A resident, Nicole Ribeiro, has been sitting with a sewage problem for over three weeks now.
She has been in contact with the municipality for approximately two weeks, on the phone daily, and still no one has sorted out this health hazard.Their whole backyard is covered in sewerage.
“On the outer part of the complex (11 La Chateau) at the corner of Johann van der Merwe Drive and Michelle Avenue, Meyersdal, they are laying pipes and in the process they managed to block the drainage/sewage. This resulted in the human waste flowing onto our property,” she said.
She has five-year-old twins who are unable to play outside due to this problem.
Employees from the municipality who attended to the matter (reference: 2067315) said that they needed to get a high-pressure system and would come back within an hour’s time, but never returned.
On Monday, Augustus 22 workers came to their house and cleaned the sewage, but what bothers her is that they did not use a high-pressure system or disinfectant. Thus there are certain places still with sewage and toilet paper.
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The RECORD asked for comment on August 18 at 13:42, on August 22 at 11:01 and again on August 29 at 08:31, but no feedback was given from EMM.
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