Constant sewage leakage becomes problematic

Bloemetjie Street is a busy road that caters for many passers-by. When there are service delivery issues, it is easily identifiable, especially in front of Promosa Secondary.

For almost three months, residents have put up with a constant sewage leak, despite the municipality repairing it on numerous occasions. A resident living around the corner in Kleurpoort Street says the municipality knows about the issue and has even been on site to ‘fix’ the leak countless times.

“Every time they fix it, it starts leaking again within 24 hours,” says the resident, who asked not to be named. The complainant said no one knows what the issue is because there has never been a solution.

“What is worse is that it is directly in front of the school. Sometimes, the learners complain they can smell it from their classrooms,” he explained. A teacher at Promosa Secondary, who preferred to remain anonymous, added to the statement.

He said they were relieved it was fixed when they came to work that morning (25 April) but noticed it had started leaking again later that afternoon. “This is an everyday thing. We are tired of it; the scholars always complain about the smell,” he said.

Chesray Harwood, who has lived in Promosa for over 30 years, says the street is also littered with used toilet paper. Sometimes, there is human waste in the streets. “If it were not such a hazard to the scholars and old people who live nearby, we wouldn’t mind so much. We are used to the government’s reluctance to deliver services to us. The problem is that the primary school children pass here daily, and it affects their health,” he concluded. The Herald’s request for comment from the municipality went unheeded before print time.