The plight of businesses and residents in St Helena, Welkom, have become untenable as raw sewage now flows like a river behind the shopping complexes bordering on Tugela Circle.
In a letter to Adv. Lonwabo Ngoqo, municipal manager of Matjhabeng, Dr Igor Sceheurkogel, Matjhabeng councillor, bemoans their fate.
Scheurkogel says the raw sewage flowing there has been reported over and over, yet nothing is being done.
Residents can no longer live with the stench and the filth surrounding their homes and properties.
The conditions behind and around a national retailer doing business there is beyond unbearable, and access to the huge business is hampered by roads riddled with potholes and strongly flowing sewage.
Scheurkogel says the mess has been reported week in and week out, but to no avail.
“This is the standard that the residents must just accept from Matjhabeng because there are not enough teams, trucks, equipment, and resources – as there are not enough funds.
“There is no use to host investment summits when we do not take care of our current businesses.
“Some of these businesses have been in Welkom for decades, and if we continue like this, Welkom will become a ghost town.
“Urgent actions need to be taken here.
“The roads around this shopping complex are undrivable and you need a 4 x 4 to cross certain intersections because the flowing water and sewage have destroyed the road due to slow action by officials.”
