{"id":49113,"date":"2024-01-18T15:06:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/water-problems-in-kimberley-will-only-escalate-20240118\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T16:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:05:57","slug":"water-problems-in-kimberley-will-only-escalate-20240118","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/water-problems-in-kimberley-will-only-escalate-20240118\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Water problems in Kimberley will only escalate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a well-known restaurant and take-away business recently announced its closure due to the water supply interruptions in Kimberley, Northern Cape Business Chamber (Nocci) chief executive officer (CEO) Sharon Steyn stated that residents and businesses can only expect worse to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Sol Plaatje Municipality is lying to us about the real reasons behind the bulk water infrastructure disaster. They constantly struggle to keep the Newton reservoirs full, despite the good rains and the many residents who were away on holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_857ebe8a\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cOfficials cannot explain their afternoon shutdowns coherently. We know there are more than 16 leaks in the bulk supply pipelines between the Riverton plant where water is extracted, and the city. They should replace the pipes in their entirety. Instead, they patch the pipelines, only for it to burst again. Kamfers Dam gets fuller and fuller because of the water leaks.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Sharon Steyn, CEO Nocci<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNocci has a water committee consisting of former officials, people who know the system inside out. We have made several suggestions to the municipality to solve the problems permanently. Our suggestions were ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOfficials are incompetent, and corruption is playing a major role. Businesses like hairdressers and restaurants cannot operate without a constant water supply. Putting out water tankers will not solve the issues. Jobs will be lost.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says water is a basic human right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_009d0f85\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8443\/502ff15ccd084d8e98a3d3b17da20086.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/221b858e01404cf0a5b674facacd17d3.jpg\" title=\"Kimberley residents waiting for water delivery during one of several days-long water interruptions in the city during last year. \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Kimberley residents waiting for water delivery during one of several days-long water interruptions in the city during last year. <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Helena Barnard<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe cannot survive without water. We are prepared to approach the Human Rights Court and use other legislation against the municipality if needs be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWater availability should not be about political infighting. The supply of water and management of the water infrastructure must be privatised as the municipality cannot be trusted with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-deeply-regret-devastating-impact\">\u2018<strong>Deeply regret devastating impact\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thabo Mothibi, municipal spokesperson, says they deeply regret the \u201cdevastating impact\u201d the shutdowns and interruptions have had on businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have had discussions with Nocci\u2019s leadership recently and will send an invitation to them as a critical stakeholder to our Water Workshop to be held in a few weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf utmost importance is for the municipality to explain its plan around the refurbishment of the bulk water supply infrastructure owing to a repair backlog and a lack of maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are urgently addressing this through the R2,5 billion Budget Facility for Infrastructure allocation from the National Treasury. We are obliged that the work is well communicated. We must do our utmost best to avoid shutdowns or curb extreme water supply interruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says stakeholder engagements such as the Water Workshop must \u201censure insights are solicited and recommendations on alternative measures adopted to mitigate water losses. We trust the voice of business in spelling out the losses incurred and impact on operations will be heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe uninterrupted supply of quality water is of paramount importance. We are taking the bull by the horns to address the gigantic problem of old and neglected water supply assets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_c810a691\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cNext month, as part of the emergency phase, upgrades at the old and new Riverton Treatment Plants and Newton reservoir will be done. 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