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Elections 2026: This failing town is knee-deep in sewage

Tswaing municipality in the North West spends money on court battles and consultants

An elderly woman is helped across a stream of sewage in Letsopa near Ottosdal in the North West province. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee

Tswaing Local Municipality in the North West has been fighting costly court battles with the provincial government.
Meanwhile residents are fighting their own battles to get water, sanitation, electricity and waste removal.
Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has said the municipality is characterised by “persistent maladministration and political instability, administrative paralysis, financial mismanagement, and non-compliance with court orders”.
The SA Human Rights Commission is also considering court action after Tswaing municipality failed to address constitutional violations of the right to water and sanitation.

Abraham Moreo lives on a street flooded with raw sewage. The leak has been going on for…

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