40 years later, Skaapruiz residents still share water with animals
8 August 2018
Today, the Democratic Alliance (DA) conducted and oversight inspection in Skaapruiz informal settlement where community members have been living without sufficient access to basic services for 39 years.
According to residents, they have been living there since 1979 when a local mine allocated them to the area. The 130 houses are all constructed using mud and residents use the nearby bushes as toilets.
Their only reliable source of water is the nearby pond which they share with animals as they have been totally neglected by the ANC-led Msukaligwa local municipality. A water tanker sporadically supplies water to Skaapruiz but community members complain that the water is often dirtier than the water in the pond.