{"id":47718,"date":"2023-11-30T18:02:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/protest-actions-in-hout-bay-following-days-of-water-outages-caused-by-vandalised-infrastructure-20231130\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T21:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T19:56:18","slug":"protest-actions-in-hout-bay-following-days-of-water-outages-caused-by-vandalised-infrastructure-20231130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/protest-actions-in-hout-bay-following-days-of-water-outages-caused-by-vandalised-infrastructure-20231130\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest actions in Hout Bay following days of water outages caused by &#8216;vandalised infrastructure&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Days without water felt\u00a0by Disa 1 and 2 informal settlements in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay have led to desperate outrage, protest action and damage to public property, with tyres burnt at the Gateway Circle on Wednesday evening 29 November.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vandalised infrastructure with a stolen copper-ball valve, belonging to facilities that provide water to those areas, was discovered on Thursday morning, 30 November, near the Hout Bay cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A water tanker has been parked since early Thursday morning at the Hout Bay Police Station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">Days<br>\nwithout water felt&nbsp;by Disa 1 and 2 informal settlements in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay have led to desperate outrage, protest action and damage to public property,<br>\nwith tyres burnt at the Gateway Circle on Wednesday evening 29 November while<br>\nCity of Cape Town officials attempted to find the source of the problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">The<br>\nprotest action and damage to the road surrounding the Gateway Circle was<br>\nconfirmed by Hout Bay Police Station Commander Lt Col Jerome Syster on Thursday<br>\nmorning. \u201cBesides the damage caused to the road,\u201d he said, \u201cwe have<br>\nnot received any other official reports of damage to public or private<br>\nproperty. We await further reports from the community to open cases in<br>\ninstances where damage was sustained.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">This<br>\nprompted Ward 74 councillor Rob Quintas to state: \u201cThe water woes and misery<br>\nfelt by Imizamo Yethu\u2019s Depot and Disa 1 and 2 communities have been confirmed<br>\nto have been caused by criminal elements who care nothing for their fellow<br>\nresidents and whose actions must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_28ee7470\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vandalised infrastructure with a stolen copper-bal\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10015\/a0769fb1dbd04ff4b1679b3bb5ed12bc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fea4baa63a844535821d1a7f4c30a5d9.jpg\" title=\"Vandalised infrastructure with a stolen copper-ball valve, belonging to facilities that provide water to Imizamo Yethu\u2019s Depot and Disa 1 and 2 communities, was discovered on Thursday morning near the Hout Bay cemetery.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Vandalised infrastructure with a stolen copper-ball valve, belonging to facilities that provide water to Imizamo Yethu\u2019s Depot and Disa 1 and 2 communities, was discovered on Thursday morning near the Hout Bay cemetery.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">He<br>\nfurther indicated vandalised infrastructure with a stolen copper-ball valve, belonging to facilities that provide water to those<br>\nareas, was discovered on Thursday morning, 30 November, near the Hout<br>\nBay cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">\u201cCriminals<br>\nhad cleverly bent the pipe and covered it back over with soil, preventing water<br>\ngushing out and being visible,\u201d Quintas related. \u201cThis explains why<br>\nWater and Sanitation had been unable to locate the source of problem and<br>\nresolve it up until now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">Water<br>\nsupply was said to have been restored via temporary measures, added Quintas,<br>\n\u201cand work is being done today to install permanent repairs that will make it<br>\nmore difficult for thugs and thieves to cause misery in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">Residents<br>\nof the Informal Settlements began escalating their reference numbers to Quintas on Wednesday, and the <em>People\u2019s Post<\/em>, too, received video footage from<br>\nlocals showing dry taps being turned to no avail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_942a54d7\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A water tanker has been parked since early Thursda\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10015\/b2fcbb6768334f3aa038d35ed1a9c8ae.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6a917cd355dc426a894c561a80f0673e.jpg\" title=\"A water tanker has been parked since early Thursday morning at the Hout Bay Police Station.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A water tanker has been parked since early Thursday morning at the Hout Bay Police Station.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">A<br>\nwater tanker has been parked since early Thursday morning at the Hout Bay<br>\nPolice Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\">\u201cTeams<br>\nwill also look for alternative water-supply sources until such time as the full<br>\nrepairs have been completed,\u201d continued Quintas, who urged residents to remain<br>\ncalm, make use of the tankers and alternative supplies, \u201cand allow the<br>\nofficials to help fix the problem, with no interference or intimidation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#242424;mso-ansi-language:EN-ZA;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;\">\u201cThose people in<br>\nour communities who feel they are entitled to steal and tamper with City assets<br>\nneed to be stopped. Those crimes are not victimless, and in fact have a direct<br>\nimpact on the lives of communities and cause friction which in itself causes<br>\nfear and damages to public property, such as roads.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days without water felt by Disa 1 and 2 informal settlements in Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay have led to desperate outrage, protest action and damage to public property, with tyres burnt at the Gateway Circle on Wednesday evening 29 November while City of Cape Town officials attempted to find the source of the 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