{"id":49192,"date":"2021-03-18T11:42:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T09:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/reconsider-name-changes-rather-upgrade-infrastructure-20210317-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:17:11","slug":"reconsider-name-changes-rather-upgrade-infrastructure-20210317-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/reconsider-name-changes-rather-upgrade-infrastructure-20210317-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconsider name changes rather upgrade infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE conditions of the Cat Canal for years have been unhealthy and unhygienic. Residents living next to the canal are complaining for years about the smell, filth and sewage flowing down the canal, but the conditions have not changed at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_3917888a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11068\/2c529706d27f4b9f827fdd2893403fb1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11068\/f3210d5dd1324dc7bd9f77afcb12defe.jpg\" title=\"The Cat Canal in Uitenhage is filled with filth and sewage that flows into the Swartkops River. Residents living close to the canal have been complaining for years, but conditions have not changed at all.     Photo:HEILIE COMBRINCK\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Cat Canal in Uitenhage is filled with filth and sewage that flows into the Swartkops River. Residents living close to the canal have been complaining for years, but conditions have not changed at all.     Photo:HEILIE COMBRINCK<\/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>The canal edges are overgrown and skips in Kabah and Market Street have not been cleaned for quite sometime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eastern Cape Water and Sanitation Department has given clear instructions to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, on 21 August 2013, to keep the canals clean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s really unacceptable that ratepayers have to live in these unhygienic conditions. Not one of the health officials responded the last time when I phoned them to report the poor state of the canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government are busy changing names of towns, whilst basic service delivery is lacking and our infrastructure needs urgent attention. 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