Free State Goldfield towns of Hennenman, Odendaalsrus & Riebeeckstad are without water as shocking figures about non payment to service providers, by the local municipality has been revealed. Matjhabeng municipality owes over R5.5 BILLION to Eskom & Sedibeng Water!
A pump at the service provider of water to the local municipality, called Matjhabeng, has broken and left residents of the Free State Goldfields – Hennenman, Odendaalsrus and Riebeeckstad, without water since Friday. The local agency providing water, Sedibeng Water, says it is doing what it can to fix the pump that has broken and even if everything goes well, the water wouldn’t start flowing before Sunday afternoon.
However, local DA councillor, Maxie Badenhorst, shared shocking information with Rapport newspaper with regards to non payment of service providers by the Matjabeng municipality. The figures were tabled in a financial report to this year’s first lo
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