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The Democratic Alliance (DA) will again write to the Executive Mayor, Shiela Mabale Huma, demanding urgent intervention in Rustenburg’s collapsing infrastructure. This includes four key service delivery failures: water, electricity, sanitation, and municipal fleet management, amongst others.
This after the DA convened a focused Department of Technical and Infrastructure Services (DTIS) Portfolio Members Meeting to address Rustenburg’s deepening infrastructure crisis.
Rustenburg residents are being let down daily by a municipality that is failing to deliver even the most basic services. Water outages, power instability, sewage spills, and broken municipal vehicles have become the norm, not the exception.
Infrastructure Challenges Raised:
- Water: Inconstant water supply due to estimated water losses of 50%, and also the supply shortfall in the Magalieswater supply areas, and the multi-million Rand white elephant 30 megaliter Reservoir, whereby the DA Rustenburg calls on the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation to visit Rustenburg.
- Electricity: Infrastructure unable to cope with demand; increased outages beyond Eskom load shedding, and the growing concern of illegal connections and sabotage.
- Sanitation: Failing sewer networks and raw sewage threaten public health.
- Mechanical (Municipal Fleet): A growing backlog in service delivery due to a broken down fleet and the prolonged case on the yellow fleet valued at R480 Million.
Without a functioning fleet, even the best plans on paper fall flat. Basic services cannot be delivered if the vehicles needed to do the job are parked and broken. The DA is escalating this issue directly.
The DA will continue to drive accountability and push for real, practical solutions. Rustenburg deserves better—and we are here to fight for it.