Poor water management
IT IS A travesty of justice to allow the City of Cape Town , and the Western Cape Provincial Government to get away with their ineffective management of potable water supplies to the residential communities of the Mother City.
The knowledge of an acute shortage of potable water to the city population , coupled with a water-scarce region has been known for more than three decades, and it is time that the National Department of Water Affairs, and the national government take control of the management over the city affairs.
It is illogical that the provincial government and the city administrators can boast a worldclass city compared to other developed cities in the world, with a 60% poverty stricken people living in fear of gangsterism, high unemployment, drug and substance abuse, armed robberies at an increase, child abuse, and inadequate services to the black communities that are living in shanty town conditions.
We live in a developing country, but our city administrators have allowed economic considerations over the social development of black communities.
If government is the problem then we as civil society need to find solutions in replacing poor government in this part of our country.
The city administrators allow building construction and useless farming to continue whilst ignoring the plight of the poor communities of the city. This is a disgrace, and so are the academic and school facilities unequal in townships as opposed to the upmarket areas which accommodate the few wealthy people of the province.
The ill-informed city administrators must not cry foul, when the communities decide to march against the poor services delivered to the poorer and socially vulnerable sectors of our communities.
It is high time for national government to take control of the administration in our province, as it starts to smack of colonial time management and police control over the masses of people of our Mother City.
Let us live as humane human beings who have compassion and care for all our people, and not be divided due to racial, ethnic and cultural diversity but let us have respect for the dignity of humanity. ABDUL MALICK ALLY Lansdowne