MPs visit troubled Giyani Bulk Water Project

THE Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation Chairperson Robert Mashego, confirms that MPs will undertake an oversight visit to Limpopo province to assess progress on completion of the Giyani Bulk Water Project as well get an appraisal on the provision of quality water and sanitation in the province.

The meeting is taking place on Tuesday at 9am at Mavambe Village- Nsami Bulk Pipeline Project.  

Mashego said the visit is in line with Section 55 (2) of the Constitution which empowers the National Assembly to provide mechanism to ensure that all organs of state are accountable to it.

The Giyani Bulk Water Project was initiated in 2014 and was envisioned to benefit close to 55 villages in the areas with access to quality water. 

Due to various delays and challenges, the project has not reached completion and the department had informed the committee as part of its annual planning programme, that