Brink says Moya has enabled Tshwane’s water tanker reliance

By Lebone Rodah Mosima

Democratic Alliance Tshwane mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink has accused Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya of entrenching the city’s reliance on water tankers instead of fixing failing infrastructure.

Brink made the statements on Wednesday, a day before Moya is to deliver her state of the capital address on Thursday.

His criticism follows the collapse of a community meeting in Hammanskraal earlier this week, after Moya failed to arrive.  

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Convened to update residents on water supply problems, the meeting was instead led by Community Safety MMC Hannes Coetzee and was adjourned after disruptions.

Moya later apologised and said she had been delayed at another engagement, and that when she was “on my way” she was told meeting was adjourned “for safety reasons”.

“The community erupted in anger and understandably so. This was the