Tim Denny, a DA councillor in Secunda (Mpumalanga), took a plunge into a 1.5metre deep hole filled with fresh water that had leaked from a burst pipe to highlight poor maintenance of infrastructure by Govan Mbeki Municipality.
Denny took the decision to dive into the freezing water after weeks of reporting the leak on Amendel Street without getting assistance from the municipality.
"Its been leaking like this for 31 days now and according to my estimation more that 1million litres of water has been wasted. My fear is that the water will cause erosion to the road. Most of the houses nearby have lost pressure from their taps already," said Denny.
Freddy Nkumbula, director of technical and engineering at the municipality, said he had received a complaint about the leak.
The leak will be addressed. Our guys will go and sort it out but I can not give time-frames at the moment," said Nkumbula.
DA councillor takes dip in 1.5m hole to highlight poor maintenance of infrastructure
Tim Denny, a DA councillor in Secunda (Mpumalanga), took a plunge into a 1.5metre deep hole filled with fresh water that had leaked from a burst pipe to highlight poor maintenance of infrastructure by Govan Mbeki Municipality.
Denny took the decision to dive into the freezing water after weeks of reporting the leak on Amendel Street without getting assistance from the municipality.
"Its been leaking like this for 31 days now and according to my estimation more that 1million litres of water has been wasted. My fear is that the water will cause erosion to the road. Most of the houses nearby have lost pressure from their taps already," said Denny.
Freddy Nkumbula, director of technical and engineering at the municipality, said he had received a complaint about the leak.
The leak will be addressed. Our guys will go and sort it out but I can not give time-frames at the moment," said Nkumbula.
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