Residents of Hambanathi in oThongathi north of Durban have blockaded roads to the township and have set water tanks alight in a protest over water supply disruptions since the floods in April.
They say the eThekwini Municipality does not meet their needs and they go without water for days.
There has been frustration over the water that tankers have been supplying since the devastating floods four months ago.
The floods destroyed the main water treatment plant.
The municipality says the R31 million water plant construction project which started in mid-July will take four months to complete.
The oThongathi Civic Association spokesperson Charles Chetty says they are frustrated.
“As you see, these Jojo tanks have been burnt for one simple reason. They’re just left there. Unattended, not serviced. We very rarely see water in the Jojo’s. So, therefore, the community is saying enough is enough. Today, we are asking the national government, we are asking the minister … if he doesn’t come and address the concerns of the residents of Tongaat, we’re not going back home. We are going to stay on the streets,” adds Chetty.
The video below is an update from the protest:
