Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader, Velenkosini Hlabisa has commended President Cyril Ramaphosa for establishing the National Water Crisis Committee aimed at addressing the country’s ongoing water crisis.
The committee, which will be chaired by the President, will deploy technical experts and resources from national government to municipalities facing water challenges.
Hlabisa was speaking at the State of the Nation Address Debate in Cape Town.
“An emergency solution is necessary and we believe this committee, as a temporary measure will bring a great relief. But the long-term solution is building capacity in municipalities, ensuring that the competent leadership in municipalities do maintenance timeously, on an ongoing basis. Build more reservoirs and deal with the multitude of water losses as a result of the infrastructure that is failing to perform because it was never attended to timeously.”
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