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Ethekwini Ward 105 Residents Without Running Water for Eight Years

In the News Today: Taps have been dry for more than eight years in eThekwini municipality’s ward 105.

The residents of numerous villages scattered across the hilly, rural area, say their taps started running dry as far back as 2014, when water flow was restricted to night-time only, but there hasn’t been a drop since they were made part of eThekwini.

The area used to be part of the Vulamehlo and Umdoni local municipalities, which fell under the Ugu District Municipality, but was shifted to the eThekwini municipality in 2016.

Ward residents said that while there were problems with water provision under the Ugu municipality – which is struggling to provide water to households on the… continue reading HERE.

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