13,000 LEAKS. 65% WATER LOSSES. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. TAPS NOT TANKERS!
eThekwini’s water system is collapsing while residents are left with dry taps, prolonged outages and an unacceptable dependence on water tankers.
On any given day, the City reportedly has approximately 13,000 active water leaks. An estimated 65% of our water is being lost on the streets. This is an infrastructure, financial and leadership disaster, and it cannot be allowed to continue.
You pay for water. You deserve water in your taps.
Ednick Msweli, the Head of eThekwini’s Water and Sanitation Department has failed in his duties. Accountability begins at the top.
We, the undersigned residents, demand that the Mayor of eThekwini:
1. Immediately place the Head of Water and Sanitation on precautionary suspension.
2. Institute urgent, independent disciplinary proceedings into the Department’s failure to provide reliable water, repair thousands of leaks and reduce tanker dependence.
3. Remove the official from the position if misconduct, incapacity or failure to perform is established.
4. Appoint capable interim leadership and publish an emergency Water Recovery Plan with clear targets and deadlines.
5. Fix the leaks, reduce water losses and restore reliable piped water so that tankers return to being an emergency measure, not a permanent substitute for functioning infrastructure.
The people of eThekwini cannot continue paying for water that is lost before it reaches their homes. They cannot continue organising their lives around empty taps and unreliable tankers.
If the Mayor refuses to act, the DA commits that a DA-led eThekwini government will initiate this process immediately upon taking office, in accordance with the law and proper disciplinary procedures.
This failure must end now. Sign the petition and demand water in our taps and accountability at the top.
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eThekwini’s water system is collapsing while residents are left with dry taps, prolonged outages and an unacceptable dependence on water tankers.
On any given day, the City reportedly has approximately 13,000 active water leaks. An estimated 65% of our water is being lost on the streets. This is an infrastructure, financial and leadership disaster, and it cannot be allowed to continue.
You pay for water. You deserve water in your taps.
Ednick Msweli, the Head of eThekwini’s Water and Sanitation Department has failed in his duties. Accountability begins at the top.
We, the undersigned residents, demand that the Mayor of eThekwini:
1. Immediately place the Head of Water and Sanitation on precautionary suspension.
2. Institute urgent, independent disciplinary proceedings into the Department’s failure to provide reliable water, repair thousands of leaks and reduce tanker dependence.
3. Remove the official from the position if misconduct, incapacity or failure to perform is established.
4. Appoint capable interim leadership and publish an emergency Water Recovery Plan with clear targets and deadlines.
5. Fix the leaks, reduce water losses and restore reliable piped water so that tankers return to being an emergency measure, not a permanent substitute for functioning infrastructure.
The people of eThekwini cannot continue paying for water that is lost before it reaches their homes. They cannot continue organising their lives around empty taps and unreliable tankers.
If the Mayor refuses to act, the DA commits that a DA-led eThekwini government will initiate this process immediately upon taking office, in accordance with the law and proper disciplinary procedures.
This failure must end now. Sign the petition and demand water in our taps and accountability at the top.