Deputy President Paul Mashatile told parliament that water systems across the country are basically falling apart, with only two-thirds of them working properly and most having worse quality than before. The government guy blamed terrible municipal management, broken infrastructure nobody fixes, skilled workers being nonexistent, and straight-up theft of money meant for repairs. Millions of people are dealing with taps running dry while leaking pipes waste billions of liters every year.
The administration wants to tackle this by getting private companies involved in projects, cracking down on corruption with water tanker contracts, and pushing people to snitch on vandals who keep destroying pipes. They set up a task force and partnership office to coordinate upgrades and get funding flowing to fix the mess before droughts and flooding make everything worse.
The administration wants to tackle this by getting private companies involved in projects, cracking down on corruption with water tanker contracts, and pushing people to snitch on vandals who keep destroying pipes. They set up a task force and partnership office to coordinate upgrades and get funding flowing to fix the mess before droughts and flooding make everything worse.
