Large amounts of sewerage is currently spilling in to the Wilge River and causing damage to our environment and polluting clean stream and river water. This also causes serious health risks to our community and those living down stream.

A very nasty sewerage spill / blockage at the lower end of town in the field in Victoria Street.

The member who reported this blocked manhole felt so concerned with all the sewerage spilling in the field and the nearby stream which leads to the Wilgeriver that he decided to check it out himself. The repair was really easy. He found a 25L Paint Bucket stuck in the bottom of the manhole, once removed, the sewerage flowed freely down the sewerage line.

Some of our members complained about blocked manholes and sewerage spilling in to their properties, in to streets and, which was not being addressed by our local municipality.  The health and environmental risks associated with spilling sewerage is a very big concern to all of us and should always be treated as an urgent matter and be repaired as quick as possible.

We notified Maluti-A-Phofung and gave them a reasonable time frame in which to repair and resolve these problems. Upon inspection after the deadline, we found that the municipality did not respond to these complaints. We sent our contractors to unblock and to do any necessary repairs to prevent further sewerage spills and leaks. Repairs done will be for Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality's account.

It's been longer than a week since the court gave instructions to Maluti-A-Phofung to address and fix our sewerage problems and to date they have done NOTHING!


Our Attorneys have responded. Please read on, we have included the lawyer’s letter along with pictures of the sewerage problems we the residents must deal with daily while Maluti-A-Phofung is happy to ignore the problems we have brought to their attention and the very reason why we went to court.