Stephen J Moore MP

Today I put this directly to the Deputy President in Parliament: If the same worst-affected communities in Johannesburg, such as #Melville, are still going without water for days on end, if critical projects are under threat because contractors are not being paid, and if Johannesburg Water still sits with hundreds of millions in overdue creditors, what difference is government’s intervention actually making? #WaterCrisis #FixDryTaps

@ilovemelville @CityofJoburgZA @KyleDJacobs @MadJt7 @DadaMorero Excellent. The team at JW work really hard within the constraints they operate under. Some really great people. Thanks also for continuing to report and stay proactive.

@JHBWater @CityofJoburgZA @KyleDJacobs @MadJt7 @DadaMorero @StephenMooreMP @JHBWater attending to the two leaks! 21:45 on a Saturday night :-) thank you!

Another water leak in Melville on 4th Avenue. Two leaks actually coming up from tar, water streaming for days down 9th street. JWAPP-40114635 logged with @JHBWater and attached a vertically challenged video ;-) @CityofJoburgZA @KyleDJacobs @MadJt7 @DadaMorero @StephenMooreMP

For reference my original op-ed. #Echobox=1776746444-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sowetan.co.za/opinion/column…

The right to water is on the ballot precisely because politics decides priorities, budgets, and whether residents get results. (6/6)

I’ve seen the criticism of my article, and let me say this clearly: Yes, Gauteng’s water crisis is complex. It has developed over many years through ageing infrastructure, poor maintenance, weak financial management, and growing pressure on the system. (1/6)

@Ununena That area is Linda Shackleford's ward, am I correct?

@StephenMooreMP Thank you. Our ward Councillor is not being heard. She has been working incessantly on this and other issues but there must be something else we can do as community. Please help.

@StephenMooreMP is there anything we as citizens can do???

I wrote a piece in the Sowetan.

South Africa’s water crisis is not coming someday. It is here now. That is why I argued in committee that the Department of Water and Sanitation must be supported with more resources, not less. We cannot push infrastructure funding into future years while communities face outages now. We need urgency, transparency and action.

@_karennrosa_ @JHBWater @RalfBittkau @CityofJoburgZA @THEDEVCHEV @helenzille @PresidencyZA Hi Rosa. I actually drove past this leak earlier today and it's still leaking. It has been reported SO MANY TIMES, not for months but for over a year, and I've seen literally zero evidence of Joburg Water working to fix it. We're talking millions of litres lost from one leak.

@JHBWater @StephenMooreMP @RalfBittkau @CityofJoburgZA @THEDEVCHEV @helenzille @PresidencyZA To date, nothing has been done, the water is still flowing freely. #JhbWater ignored the reports & are not interested in repairing the pipe 😢

@JHBWater @ilovemelville @DadaMorero @helenzille @WaterCANsa @MadJt7 @KyleDJacobs @GautengProvince Hi SE / JW. When replying to a thread on X, please check the thread to see if a colleague of yours has already responded. I love that you are responsive on X, but asking if this is a reported where the JW account has already responded three times shouldn't happen. Thanks.

@StephenMooreMP @ilovemelville @DadaMorero @helenzille @WaterCANsa @MadJt7 @KyleDJacobs @GautengProvince Greetings, kindly confirm if the leak was reported. ^SE

Over night spring popped up in Melville on 5th Avenue, logged with @JHBWater JWAPP-40109303 @DadaMorero @CityPowerJoburg fresh water doing the drain... Appreciate if it could be attended too @helenzille

@ilovemelville @JHBWater @DadaMorero @helenzille @WaterCANsa @MadJt7 @KyleDJacobs @GautengProvince Hi ILM. I'm writing an exam tomorrow morning at WITS School of Governance but afterwards, I'll try swing by this issue. A leak like this is most likely a fresh water pipe broken and the longer it stays unattended the more damage to surround infrastructure it will do.

@JHBWater @DadaMorero @helenzille @StephenMooreMP @WaterCANsa @MadJt7 @KyleDJacobs Another day, more fresh water going down the drain! @helenzille should bottle it up and sell it back to @DadaMorero and @GautengProvince!

@ilovemelville @JHBWater @DadaMorero @helenzille Thanks for logging and chasing up 🙏 Hope JW gets to fix this before it does serious damage.

Still flowing strong! @JHBWater @DadaMorero @helenzille @StephenMooreMP fresh water through the tar!

Parliamentary questions must do more than criticise. They must force answers, extract commitments, and keep pressure on to act against failing contractors delaying vital water projects. I've included the response of Minister Majodina so you can get an example of responses.

South Africa’s water crisis cannot be met with delay, empty promises, and “watch this space”. Millions are living with dry taps, failing services, and daily indignity. We need action now. In Parliament this week, I made that clear. #WaterCrisis #Parliament #ActionNow

Note: the video/audio sync is off because of problems with the Parliamentary feed.

Saturday is Human Rights Day. Our people cannot be told to be patient while their constitutional right to water is denied.

Today I put this directly to the Deputy President in Parliament: If the same worst-affected communities in Johannesburg, such as #Melville, are still going without water for days on end, if critical projects are under threat because contractors are not being paid, and if Johannesburg Water still sits with hundreds of millions in overdue creditors, what difference is government’s intervention actually making? #WaterCrisis #FixDryTaps