WUC discontinues pit latrine services

Last month WUC water works engineer, Taita Tlhabologang, briefing the community leadership of Francistown during a breakfast seminar, revealed that a decision has been taken for WUC to discontinue the services on April 1st this year. WUC is currently offering the service only in identified isolated unserviced pockets in the city. WUC then raised a concern that members of the public were not fully utilising the available infrastructure of sewer network but resort to using the pit latrines even in serviced areas. The corporation stated that this comes at a cost as they are forced to operate two parallel systems in one area.

During the seminar councillors pleaded with WUC for extension of time so that members of the community could be given enough time to come up with ways of sourcing funds to connect water system toilets in their homesteads.