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Thirst persists in Mokatako despite ‘expensive’ interventions

Villagers’ outrage: Medupe said the last time she saw water come out of her tap was in May 2014 PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Villagers’ outrage: Medupe said the last time she saw water come out of her tap was in May 2014 PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Despite multiple efforts valued in billions of Pula, residents of Mokatako remain in thirst. According to Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) officials who addressed the villagers this week, the aging of pipes and also damage to pipes by a contractor (G&M Building Services (Pty) and Tianyuan Construction (Pty) Ltd Joint Venture), who have been constructing the Goodhope District Water Supply Scheme Phase 2, contributed to the problem.

WUC said to date it has spent over P2 billion to provide water to Mokatako and other areas under the Lobatse Service Centre.

WUC’s general manager for Lobatse Service Centre, Mpho Tsotetsi, had visited the village on what he said was an annual consultation with areas hardest hit by water shortage. He said Mokatako is the worst hit of the 60 villages under his watch.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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