While Gauteng premierPanyaza Lesufiwas on Monday night outlining his plans to address the water crisis in his state of the province address,Westburyand Coronationville residents were getting ready to close roads due to taps they say have run dry for almost a decade. On Tuesday morning, frustrated residents blocked the intersection at Harmony and Fuel roads, demanding urgent intervention over persistentwater shortages in the areas. They used burning tyres and debris to barricade the busy intersection, saying they have endured erratic water supply for nearly a decade.
According to Johann Domingo, the situation has become unbearable. “We don’t have water in our taps and it is a problem. We are on for a month then it goes off again.
How do we bath, wash, cook and prepare for work and our children for school?” he asked. “Water is a necessity and not a luxury. The City (of Johannesburg) keeps promising to resolve the matter but nothing happens.
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“Instead they send tankers with water we don’t trust for consumption, only for cleaning and laundry. For drinking we have to fetch from a nearby mosque where the queues are always long.” Julie Faghmay, a cancer patient who lives in a nearby old age village, said the shortages have taken a heavy toll on her health and dignity. “As an elderly person and cancer patient I consistently need water for medication and cleaning up, but it’s not always there,” the 77-year-old pensioner said.
“I have to set an alarm daily for midnight to check if water is back so I can flush my toilet, clean my surroundings and refill containers,” she said. “It’s not a nice way to live. We are tired of the promises.
We want government to come here and engage us. We had the premier making promises on TV last night during his provincial address.
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