Residents in Modjadjiskloof’s Panorama neighbourhood which falls under the Greater Letaba Municipality (GLM) have had no water for the past seven days. Modjadjiskloof’s water is supplied by Lepelle Northern Water.
One disgruntled resident who preferred to stay anonymous, took their plight to the Bulletin since the complaints of the residents seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.
According to the homeowner, the excuses by the GLM and Lepelle Northern Water ranged from electrical cable theft to loadshedding which according to them affected their pumps and causes inadequate water supply to the town’s reservoir.
This has led to what should be regarded as a criminal situation where ratepayers must fork out more money for Jojo tanks and water pumps to alleviate the lack of services which they already pay for. Water pumps which rely on electricity to operate, of which there is very little available.
Bulletin contacted both the spokespeople for Lepelle Northern Water, and the GLM in an effort to garner some clarity on what exactly will be done about this serious situation.
According to Yolande Nel, Lepelle Northern Water’s marketer and media liaison officer, the Panorama suburb in Modjadjiskloof receives water from the Politsi Water Treatment Works. The facility is adversely affected by Eskom’s load shedding schedules.
“Lepelle Northern Water is looking at alternative energy sources to counteract loadshedding in future,” Nel said. At the time of going to print, no response was received from the spokesperson of the GLM.
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