Active involvement in the water crisis:

It is a well-known fact that Kenton-on-Sea is a water scarce area. For many years, KOSRA has devoted substantial time and effort to the task of procuring the supply of adequate potable water to Kenton-on-Sea and its environs.

1. In 2022 KOSRA became a party to the Terms of Reference of the Technical Task Team formed at the instance of Ndlambe. A copy of the Terms of Reference is attached hereto as Annexure “E”.
2. Despite the involvement in the Technical Task Team, the shortage of water has escalated to the level of a crisis during 2024.
3. This led to the formation of a Water Task Team of which KOSRA is the pre-eminent member, the purpose of which is to interact with Ndlambe to bring about the alleviation of the crisis through the take-over by Ndlambe from Amatola Water of the reverse osmosis plant that is the most important single source of potable water to Kenton-on-Sea and its environs.
4. KOSRA has devoted incalculable time and effort to the process of procurjng the handover of the reverse osmosis plant at Bushman’s Estuary Mouth, from Amatola Water Board to Ndlambe, which has at last been announced during the week of 11 August 2025.

Management of water reticulation infrastructure

1. KOSRA has itself undertaken the task of improving the water reticulation infrastructure within Kenton-on-Sea in the following respects:
   1. KOSRA has conducted a GIS survey to establish the nature and locality of the underground water piping infrastructure in Kenton-on-Sea;
   2. KOSRA has undertaken the assessment and replacement at its cost of numerous water valves at its cost within the water reticulation piping infrastructure;
   3. KOSRA has at its cost employed the services of leak detection experts with the objective of identifying water leaks throughout the town;
   4. KOSRA has engaged with Ndlambe on a constant basis concerning methods to alleviate the total absence of water supply to many areas in and around Kenton-on-Sea that have had little or absolutely no water supply from Ndlambe for periods that in some cases exceed three years.

Contribution to cost of storm damage repairs

1. In or around September 2023 very high seas were experienced at Kenton-on-Sea as were experienced by numerous other coastal towns. As a consequence, certain damage was caused to the Middle Beach parking lot, to various public jetties and slipways and related infrastructure.
2. Ndlambe was unable or unwilling to allocate sufficient funds to enable repairs to be affected before the commencement of the 2023 holiday season. KOSRA then found itself being one of the substantial contributors to the costs of repair of these important areas damaged as a result of high seas.
3. KOSRA contributed the sum of R70 000.00 for this purpose.

Maintenance and improvement of road infrastructure

1. Out of frustration with the apparent inability on the part of Ndlambe to undertake adequate maintenance of the road infrastructure within Kenton-on-Sea, KOSRA has itself undertaken a road maintenance programme.
2. The road maintenance programme is an essential element of KOSRA’s over-riding commitment to the preservation of the environment, as it has been necessary for KOSRA to procure the clearing and re-establishment of proper drainage so as to limit environmental erosion that would otherwise arise from roads without adequate and effective drainage systems.
3. Equally, the re-surfacing and repairs that KOSRA effects to the road network is intended, inter alia to re-seal the surfaces so as to eliminate or at least reduce erosion.
4. In order to achieve this, KOSRA has enlisted donations from many property owners within Kenton-on-Sea.
5. The contributions to date and work carried out for the benefit of the general public who utilise the road network of Kenton-on-Sea was formulated as a proposal to Ndlambe for a joint project for road maintenance utilising publicly donated funds and funds from Ndlambe earmarked for disaster relief.
6. The road maintenance programme has, to some limited extent, been carried out with the assistance of Ndlambe who have contributed certain road maintenance materials for the purpose and limited funding.
7. As at May 2025, a total of some R2.6million has been spent on this work – R1.7m from Kenton residents via KOSRA and R900k from Ndlambe.

Bush maintenance in Kenton-on-sea

1. Ndlambe have mostly failed in their duty to carry out the maintenance of the bush in Kenton-on-Sea, the pathways, verges and access points to and from the Bushman’s and Kariega Estuaries.
2. KOSRA has utilised its own limited resources to pay for garden maintenance services to carry out these functions.
3. This is an on-going monthly expense that KOSRA meets.
4. KOSRA has received limited contributions from Ndlambe for this purpose.

The provision of ablution facilities

1. The ablution facilities at the Kariega Estuary slipway have fallen in disrepair and Ndlambe have failed to take the steps necessary to maintain and improve the ablution facilities to a condition where they are usable by members of the public.
2. As a consequence, KOSRA has undertaken at its cost to provide portable ablution facilities at the Kariega Estuary slipway during busy times such as Easter and the Christmas festive period.