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Streets flooded with raw sewage for months in Motherwell

Blockages and broken pipes are common occurrences

Sewage pooling in Nkume Street, Gqeberha. Photos: Joseph Chirume
For the past two months, Lindela Mzileni’s yard in Mnenga Street, Motherwell, has been flooded with raw sewage, and it is not for the first time.
It has taken the municipality particularly long to fix the problem this time, Mzileni told GroundUp.
Over the past decade, it has become increasingly common for raw sewage to flood streets and yards in the large township outside Gqeberha.
We have been reporting on sewage spillages in the area since 2017.

Lindela Mzileni shows the sewage spilling from a manhole behind her outhouse toilet.
Houses in Ntimba and Nkume streets have been severely affected. At some houses, there are stains on the walls that show…

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