Two articles that appeared in Business Day require a response because both contain factual inaccuracies. The first was a column by Peter Bruce (Business Live, Sea of opportunity in the Cape, Msholozi, February 1). The 13th paragraph in his column reads: "We know how this goes. Umgeni would order a desalination plant from China (they already did that in Richards Bay). The order would go through an agent who would take a huge fee which, after some individual distribution, would end up in the party’s coffers." Fact: Umgeni Water was not involved in procurement or implementation of the desalination project in Richards Bay nor had it implemented a desalination plant elsewhere. The organisation does, however, possess knowledge in desalination technology and is able to operate and manage a desalination plant or any other plant that uses similar technology. Umgeni Water is currently conducting a feasibility study into establishing a 10 megalitres per day desalination plant at Elysium on the...
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