Herman Mashaba will be in attendance of the public hearings to address the water crisis to be held in Hammanskraal from Friday 16 April to Sunday 18 April 2021.

Members of the media will be supplied with a professional, high resolution live video feed from within the hearings, to be made available on request.

This water crisis has been continual since 2005 and continues to affect the residents of Hammanskraal that include nearby informal traders, tourist destinations and farmers. The contaminated piped and borehole water has been found unfit for human consumption. 

Despite the issue going viral in 2017 and different 3 Executive Mayors and a Provincial Administrator, the situation has not improved. The only change appears to be a R295 million tender issued to a joint venture involving a company owned by state capture implicated Edwin Sodi.

The people of Hammanskraal have never been afforded public hearings and no report has ever emerged about the problem that they continue to live with. This is why these hearings had to be convened.

The panel assembled is highly qualified and will conduct itself in a no fear and no favour way. It is chaired by Prof Jonas Letsoalo, an admitted advocate of the Supreme Court since 1981 and a Human Rights Law expert. Further to Prof Letsoalo, the panel also includes water experts, community and faith-based leadership and a traditional leader.

The programme of the hearings is included overleaf, and a more details programme will follow. 

Date:   Friday 16 to Sunday 18 April 2021. 

Time:   09:00 to 16:30

Place: Ebenezer bible church, opposite Temba Council offices, 1905 Molefe Makinta Rd, Temba

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Day 1: Friday 16 April 2021

09:00 – 12:30

Submissions by Experts

12:30 – 13:30

Break in Transmission for Lunch

13:30 – 16:00

Submissions by Community Members

Day 2: Saturday 17 April 2021

09:00 – 10:00

Executive Mayor of Tshwane (unconfirmed)

10:00 – 12:30

Submissions by Experts on Governance

12:30 – 13:30

Break in Transmission for Lunch

13:30 – 16:00

Submissions by Experts on Civil Society

Day 3: Sunday 18 April 2021

09:00 – 11:00

Site visit (to be confirmed)

11:00 – 12:00

Media Briefing

For Media Enquiries:

Lerato Ngobeni

ActionSA National Spokesperson

lerato@actionsa.org.za / 0790142011