Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Media Liaison: It is a very good thing that Parliament’s committees on Water and Health have agreed to hold a joint hearing tomorrow on Tshwane’s failures to supply clean water in Bronkhorstspruit. The joint committee sitting will be on Friday, 23 October 2026. Parliament’s Committees can and should exert thorough oversight of governance failures like this one, and should hold local governments accountable when hundred of people fall ill due …
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Tshwane must confirm whether chlorine crisis extends to other communities
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Following the shocking revelation that the City of Tshwane failed to chlorinate drinking water at the Bronkhorstspruit treatment plant for several weeks, the DA demands urgent confirmation that the same failure has not occurred at other water treatment plants across the City. Information sent to the DA alleges that chlorine is absent at numerous water treatment plants, not just Bronkhorstspruit. As yet, we have not received …
Moya Must Resign Over Water Crisis
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Media Liaison: The DA has filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the City of Tshwane, Mayor Nasiphi Moya, and the City over the Bronkhorstspruit water crisis. Nasiphi Moya must resign in shame. The DA cares deeply about clean drinking water for all in Tshwane. We take this matter very seriously, because the people of Tshwane deserve much better. Our complaint to the SAHRC seeks an urgent investigation …
Water Safety Disaster Creates Public Health Crisis
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Today, the DA opened a criminal case at Pretoria Central SAPS against the City of Tshwane for failing to maintain safe drinking water standards at the treatment plants serving Bronkhorstspruit. Residents have paid the price for this failure. More than 160 people have already been hospitalised. Hundreds more have been treated for dehydration and severe stomach illness. The City’s own records and whistleblower evidence confirm …
Cholera Warning
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has received information from a whistleblower that tests conducted at the Bronkhorstspruit Wastewater Treatment Works have detected cholera bacteria in water samples. The DA has already called on Mayor Nasiphi Moya to release the water-quality test results. If cholera has indeed been detected, this constitutes a serious public health crisis. Residents have a right to know whether their water is …
Tshwane’s Water Failures in Bronkhorstspruit
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The unfolding public health crisis in Bronkhorstspruit, where up to 160 cases of diarrhoea and other gastrointestinal illnesses have been reported, demands urgent action to protect lives. Our thoughts are with the affected residents and their families, and we wish those receiving treatment a speedy recovery. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has received alarming information from a whistleblower that the Bronkhorstspruit Water …
Investigation Into Tshwane’s Water Tanker Mafia Demanded
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Today, the DA picketed outside the Gauteng Premier’s office to protest against the water mafia in Tshwane. We have submitted a formal request to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi for an urgent forensic investigation, in terms of Section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act, into the R777 million spent on water tankers by the ANC-ActionSA-led City of Tshwane during the 2024/25 financial year. This follows serious procurement …
Mass March through Tshwane demands action against rape and murder of women
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Today, over 2000 DA supporters marched in Tshwane against gender-based violence and for safer communities, now! The women of South Africa should not have to change the way they live, work, walk or move through their communities because of violent crime. The people of South Africa don’t need “advice” on how to avoid crime; they need government ACTION to tackle crime. Today the DA demanded action against the continued scourge …
Tshwane’s Water and Power Installations Unguarded
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Today I wrote to the City Manager of Tshwane, Mr Johann Mettler, demanding urgent measures to safeguard the city’s critical infrastructure against criminal attack following the termination of security at all of the city's infrastructure sites, including power stations. These contracts lapsed on 1 October without replacement agreements or contingency arrangements apparently in place. Letters confirming their termination are …
Tshwane’s R14 Billion Power Failure Crisis
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The DA has lodged a formal complaint with NERSA over Tshwane’s current power outage crisis. The City collects R14-billion a year in power income, but delivers 4,600 power outages on average a month. And 70% of power failures last longer than eight hours. Such long power outages, so regularly, may constitute a breach of the City’s electricity distribution license conditions. This is a crisis of collapsing infrastructure and an …