Ramaphosa informal settlement sanitation crises to be addressed by next week: Maile
Maile made the announcement during the re-tabling of his budget speech on Tuesday.
Some informal settlements in Emfuleni Local Municipality are reeling from the collapse of service delivery, as they mark four months without their portable toilets being cleaned. Picture: Simphiwe Nkosi/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng Finance MEC Lebogang Maile is confident that the sanitation crisis at the Ramaphosa informal settlement in Emfuleni will be addressed by next week.
Maile made the announcement during the re-tabling of his budget speech on Tuesday.
He said that R300 million had been allocated to the Department of Human Settlements to specifically address sanitation issues.
This follows an EWN report, revealing that portable toilets at the informal settlement had not been cleaned in four months.
Mother of three Frieda Veeris’s portable toilet was last cleaned on Valentine's Day.
What’s even more traumatic for her is having to use a toilet with worms all over the toilet bowl and seat.
"I don’t even want to go in. What happens if a worm finds its way into my private part? I use a bucket now. There’s no other way."
Maile said worry no more, as the toilets will soon be cleaned.
"After we have presented the budget, go and check next week if the Ramaphosa informal settlement is receiving the service, so that we don’t have budgets that are not spent when people actually have got needs."
Maile said similar issues in other parts of the province would also be addressed.