In January, Kogie Reddy, a resident of Trenance Park New Phase, showed her stockpile of buckets and bottles used to store water.
The residents of Trenance Park New Phase in Verulam, north of Durban, are being pushed to their breaking point by ongoing water outages, including a recent grueling 10-day disruption.
57-year-old Kogie Reddy, a single mother whose life has been shattered by the continuous water outages, detailed the immense personal cost of what she called the municipality’s neglect, which has intensified her grief following the recent death of her eldest son.
She linked the physical exertion of hauling water up her steep driveway to his passing.
“My boy, who passed on Easter Monday, had a massive heart attack.
