The Madibeng municipality seems reluctant to appoint a permanent water technicican, despite the area having pump problems since August.
Stunned Mothotlung residents suspect that dirty politics is to blame for the deaths of three people protesting against the township’s lack of water.
In Mothotlung, where three people died this week during a stand-off with police at a service delivery protest, municipal failures are the norm.
Eyewitness accounts at the Mothotlung shooting of two protesters paint a picture of police acting in contravention of crowd management rules.
South Africans from far and wide have journeyed to Qunu to bid the former statesman farewell in his hometown.
At a vigil on Saturday night in Mthatha, it was clear that for the ANC, life after Madiba presented an opportunity for rebirth.
Cheering greeted the procession bearing former President Nelson Mandela’s coffin on Saturday afternoon, however, some were disappointed.
Major roads around Qunu will be closed early on Friday night due to former president Nelson Mandela’s funeral on Sunday.
Amid drizzle, a deluge of foreign media, and outpourings of grief, the sleepy village of Qunu prepares for the funeral of Nelson Mandela.
A number of journalists have been pushed out of Qunu, in the Eastern Cape, due to tightening access control ahead of Nelson Mandela’s funeral.