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Jun 1 • 10 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo

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Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor and Senzo Mchunu, Minister of Water and Sanitation are holding a media briefing to update the public on interventions in the Hammanskraal water crisis. #CholeraOutbreak

This briefing is a follow-up from last week. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Senzo Mchunu, Minister of Water and Sanitation, said he was approached earlier this month in Cape Town by Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Mayor over issues on upgrades to the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment plant.

Mchunu said this shows Brink’s willingness to work together. TCG

Senzo Mchunu, Minister of Water and Sanitation, said there is consensus between him and Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Mayor, that the water and #CholeraOutbreak issue in Hammanskraal had become “very urgent” and there needed to be an intergovernmental intervention to resolve it. TCG

Senzo Mchunu, Minister of Water and Sanitation, said there is a framework that was presented to his department on how to tackle the issue of the Rooiwal Waste water treatment plant and the Hammanskraal water crisis. TCG

Senzo Mchunu, Minister of Water and Sanitation, ends with once again lauding the spirit with which he has been able to work well with Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Mayor.

Mchunu said this is a different approach from previous mayors in the capital city. TCG

Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, said what they going to be announcing today is a plan on how to get money to fix Rooiwal waste water treatment plant and how to get the money.

Brink said the Development Bank of South Africa has come into the fold. TCG

An official from the Department of Water and Sanitation said the complete upgrade to the Rooiwal Waste Water Plant is estimated to cost a total of R4 billion. TCG

An official from the Department of Water and Sanitation, said the DBSA (Development Bank of South Africa) has been appointed as the implementing agent.

This means DBSA will be responsible for procurement, hiring or contractors and other SCM processes. TCG

Dr Sean Philips, Director General at the Department of Water and Sanitation, said Upgrades to the Rooiwal Plant will be done over three phases.

He said the construction period will be over three years starting in September this year and ending in June 2026. TCG

Cilliers Brink, Tshwane Executive Mayor, said operational improvements can be done at the Rooiwal plant like reviewing its management.

He said an intergovernmental technical committee has been established to find ways to raise the R4 billion required to upgrade Rooiwal. TCG

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