Frustrated by years of inaction, a group of men, most of them pensioners, have taken it upon themselves to fix sewer spillages in their communities in the Emfuleni local municipality in Vanderbijlpark, on the Vaal.
It was the stench of raw sewage hanging in the air during the hot summer days in December that finally pushed them into action.
Pensioner Philemon Ndabezitha from Sebokeng Zone 7 said the smell was unbearable.
