Many residents in areas such as Wallacedene have lived with the stench and health risks of collapsing infrastructure since 2017.
Tafelsig residents have endured raw sewage flooding their streets for five years, with repairs stalled despite a budget already being in place.
Illegal dumping of building rubble into Mitchells Plain sewer system causes weeks-long overflow. Subcouncil 12 urges community cooperation.
“Can we say you can’t go to the toilet anymore in Mitchell’s Plain?” chair Solomon Philander asked the Sub-council 12 meeting. City official Elroy de Villiers replied: “I think we…