GROUNDUP: Eastern Cape villagers still waiting for water from 20-year-old scheme
Eastern Cape villagers say at least four contractors have worked on the Buthongweni Water Supply Scheme over two decades but the taps still run dry.
Eastern Cape villagers have been waiting decades for a water supply scheme to finally provide them with water. The Buthongweni Water Supply Scheme, which began 20 years ago, is still unfinished and villages around Ngqeleni near Mthatha are still without taps. Over the years, at least four different contractors have worked on the project but none have been able to complete it.
The OR Tambo District Municipality claims the scheme is operational and supplying water through a rationing schedule, but villagers say they have yet to receive any water. Chief Mfanelo Mnatule says residents rely on untreated water and feel they are being kept in the dark about the project's progress.
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