Electricity crisis cripples water supply in parts of town
Residents in certain parts of town have to walk kilometres to collect water from those who have.
The electricity crisis in Finsbury and other surrounding plots has had a ripple effect leaving residents to walk for kilometres just to collect water from those who have water in the area.
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This was evident when local resident Nicodemus Smith was spotted in Ten Acres pushing a baby pram that was carrying litres of water.
His friend Willem Kleinhans was pushing a wheelbarrow, also carrying water.
According to Smith, this has now become their new normal and said he finds it frustrating to say the least.
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“The substation that was vandalised has affected us immensely. Not only has it left us without electricity, but it has left us without water as well. That’s because in these areas, most of us utilise water from our borehole system so if there’s no electricity then there’s no water being pumped. I now have to walk 2 to 3 kilometres every day to collect water from some of my friends in Hillside and that’s how we get by.
“It is needless to say that this affects our quality of living and leaves us with stinking toilets and just filthy spaces,” said Smit who added that a lot of businesses have been affected by this and are on the verge of shutting down.
Apart from this, frustrations are seemingly high in the are due to the lack of water and electricity.
This comes after the Lafarge substation exploded recently, following cable theft. This affected other substations in the neighbouring communities which fed off from it.
As a result, numerous areas were plunged into darkness and have been without power for more than two weeks.
