A 2pm update......
How amazing, numerous phone calls with no real action till I took it upon myself to call Caxton Newspapers and tell them about the burst pipe and thousands of rands sailing down sixth and third ave. The journalist I spoke to said she was going to call JHB Water (she said that often the media get a real reaction going) as well as take a drive past herself. Within and hour or so after I spoke to her, the water had been turned off! Apparently we now really worried about all the wasted water......
and now another hour or so later - all of a sudden there is a team digging away to get to the root of the damage, while another team lies on verge across the road snoozing.
Unfortunately I was not able to get the 2 sleepers. As soon as they saw the camera they thought they may become famous and got to "work" around the vehicles and massive hole in the road.
So, who knows....... did the media get them jumping or was this truly the first opportunity they had to really attend to the problem?
How amazing, numerous phone calls with no real action till I took it upon myself to call Caxton Newspapers and tell them about the burst pipe and thousands of rands sailing down sixth and third ave. The journalist I spoke to said she was going to call JHB Water (she said that often the media get a real reaction going) as well as take a drive past herself. Within and hour or so after I spoke to her, the water had been turned off! Apparently we now really worried about all the wasted water......
and now another hour or so later - all of a sudden there is a team digging away to get to the root of the damage, while another team lies on verge across the road snoozing.
Unfortunately I was not able to get the 2 sleepers. As soon as they saw the camera they thought they may become famous and got to "work" around the vehicles and massive hole in the road.
So, who knows....... did the media get them jumping or was this truly the first opportunity they had to really attend to the problem?
1 comment:
I'm sure it's the power of the press! I'm sure you're glad to have water again
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