{"id":50232,"date":"2020-07-16T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T08:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/bobani-village-will-soon-get-toilets-20200715-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:00:16","slug":"bobani-village-will-soon-get-toilets-20200715-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/bobani-village-will-soon-get-toilets-20200715-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobani Village will soon get toilets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_440694f4\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8984\/1955fab6b7f84f4891d0c59537617e9d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8984\/ac9d01fcca924e09a5b98f9c87ba0c72.jpg\" title=\"Construction of 846 communal toilets is underway in Bobani Village, Gunguluza, Uitenhage.     Photo:THAMSANQA MBOVANE\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Construction of 846 communal toilets is underway in Bobani Village, Gunguluza, Uitenhage.     Photo:THAMSANQA MBOVANE<\/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>RESIDENTS of Bobani Village in Gunguluza, Uitenhage, will soon no longer have to relieve themselves in nearby bushes as the construction of hundreds of toilets is currently underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has been met with resistance from some residents. There will be 846 communal toilets, but there are over 3 000 households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d rather relieve myself in the bush than share one toilet with three shack owners \u2026 This could mean about 15 people will share one toilet because we are big families in this village,\u201d said resident Thandikhaya Bhefile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bhefile said, \u201cGovernment has been telling us not to share a cigarette to curb the spread of COVID-19 yet they want us to share one toilet as three families. I will tell the ward committee members dealing with this project to skip my shack and not register my name as a toilet beneficiary at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy chairperson of the new ward committee, Zamuxolo Klaas, said the project had been budgeted for and would continue no matter what. \u201cIt\u2019s better than nothing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are currently using ten blue plastic, chemical toilets for the entire village. The new project is going to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The project was planned long ago but the previous committee kept on disrupting it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2017 <span>GroundUp<\/span> was told that the construction of nearly 300 RDP homes on land in Gunguluza, Uitenhage, was a \u201ctop priority\u201d for Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. A year later, nothing had happened and the housing beneficiaries began moving on to land next to 300 partially completed concrete toilets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resident Mhloli Magwa said, \u201cWe came here expecting houses but they built toilets before houses. I have to carry a bucket of water every time I go to the toilet because it\u2019s not flushing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Municipal spokesperson Mamela Ndamase confirmed that the toilets would be completed soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward 45 Councillor Siphiwo Plaatjies (ANC) said, \u201cResidents of the village must always remember they invaded the land. 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