There has been an overwhelming response since the launch of the presidential hotline on Monday morning.

At 2pm on Monday close to 8 000 people had dialled into the call centre since 9am to lodge queries.

President Jacob Zuma himself fielded two calls on Monday; one of them was from an Ekurhuleni man complaining about leaking sewerage pipes.

All the complaints will be passed on to the relevant government departments.

The Presidency's Vusi Mona said call centre agents were very busy.

"From 9am to 12pm we received 7 261 calls ? that is on average 2400 calls an hour or 40 calls a minute," said Mona.

Anyone can dial the toll-free hotline number on 17737.