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Kokstad’s R137m toilet project plagued by broken pipes and lack of water | SA News

According to the Harry Gwala District Municipality, a R137 million project to replace pit latrines in Horseshoe, outside Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal, is complete. But when GroundUp did a random inspection, we found a few working toilets, many without water, broken pipes and sewage spills, and a clear lack of maintenance.

The project, which began in 2008, to replace 1 451 pit toilets with flushing toilets was funded by a Municipal Infrastructure Grant from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta). It included reticulation and building pump stations and the outhouse structures for…

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