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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Some frustrated residents from the Boitekong township are pleading for the African National Congress to intervene on their behalf with sewage running endlessly outside their homes.<\/p>\n

The residents said they have not received assistance from the Rustenburg Municipality which is governed through an African National Congress (ANC)-led coalition.<\/p>\n

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa and some of the party\u2019s leadership have been in Rustenburg on Wednesday, engaging with community members ahead of the organisation\u2019s January 8 celebrations.<\/p>\n

Green, thick liquid sewage flows in front of John Sithole\u2019s corrugated iron home in Boitekong.<\/p>\n

While Sithole has dug ditches to try and steer it away from his home, the large volume of sewage makes this difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see there is currently no water so there isn\u2019t a lot of sewage flowing but when the water returns, this area will be full of sewage. I am not sure what to hope for because you cannot live without water, but you also can\u2019t live like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Residents said they hope the visit of the party\u2019s top leadership willresult in some action towards their grievances.<\/p>\n

John Sithole, a resident of Boitekong Extension 8, has sewage running in front of his home on 7 January 2026. Picture: Thabiso Goba\/EWN<\/p>\n

RESIDENTS FLAG HEALTH CONCERNS DUE TO SEWAGE SPILLAGE<\/b><\/p>\n

Some residents in the township have health concerns following a sewage spill that\u2019s been flowing outside their homes since December 2025.<\/p>\n

They said their complaints to the municipality have fallen on deaf ears.<\/p>\n

For Modiri Motimo, getting out of his home means having to carefully jump over the large, green puddle of sewage that has settled in front of his yard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis situation has really negatively affected us. We don\u2019t have fresh air. Our children cannot play outside freely. We didn\u2019t get to enjoy our December.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another resident, John Mashaba, said he has reported the sewage spill to no avail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children are really struggling because when it\u2019s raining it becomes a problem for them to get to school. They miss out on school and fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like most parts in the North West, Boitekong overwhelmingly votes for the ANC with all three of its wards represented by an ANC councillor.<\/p>\n

Despite the area currently experiencing a water outage, sewage still flows outside Sithole\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

He said when the water returns, the volume of the sewage flow will increase. TCG pic.twitter.com\/mKHng4uekz<\/p>\n

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