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OR Tambo municipality dodges questions on failed toilet project

A project to build hundreds of toilets near Mthatha has been stalled since 2023

Residents estimate that about 200 toilets were built in Ward 17 near Mthatha before work stopped. They say many collapsed within months of being built. Photos: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

A project to build toilets for hundreds of households in Ngquqa and surrounding villages under the OR Tambo District Municipality has been stalled since December 2023.
Residents estimate that about 200 toilets were built before the contractor abandoned the site.
They say many collapsed within months of being built.
The municipality has ignored GroundUp’s questions.

Piles of building material purchased for a sanitation project near Mthatha have been abandoned for nearly two years, while dozens of households remain without toilets. The OR Tambo District Municipality has failed to explain why the project…

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