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Elections 2026: even the province couldn’t fix this municipality

Ditsobotla in North West has been failing for years

Boikhutso resident Kabelo Molefe makes a living fetching water for other residents, charging between R5 and R7 for a bucket of 20 or 25 litres. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee

Water shortages, electricity outages, bad roads and sanitation failures: North West’s Ditsobotla Local Municipality is one of South Africa’s most distressed municipalities.
Following a failed provincial administration, the national government intervened in 2025.
Now some companies have stepped in to help fix things and sustain the local economy.

In Boikhutso township near Lichtenburg in North West, wheelbarrows piled high with 20-litre buckets of water are a common sight on the muddy pavements.
Among those pushing them is unemployed resident Kabelo Molefe, who collects water for elderly and disabled people in areas that…

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