Amathole District Municipality’s annual report public hearing which was meant to table and discuss the report with the community of Mnquma was hijacked by service delivery complaints in Butterworth town hall recently. Community of Mnquma which flooded the town hall complained about basic service delivery such as sanitation, water, housing, roads, electricity and unemployment. Nohonest Mankayi from ward 12 said that they share only three taps in their village as a result some still go to the rivers and share that water with cows and horses. “We have a dam called Dyabho but still we don’t have enough taps” said Mankayi. She also complained about housing and claimed that some of her villagers live in unsafe and unhealthy homes. Sonwabo Nogqala from ward one complained about jobs. “I see and welcome the report but more youth needs to be employed as most of us stay in the townships and do nothing, we need jobs,” he said. Others echoed each other’s complaints until the end of the hearing. Cllr Siyabulela Genu who came on behalf of the ADM executive mayor said that what most of the community complained about was about Integrated Developmental Planning which was not tabled at these hearings as they were about the annual report. “We can’t respond to all these questions as we are not here for the IDP but we will take these complaints forward and liaise with our officials and Mnquma municipality,” said Genu.