WATER and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has announced that the department intends to take over the water and sanitation administration in uMkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal.
Joined by Deputy Minister David Mahlobo, Mchunu returned to the province on Monday to lead the provincial working sessions and engage with various districts and stakeholders within the water sector, following an earlier ministerial working session in the province.
uMkhanyakude becomes the second municipality to have its services placed under the department’s guidance after the Minister made the decision to remove such powers in Tshwane, following recommendations by the South African Human Rights Commission.
uMhlathuze Water Board made a presentation that painted a bleak picture of the district’s services, including an unstable and dysfunctional system that needs a complete overhaul.
The municipality is already under administration.
In his address, Mchunu acknowledged that some work has been done, but said the slow pace in progress meant
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