Kanye struggles with wastewater disposal

Lack of a centralised sewage system in Kanye has led to non-friendly means of disposal of wastewater, leading to fears of pollution to the ground water.

Southern District Council Chairman Leach Tlhomelang, told Minister of Minerals Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe last week at Goodhope during an emergency meeting that the village depends on pit latrines, septic tanks and soak away for the disposal of waste water, which is not environmentally friendly and poses a great pollution threat to ground water. 

Kanye has a population of more than 50,000 people that still depend on pit latrines.

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