>\n
The DA plans to bring the water crisis to the council meeting, on Thursday.<\/p>\n