Car washes fined in areas including Kuils River, Sea Point and Khayelitsha
Staff from the city council‚ the police and the Department of Water and Sanitation visited 78 car washes and confiscated more than 150 hosepipes and buckets
Thirty-seven Cape Town car washes illegally using municipal water were issued with fines on Thursday.Staff from the city council‚ the police and the Department of Water and Sanitation visited 78 car washes in Kuils River‚ Khayelitsha‚ Sea Point‚ Fish Hoek‚ Mfuleni‚ Delft‚ Wynberg‚ Gordon’s Bay and Brackenfell.Mayoral committee member JP Smith said another four fines were issued to people using municipal water to mix cement‚ and more than 150 hosepipes‚ buckets and other carwashing implements were confiscated."While certain suburbs came in for special attention yesterday‚ we’re shifting focus to others today and beyond‚" Smith said on Friday. "We are also looking to address the transport and sale of water from boreholes."Department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said officials swooped on farms in the Malmesbury and Tulbagh areas on Wednesday.He said officers from the Blue Scorpions checked on compliance with water-use licences. "There was also interest in possible...
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