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Rural community wins court battle for access road

Ehesini’s impassable road in the Eastern Cape cut off villagers, left children struggling to access schools and ambulances unable to reach villages

“It is no longer proper to call it a road as it is no longer functional,” said Nomtha Thwane in her affidavit, describing this 10km stretch of road to Ehesini in the Eastern Cape, 50kms from Ngcobo. Photo taken from court documents.

The Eastern Cape High Court has ordered the Dr AB Xuma Municipality to fix a 10km access road for the Ehesini community.
The court rejected the municipality’s reliance on budget constraints. It said belated patching did not cure years of constitutional rights violations.
Residents say they walk kilometres to a neighbouring village with usable roads and once tried to repair the road themselves to access schools, clinics, jobs and services.

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