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Podcast: The Daily Discourse
Episode: Municipal Watch: Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality
Description: The Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality is situated in the North West province under the Bojanala Platinum District. Under them is Swartruggens, Koster and Derby. Other than poor roads and a lack of water, they were also in the news for groundbreaking court cases. In 2020 the High Court in Mafikeng ruled that the municipality was in breach of its legal obligations in that they failed to deliver water and sanitation services. This then allowed residents to take over some of the services like water supply and the abandoned sewage plant. Local businessman Willie Jones led the process of fixing the water...