Government marks Mandela Day with national water acceleration programme, as Ramaphosa launches treatment plant

By Johnathan Paoli

The national government marked Nelson Mandela Day on Saturday by launching a major new initiative aimed at accelerating access to safe drinking water, with President Cyril Ramaphosa officially unveiling the National Water Access Acceleration Programme at the Klipdrift Water Treatment Plant in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria.

Addressing guests at the official opening of the programme and cutting the ribbon at the new facility, Ramaphosa praised the collaboration between the different spheres of government that made the project possible.

“This is a great achievement. I’m really pleased that we are also doing it on Nelson Mandela Day. This is a day when all of us must be making a contribution to make the lives of our people a lot better, a lot easier, where we bring progress to our people as a whole,” Ramaphosa said.

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