Maluti-A-Phofung has openly admitted that they have no intention of paying Eskom. RESULT: Their FNB bank account is still frozen!

Even though Judge Mhlambi ruled in favour of Maluti-A-Phofung’s appeal against Eskom on 9 October 2020, Eskom managed to swing them of their feet by appealing the ruling and so MAP still finds themselves… Penniless and broke while their cash is still on ice!

#Harrismith #MainSeweragePlantDown #RioolInRivier #SewerageInWilgeriver #NoServiceDelivery #MalutiAPhofung
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HIT stands for our three main areas: Harrismith; Intabazwe and Tshiame.

HIT Residents Association is a registered non-profitable and non-political organization which will be our formal voice or pressure group to prevent further deterioration of our town due to a collapsed municipality.

Problems we as a community are presently experiencing in Harrismith; Intabazwe and Tshiame:
MAP is totally bankrupt and cannot provide a decent service to us as residents, farmers and business owners and is also not repaying it’s debt. We see and experience this daily in the form of:

❗Potholes in the roads

❗Damaged / stolen electrical cables that cannot be replaced or repaired resulting in us being
without electricity for days, despite most businesses and homes having pre-paid metres.

❗No refuse removal or cleaning of the town and suburbs.

❗Sewerage leaks polluting our town, suburbs, farms and river.

❗ Shortage of water to our homes and businesses due no maintenance and leaks on the
pipelines. We all know that we can be without water for days or longer.

❗Etc..


The Harrismith Water Heroes and volunteers have done a great amount of work around town to ensure water, cleanliness, electricity, etc.. But, as a small group of volunteers and minimum resources available to them, they can’t keep up with all the work that still needs to be done to restore our town and cannot provide ongoing maintenance by themselves. However, as a community, we can restore our town to its full glory providing we all stand together and support a legal non-profit and non-political body which will ensure that much-needed repairs be done and that ongoing maintenance to infrastructure will take place. It is really important that a member from each household, farm, and business attend this meeting.


#HITResidentsAssociation #HarrismithWaterHeroes #FixingOurTownTogether #Harrismith

We are certainly going to “HIT Back” by not allowing our town to deteriorate further!

We can no longer sit back and pretend that things will improve or wait for empty promises to materialize. By now we all know that this will never happen. The time has come that we all stand and work together for a better life for all. To restore the Greater Harrismith back to its full glory so that we as community and businesses may grow and flourish like we all deserve. A public meeting will be held during early March 2020 to officially launch the organization and to present a clear road map with a complete action plan on the way forward. The date, time and venue will be made available to the public soon.

We invite all residents, business owners (micro-, small- and big-), property owners / property occupants (title deed holders and non-title holders) and farmers, to attend this meeting. We also encourage each and every one of you to join HIT Residents Association.

#HarrismithIntabazweTshiame #NonProfitOrganization #BetterLifeForAll #SayNoToPoorServiceDeliveryTakeAction #HITNonProfitOrganization

#006/2020 – 01 March 2020

*2020-02-24 - HIT Residents Association Now a Reality! (HIT=Harrismith, Intabazwe, Tshiame)*

We are certainly going to “HIT Back” by not allowing our town to deteriorate further!
On 19 February 2020 a second inaugural planning meeting was held between residents of Harrismith, Intabazwe, Tshiame and the Harrismith Water Heroes. Also present were officials from Sakeliga (a professional Business Organisation with 12 000 members) and Andreas Peens, a lawyer who successfully litigated against various Municipalities.


Under discussion were the challenges we collectively face as a town with the major focus on the collapsed Maluti a Phofung Municipality and the resultant future of our greater Harrismith area.
Various “HIT-Back” options available to us were discussed. HIT Residents Association’s primary objective is to act as the formalized VOICE and pressure group of the residents.


Secondary objectives are to develop long term strategies and on-going solutions for improved and sustainable service delivery in Harrismith, Intabazwe and Tshiame (HIT).
A legal structure called HIT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION has already been set up and will officially start functioning on 1 March 2020 with proper oversight structures and bank accounts.


PLEASE JOIN YOUR OWN “HIT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION” and let your VOICE BE HEARD


#HarrismithIntabazweTshiame #NonProfitOrganization #BetterLifeForAll #SayNoToPoorServiceDeliveryTakeAction #HITAssociation #HarrismithWaterHeroes #WorkingHandInHandForABetterLifeForAll #WorkingHandInToRestoreOurGreaterHarrismitth
HIT Information Release #001/2020 - 24 February 2020