{"id":100059,"date":"2019-08-12T08:35:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T06:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=100059"},"modified":"2019-08-12T14:02:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T12:02:12","slug":"sanitation-hazard-stlm-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/12\/sanitation-hazard-stlm-area\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sanitation hazard\u2019 in STLM area"},"content":{"rendered":"

She said the problem is that poor service delivery is not only crystallising at the Boskrans Sewer Plant, but also in the streets, water ponds and small rivers flowing through Middelburg, Mhluzi, Rockdale, Hendrina and Kwaza.<\/p>\n

The small river running through Eastdene is known for its smell, Cllr Grobler said that this is due to the sewer outlet from an overloaded system. This flows into the Klein Olifants River, which passes Kanonkop and Mhluzi.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople collect water from the river for household purposes. It\u2019s needless to explain the health risks related to this contaminated water.\u201d<\/p>\n

She further stated that the residents in Kanonkop and Dennesig, who pay their taxes religiously, have to put up with the unbearable smell coming from the sewer plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is just going on and on. Many contractors have tendered for this job, but it seems that those who get appointed are clueless.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This \u201cbiological\u201d toilet was erected but doesn\u2019t even work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She went on to say that in Doornkop, as well as Sizanani Village, millions have been spent on erecting \u201cbiological\u201d toilets on CPA land (land belonging to Community Property Associations).<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another contractor fraud story because these toilets are not operational. The same happened in Mampimpane Village.\u201d
\nShe stated that these toilets are also causing health and safety risks.<\/p>\n

Disabled persons cannot access these toilets, or pit-toilets, with their wheelchairs. The result is that during the rainy season, they end up getting soaking wet when visiting the toilet.
\nAccording to her, the health and safety problems in our municipal area are escalating.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sanitation, as well as illegal dumping, is not being addressed in a manner which will secure a healthy and safe environment for the citizens of this municipality in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 The municipality\u2019s answers on her allegations can be seen by clicking here: Steve Tshwete Municipality responds to accusations of poor service delivery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe poor delivery of basic services in the Steve Tshwete Municipal area is becoming more and more visible!\u201d says Cllr Anphia Grobler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":100060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naud\u00e8","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10010,10450,19883,8267,19881,19880,19882,10333],"class_list":["post-100059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-nuus","tag-sanitation-hazards-in-townships","tag-steve-tshwete-local-municipality","tag-stlm-accused-of-lack-of-basic-services","tag-stlm-accused-of-poor-delivery","tag-townships-receive-poor-delivery-of-basic-services","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["local news","middelburg nuus","sanitation hazards in townships","Steve Tshwete local municipality","STLM accused of lack of basic services","STLM accused of poor delivery","townships receive poor delivery of basic services","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}