30-04-2025
Fochville residents urged to attend IDP meeting amid ongoing water crisis
Community members of the Fochville area, many of whom are currently affected by water shortages, are invited to attend the municipality's annual IDP meeting this afternoon.
The Merafong City Local Municipality is required by law to hold meetings with communities to align its plans to their needs as part of the process to implement their IDP (Integrated Development Plan).
This afternoon's meeting for residents of Wards 14, 21 and 24 will be held at the Fochville Civic Centre and will start at 16:00. Everyone from these areas is invited.
Meanwhile the ward councillor of the area where the meeting will take place, Lindy Maritz, says that residents of this area are badly affected by the current Rand Water cuts. Maritz and the ward councillors of the areas in Carletonville that are most affected, Carlos Rebelo and Carl Steenekamp, are currently trying everything in their power to see whether they can get more help for their communities.
They have even called in the help of the Deputy Minister of Finance, Ashor Surapen, to try to see whether there might not be some kind of debt relief for Merafong's historical debt to Rand Water. As far as could be determined, Rand Water's current increased water cuts have been implemented to force Merafong to pay back more of this historical debt.
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