Eastern Cape govt works to eradicate bucket toilet system
Noting a recent report by Statistics South Africa, which recorded an increase in the number of bucket toilets in the Eastern Cape, provincial government said this week that it was studying the contents of the report to ascertain where this increase had occurred and how the system could be eradicated.
The Eastern Cape government said it was likely that the increase in the use of bucket toilets in the province had occurred in the informal areas, as the formal areas had already been counted and budgeted for.
“The department reassures the people of the Eastern Cape, particularly those still using the bucket toilet system, that the construction [of permanent toilets] is taking place in Makana, Paterson, Baviaans, Steynsburg, Indwe, Jansenville, Somerset and Ndlambe under the auspices of the Bucket Eradication Programme,” it stated.
The National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Strategy had been commissioned to provide management services for this programme in the Eastern Cape, with R94.06-million allocated to nine projects across the province.
Currently, the number of buckets in the province’s formal areas stood at 2 827.
Bucket eradication was focused on three district municipalities: Cacadu, Joe Gqabi and Chris Hani, with a total of eight municipalities to benefit from the programme.
“This programme will see the construction of water-borne sewerage systems and the connection of households to the flush system.
“In addition, latrines in the townships of Grahamstown and Port Alfred would be eradicated,” the province noted.
Comments
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation