Hammanskraal Systemic Investigation

Report No 24 of 2023/2024 is a formal report on an investigation into allegations of undue delay and/or failure by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CoT) to supply the residents of Hammanskraal with clean water that is suitable for human consumption. The complaint alleged among other things, that the CoT is failing to provide the residents of Hammanskraal with clean water that is suitable for human and animal consumption, and as of 2021, two (2) reports relating to the same matter were issued by the Hammanskraal Community Water Inquiry and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) respectively, confirming that the water in Hammanskraal is not of good quality. Based on the analysis of the complaint the PPSA investigated whether there is undue delay and/or failure by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to supply the residents of Hammanskraal with clean water that is suitable for human consumption, and if so, whether such conduct is improper and amounts to undue delay.