INFRASTRUCTURE
SA to invest R900bn to ensure water security
Water & sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu launches water master plan to overhaul ageing infrastructure and improving governance as severe shortfalls threaten
29 November 2019 - 05:10
SA will spend nearly R900bn over 10 years on overhauling water-supply infrastructure and improving governance amid severe water shortfalls.
The water master plan comes as low rainfall, a spike in usage in an increasingly hot climate and collapsing infrastructure leave provinces such as the Eastern Cape facing their worst drought for a century, while poor governance in Mpumalanga and Gauteng’s local governments have hit supply in towns such as Standerton and Hammanskraal...
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