TLekota

They only understand court orders mamzo, take them to court for negligence of their duties and claim damages to property. You have that right.
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antie

This is the reason why there are rules and regulations, even laws, in place of where houses can be built, and where not. Unfortunately with the high demand for land, people do not want to listen why certain pieces of land are best left open, and insist on utulising the land for residential development. They are given what they want, and then that's not good enough either. People must start realising that if you build your house on the wrong place, you will pay the price eventually. This was know more than 2 000 years ago already. There is a great parable in The Bible on where to build one's home.
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Pointman

Some loafer not doing his job and these people have to pay the price. Where is their councillor - next times he comes around to ask for their vote they should shower him with some of their dog poo.
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Pointman

@antie - you have a point but this problem seems to be a municipal drain problem. It is either not being cleaned or is not adequate to handle the amount of water.
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antie

Pointman, I hear you too, but Vosloorus is a reaonably new area compared. Infrastructure always comes first, and it is designed for x amount of houses, and y amount of people. If you drive through Vosloorus, you see extra accommodation already built, or in the process, and that contributes largely to such problems. The area I stay in is an old area, and it was originally designed for 4-5 family houses. We now have families moving 20+ people into a house, and obviously this causes major infrastructure congestion. I believe these kinds of actions to be the first and foremost reason for infrastructure failures in residential areas, but try and tell that to people desperate for a place to stay, or make money.
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Thomi

"Some residents who used to live in the neighbourhood have since left the area"

Its obvious that the Yendes' will have to move from tha area as well.I don't see how the municipalicy is gonna stop the rain from flooding their house.This is not municipality's incompitance or anything like that but works of nature.Use your common sense Yendes',take it from your neighbours who already left the place.MOVE from that floody area.
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Chichi7

The council needs to put proper drainage system and go to court if need be. But my question is, how did people manage to build on that land before the council came in and put in proper drainage?
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Voetzek

i grew up in floody water house but we were not blaming the government. go and dig some soil and try to patch there and there, its about time that we stand in our feet and work. government is not your god
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SKIZOBANTWANA

But how long people should wait for the government to do something for them..?instead of doing something,getting up and fix things on our own_we still relying of this useless gorvenment'' you need to get up/get up and do something.

Uzoy'tholakanjani uhlele e Corneni
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tman992000

@Skizo, if i understand you well, i dont know if i do but do you mean they should call a meeting of neighbours, collect money, hire a contruction company to come and dig, install drainage system and only for Nomvula who stays in a previously 'blanke net' area come and destroy that, is that what you are saying?
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