{"id":100063,"date":"2019-08-12T09:07:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T07:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=100063"},"modified":"2019-08-12T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T09:26:21","slug":"steve-tshwete-municipality-responds-accusations-poor-service-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/12\/steve-tshwete-municipality-responds-accusations-poor-service-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Tshwete Municipality responds to accusations of poor service delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Middelburg Observer<\/em> received these answers from the Steve Tshwete Municipality regarding the allegations<\/a> Cllr Anphia Grobler made.<\/p>\n

Read main article here: “Sanitation hazard’ in STLM area<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Regarding the Boskrans Sewer Plant<\/a>, they said that it was constructed in the 1970s. Most of the equipment failures are due to the equipment that has exceeded its expected lifespan.
\n\u201cCouncil has embarked on a programme to upgrade the works to eliminate the smell.\u201d<\/p>\n

The upgrading is taking place over multiple financial years. Residents are encouraged to report any visible water leaks to the council for immediate repair by the Municipal Water Network Maintenance Team.<\/p>\n

Also read: Steve Tshwete Mayor promises to fight pollution of Klein Olifants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The sewerage blockage in Eastdene has since been unblocked.<\/p>\n

The community is encouraged to report any blockages to the council so that they can be attended to immediately.<\/p>\n

The community is further requested to avoid throwing foreign objects in the sewer system and toilets, as they are the main causes of blockages.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kanonkop and Mhluzi are fully serviced and people are not to take water from the Klein Olifants River.<\/p>\n

The CES Department requests specific addresses or areas for people that do not receive water, so that they can be attended to.
\n\u201cThe water supplied by the municipality is not contaminated and is safe for human consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 In answer to the allegations about contractors, it was stated that the project to upgrade the sewer plant is a multi-year project and constructed in phases.
\nUnder Phase 2 of the upgrading, the contractors that were appointed have completed what was expected of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current contractor on site must also deliver the products as tendered for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 The municipality\u2019s media office said that the municipality requires additional information on alleged fraud for further investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe municipality and the Department of Human Settlement is working on a programme jointly with the CPA to install sanitation services to Doornkop CPA land. At present the community is serviced with ventilated improved toilets\u201d.<\/p>\n

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After the Democratic Alliance bashed the local municipality, calling certain township areas a ‘sanitation hazard’, the municipality responds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":73324,"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":[10010,12898,15971,19884,2052,19885,8267,10333],"class_list":["post-100063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-politics","tag-municipality-responds-to-allegations","tag-politics","tag-poor-service-delivery","tag-steve-tshwete-local-municipality","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["local news","middelburg news","middelburg politics","municipality responds to allegations","politics","poor service delivery","Steve Tshwete local municipality","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100063","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=100063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}