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Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu held high-level discussions on the ongoing water outages affecting the three biggest metros in Gauteng, as well as water infrastructure issues in ailing municipalities. | IamAlexSweet

Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu held high-level discussions on the ongoing water outages affecting the three biggest metros in Gauteng, as well as water infrastructure issues in ailing municipalities.

Rand Water announced its plan to increase the treatment capacity at Zuikerbosch purification plant from 3 800 megalitres/pd to 4 400 megalitres/pd over the next two years.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

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