oThongathi residents accuse minister of not keeping promises
Residents
of oThongathi says despite assurances from Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo
Mchunu, the water crisis in the area has not been resolved.
Mchunu visited oThongathi recently following protests by the community over the lack of running water.
oThongathi is one of the areas that were severely affected by the floods in KZN earlier this year.
eThekwini has now also stopped the water supply through the emergency pipeline from Nyaninga Reservoir to the Tongaat South Reservoir until further notice.
READ: Tongaat emergency water supply stoppage fuels protest threats
Resident Teddy Naidoo says if no solution is found they will have no choice but to return to the streets.
"The residents are now up in arms and I've been talking to them as well. This is what I said to the Minister, all we crying for is running water in our taps.
"He assured me that it's going to happen, they will work 24/7 but at the same time there's no water in the taps and now there's contanimination. The residents aer saying this is wrong, we are going to strike again."
