Author: Bernard Chiguvare

Junior Ramalatso of Springs in Molemole Municipality’s Ward 6 has to use her R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to buy water each month. According to dozens of residents we spoke to, water tanks were installed ten years ago, but the municipality only fills the tanks every month or every second month, so water often runs out. While the houses have taps, they haven’t had running water for years. Ramalatso said she buys water every day from a neighbour across the road who drilled their own borehole years ago. On average, she uses three 25-litre containers of water per…