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No water, no vote, say residents of this Limpopo township

Families in Musina say they are sick of faulty municipal service

Letti Thonga collects water from the municipal tanker. She says since she moved to Campbell township in 2019, she has never had a regular water supply. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare
Residents of Campbell township in Musina say unless their water supply is fixed, no-one will vote in the municipal elections next month.
When GroundUp visited on 15 October, residents had lined up empty containers in the street hoping that the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) tanker would arrive.
Several people said they had inconsistent running water in the taps for months.
While GroundUp was there, two water tankers arrived. The residents said this was only because they had complained on a WhatsApp group saying that unless they had water they would not…

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