About 200 people from South Africa’s Phumla Mqashi informal settlement near Lenasia took to the streets for the second time in less than two months to demand a permanent solution to their water troubles. They want taps to be installed at each household.
Phumla Mqashi is home to about 17,000 people, according to Johannesburg Water. The community has water tanks which are filled by water trucks, but residents have been complaining that there is not enough water for every household.
Leading the march to Joburg Water’s offices in Ennerdale on Friday morning, community leader Alfred Mcunywa said they are demanding that Joburg Water reconnect their water:
“We feel very strongly that the government has violated our rights as stipulated in the Constitution of the country. We just want the government to extend infrastructure so we can connect the community’s taps that were here when we occupied the area.”
