South Africa's major water and sanitation projects are all facing severe delays.
The sewage treatment plant section of the Vaal River where SANDF members have been deployed to help with water clean-up.
Seven of these projects are still in the planning phase, with no hard completion deadlines, while the rest, at varying stages of construction, are all delayed.All of South Africa's large water and sanitation projects currently under construction are behind schedule, with some facing delays of more than five years.
But for projects well beyond the planning phase and currently under construction, like the Giyani bulk water supply project, also in Limpopo, deadlines have come and gone. "These delays resulted in an increase in project costs which depleted the budget and caused the municipality to have insufficient funds to complete the project. The project has been at a complete standstill for almost five years."
"Slow decision making, delays in getting work and quarry permits from Lesotho, Covid-19 related issues, and contractors' under-performance" have pushed the scheduled completion date to 2029.deeply polluted key water source Every large water project in the Eastern Cape has been delayed. The Mzimvubu water project, for example,, was started in February 2015 with the goal to finish in May 2023.
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