Water flowing in the streets - for over a year

BONE OF CONTENTION: Gushing water has been flowing through the streets of Dube in Soweto for over a year, destroying roads and creating potholes. Photo: Veli Nhlapo 06-NOV-2012 | KATLEGO MOENG | 54 COMMENTS IN FEBRUARY last year, Johannesburg Water assured Sowetan that water gushing uncontrolled on the streets of Dube in Soweto would be fixed within three months. BONE OF CONTENTION: Gushing water has been flowing through the streets of Dube in Soweto for over a year, destroying roads and creating potholes. Photo: Veli Nhlapo RELATED ARTICLES Decade of waiting 1.3m households without piped water: Census Let's prioritise water - Mabuza Council ordered to restore water This was at a time when the entity had just launched the Save Water Campaign and the Soweto water infrastructure upgrade programme. On Sunday night, residents of this township, frustrated with the squalor-like conditions they have been forced to live in, took to the streets in protest. Roads around the area were barricaded with rocks, tree logs and burning tyres. Community members said their councillor and Johannesburg municipality officials had been shown the source of the problem, at Dube Hostel, but nothing had been done to stop the water flow. After initially passing the buck to the department of housing, responsible for the hostel developments, Johannesburg Water spokesman at the time Baldwin Matsimela changed tune and said: "I can confirm that a contractor has been appointed to fix the problem. We expect the project to take three months. Residents can look forward to improved services once it is completed." SOWETAN NEWS - - - - - COMMENTS BY SONNY Soweto is a suburb of Greater Johannesburg. This is how the City Council allows water to be wasted. They then recoup the money from other rate payers by fraudulent means. Yes, City Councillors live in the lap of luxury. Then there is the power cable theft which gets committed nightly by organised syndicates who are not afraid of the SAPS. Yes, then you have the lower class who don't pay for (dys)FUNCTIONAL service delivery and they tap into water and power supplies without paying one cent. Illegal connections are rife. JOHANNESBURG A WORLD CLASS CITY The Mayor of Johannesburg Parks Tau and his wife are being investigated at present for corruption. JOHANNESBURG THE CITY WHERE CORRUPTION IS SWEPT UNDER THE MAYOR'S CARPET.