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In the village of Sione, water taps were installed in 2018, but no water was pumped into the community. The community claims that since the installation they have never received water. They say that the municipality does not always provide a water tanker to the town.
Most families have to buy water from community members who have drilled their own wells.
According to community leader Danis Madidimalo, the two villages approached the Molemole municipality several times without success.
“On Monday we decided to block the road that leads to the N1. Perhaps that is the language that the municipality understands best, ”said Madidimalo.
He said that the municipality had recently turned on the taps in Dipateng, but that residents had decided to continue blocking the roads on Tuesday until the municipality addressed them.
Donald Machaba of Molemole Township said Sione would receive water from a tank on Wednesday.
Machaba said there were no water problems in Dipateng because the water was running. However, at the time of the protests, the taps were dry.
This article was first published by GroundUp.
