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Many areas across Emfuleni are today without water due to cuts by Rand Water.

Despite being placed under administration by the Gauteng Provincial Government, it seems that Premier David Makhura’s intervention has been too little too late to stop the cuts in water due to non-payment to Rand Water by the Municipality.

ANC-run Emfuleni owes the water utility in excess of R400 million due to negligent financial management and poor administration.

This is not the first time this year that residents of Emfuleni have suffered without water.

Premier Makhura and Gauteng Finance MEC, Barbara Creecy must fast track the process of resolving the municipality's financial woes to ensure that residents are not denied access to basic services.

I will question MEC Creecy as to what steps have been taken so far to mitigate the consequences of the ANC’s failure to implement good governance and financial stability in Emfuleni.

The people of Emfuleni deserve basic services and they deserve a government that can provide these services. Come 2019, Emfuleni will receive the DA Change they so desperately need, as Midvaal did in 2009.

Issued by DA