Watching their street go from bad to worse is disappointing for residents of Ninth Avenue…
And hope is quickly running out. Residents in this area of Forderville have been living with a serious sewage leak for more than a decade.
Seeking help to stem the flow of foul sewage has caused increasing frustration for some people, whose complaints seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
One such resident is Precious Ngcobo, who was warned by neighbours when she purchased her house that she would be living alongside a sewage leak for years to come.
This did not deter Ngcobo, who continuously called uThukela District Municipality to get help from the local mayor and the ward councillor.
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There seemed to be a solution in sight last year after Mayor Mduduzi Myeza intervened. However, since then, the effluent spill has again been left to pollute the neighbourhood.
“The sewer water has been eating up most of the road. Grass has grown on the road and I’ve asked for help repeatedly from our councillor to at least have people clean the road. I always see them cleaning the upper roads, which puzzles me because I also pay rates for these services,” said Ngcobo.
She adds that there has also been no positive response from the district municipality, who are responsible for water and sewerage works.
“Nothing has been done at all – no effort like before. They don’t come at all,” she said.
Repeated enquiries from the Estcourt News to uThukela District Municipality’s communication department have also yielded no results.
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