Some Khayelitsha communities have allegedly been without electricity for up to three months, while sewage problems continue to affect residents, according to an ANC ward councillor candidate who wants President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene.
The complaints were raised during Ramaphosa’s election campaign visit to Khayelitsha on Sunday, where local ANC leaders criticised the City of Cape Town’s service delivery.
Sewage and electricity complaints
Ward 96 ANC councillor candidate Lucky Mbiza said many residents in Khayelitsha faced sewage problems. He also raised concerns about electricity outages, saying some communities had gone as long as three months without power.
“We would like the President to intervene on that. Because residents put the blame on us as councillors, and not the DA,” Mbiza said.
He accused the DA of bullying informal communities in Cape Town and urged residents to vote in large numbers.
“People must be serious and go vote in numbers. Let’s make these upcoming elections be like those of 1994. The DA government is corrupt but many people cannot see it.”
ANC criticises City service delivery
ANC caucus leader and Dullah Omar regional chairperson Ndithini Tyhido criticised the City's service delivery, saying inequality was evident across Cape Town.
“The DA has been discriminating against our people when it comes to service delivery. The reality of the tale of two cities in Cape Town you just see by the change of weather. Once it rains, the mood changes. The way of living changes with the weather in Cape Town.”
He said residents had responded positively to the ANC’s campaign.
“We will leave everything in the hands of the voter,” Tyhido said.