DA Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga to lead march today. Photo: DA Gauteng/ Facebook
The march will be led by the DA Gauteng Premier candidate, Solly Msimanga MPL to Minister Senzo Mchunu’s office.
DA Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga to lead march today. Photo: DA Gauteng/ Facebook
The DA is expected to march to the office of Water Minister and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, today, Wednesday, 15 November, over the Gauteng water crisis.
The march will be led by the DA Gauteng Premier candidate, Solly Msimanga MPL, and Member of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Water and Sanitation, Stephen Moore MP, who will hand over a memorandum of demands.
“The constant absence of water that the residents of Gauteng have been experiencing these past months, inflicts profound hardship, compromising the livelihoods and overall well-being of communities,” Msimanga stated the reason for the march.
“Over the past months, the DA’s petition calling on the CEO of Rand Water to be fired has gathered thousands of signatures. The people of Gauteng have had enough,” he added.
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“It is time for the Minister to act decisively.”
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The march will start at 10:00 at Princes Park and end at Ndinaye House, 178 Francis Baard St, Pretoria Central.
The march by Msimanga follows another held in September where the DA in Emfuleni handed over a memorandum to the Emfuleni Local Municipality stipulating the community’s demands for their basic needs and right to water.
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After marching to the municipality led by provincial leader and premier candidate, the DA made the following demands:
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