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Last night, the DA-led Garden Route District Municipality urgently dispatched a fire engine to Knysna to deliver desperately needed water to the residents of Hornlee. This after the Knysna Municipality was unable to respond because it has run out of money.
The ANC/Patriotic Alliance/EFF/PBI Coalition of Corruption governing Knysna has brought the town to the brink of collapse. Last week, the George Municipality tackled the mountain of rubbish piling up at the Waste by Rail Terminal after Knysna Municipality was unable to remove it with 5 of 11 waste removal vehicles out of action without funds to repair them. This rescue was funded by the Western Cape Government.
As a result of not planning for rolling blackouts and general mismanagement of water resources, the following reservoirs are now empty or dangerously low:
Sunridge, Bigia, Knotzie, Dam-se-Bos, Khayhaletu, Pezula, Sparrebosch, Eastford New, Entabeni, Old Place, Leisure Island and Sedgefield.
The DA-led Garden Route District Municipality has indicated that it will provide three pumps and 5000 litre water tanks to Knysna. The Western Cape Government is visiting Knysna today, to assess the situation.
The DA in Knysna thanks the Western Cape Government, George Municipality and Garden Route District Municipality for their assistance in providing basic services to the people of Knysna as the Knysna Municipality collapses under the incapable and dysfunctional ANC-led Coalition of Corruption.
The situation in Knysna is a living example of the consequences of voting for a party other than the DA. The result is an ANC government, bankruptcy and the collapse of service delivery. Knysna is fortunate to be located in the DA-governed Western Cape, that has capacity for any necessary intervention.