The villagers, from a clutch of settlements in the Sekhukhune district, wanted acting municipal manager Molatelo Mabitsela jailed for contempt of court.
She said most of the court orders had been taken “by consent” — and yet the municipality “wilfully” disobeyed them. This order required that the municipality fill existing Jojo tanks to capacity at least once a day and that residents would receive potable water through its reticulation system twice a week.
However, the water situation did not improve and the villages were virtually waterless over December. “They are receiving reticulated water once a week and at most two trucks are filling the Jojo tanks, which are often empty because the water provided is used up immediately,” Scher said. “There is no plausible explanation for [the municipality’s] failure to comply with the multitude of court orders. Its contempt has enormous implications for the rights to health and wellbeing.”
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