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Nyandeni municipality residents in Eastern Cape demand improved service delivery

  • File Photo: ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe campaigning in the OR Tambo region.
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Residents of ward 27 in the Nyandeni municipality in the Eastern Cape are demanding improved service delivery in their area.
They raised their concerns during a campaign visit of the ANC national chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, in Mbobeleni village near Libode.

Residents say their main concerns are service delivery and housing.
”Our problem in this ward is the access roads which are impassable. We do not have houses. A housing project that was brought here is still incomplete. We’ve been complaining for a long time, especially in my village. We have never had houses. But our grievances fall on deaf ears.”
“We don’t have water in our village. They said they will bring water for COVID-19 but we never got it. We are neglected. We also don’t have houses,” some residents say.

Mantashe told the residents that services are being provided, but it doesn’t happen overnight.

“Roads are here. But what we need here is a question of having a yellow fleet to maintain roads, and that is a shortcoming that needs the attention of the whole province. The province must pay attention to that because even beautiful roads here require scraping and rolling. That means there is delivery there, but the project is midway. Delivery doesn’t fall like rain, same time. Houses are built, others have not been built yet. But progress is visible.”

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