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THE Pretoria High Court yesterday granted AfriForum an urgent order against the Vhembe district municipality, forcing it to supply water to residents of Makhado.

This is likely to set a national precedent, compelling municipalities to supplying water and general service delivery. "This is a big victory for us," AfriFforum's lawyer, Werner Human, said.

They had asked the municipality to provide water to the residents of Makhado, formerly Louis Trichardt, as the mandated water provider, Human said.

But the municipality had ignored the request.

Residents had been without water periodically for three-and-a-half years, but the situation matters got worsened in the last few months.

Human said they met the municipality on Monday to decide the order's terms.

"This order forces the Vhembe municipality to do their work.

"AfriForum will monitor the adherence to the time frames set out in the order and keep up the pressure on the municipality.

"The order sets a national precedent for supplying water and service delivery in general as the order commits the municipality to reporting progress."

Chairman of AfriForum Makhado Wally Schultz said: "I think it's a landmark case and it sets a precedent for municipalities nationwide".

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Wed Jun 19 02:01:19 SAST 2013 ::

Oct 3, 2012

!!Sinudeity!!

Afriforum fighting for the townships :P

Now whenever someone says "What has afriforum done for black people", we can point them to this article.
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Oct 3, 2012

jerico

Again ANC has failed the people no wonder why i do not have a leader.
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Oct 3, 2012

RobinH

Excellent. Next is to get someone actually to enforce this.
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Oct 3, 2012

MoNati

@Sin

they also with the help of the farmers is supplying our town with water because ANC is useless.

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Oct 3, 2012

LELAU

this only just the tip of ice most areas around limpopo do not have water and it is already a norm for the people they are leaving with. the funny part of this you find find the council opposing the application this simple means they oppose to deliver water to the people. and the funny part u hear municipality sayin they care for the poor
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Oct 3, 2012

!!Sinudeity!!

MoNati - Interesting, thanks for the info.
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Oct 3, 2012

warry

Hey atleast you guys achieve something. Go to bushbuckridge you will see HELL. It is said the municipality owes R260 million for water supplied by Bushbuckridge Water Board but the funny part the whole of Bushbuckridge do not have running water. Rumour say they discovered close to 7 million Rands in the municipal manager's ceiling in the house. It's worse guys. But what politicians seems not to understand is what is actually happening in the mining industry, the demands, the violence, etc will at the end come to them.
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Oct 3, 2012

MophemeKoPitori

The fact that in venda there's plenty rivers and dams; it doesn't mean that they deserve to share water with cows! only anc idiots deserve that.
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Oct 3, 2012

Chichi7

and yet we have 203 million to spend on one homestead? Wow. I guess i know who to vote for come next elections.
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Oct 3, 2012

MommaC

LOL
Siinu, Louis Trichardt is hardly a 'township'. Nobody has ever managed to detribalise it but it ins't an egter township either :)
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