Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina, has affirmed government’s commitment to provide dignified sanitation facilities to communities of Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape.
As part of the government’s ongoing efforts to ensure sanitation dignity for all citizens, the Department of Water and Sanitation, officially handed over 403 newly constructed Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) toilet structures for households in three villages within the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Chris Hani District Municipality.
Majodina, alongside the Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, officially handed over the VIP toiles to the residents in Fani, Ntsinga, and Maqhubela villages.
The R11 million project was funded through the Department of Water and Sanitation’s Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG), as part of the department’s role to support municipalities to meet their constitutional obligations of provision of dignified sanitation and accelerate the eradication of sanitation backlog.
The sanitation project, implemented by Chris Hani District, which is the Water Services
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