South Africa's dilapidating water infrastructure is in the spotlight again following the latest cholera outbreak. Water and Sanitation Minister,  Senzo Mchunu and City of Tshwane Mayor, Cilliers Brink on FRIDAY said a fresh agreement to work together to fix the Rooiwaal Waste Water Treatment Plant in Tshwane has been reached. 23 people have died due to a Cholera outbreak in Gauteng.The Free State reported that one person had died from cholera this week. Mchunu says a document on how to tackle the issue is in place. The two parties say they will also meet with the treasury in a bid to source funding for the water project. The city has allegedly allocated 450 million rands to the refurbishment of the treatment plant which needs 2,5 billion rands.  Mchunu says this will solve 50% of the Rooiwaal treatment plant issues. 
For our Sunday morning discussion we spoke to Prof. Anthony Turton, a water expert from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State AND Buang Jones, former head of the South African Human Rights Commission in Gauteng

South Africa's dilapidating water infrastructure is in the spotlight again following the latest cholera outbreak. Water and Sanitation Minister,  Senzo Mchunu and City of Tshwane Mayor, Cilliers Brink on FRIDAY said a fresh agreement to work together to fix the Rooiwaal Waste Water Treatment Plant in Tshwane has been reached. 23 people have died due to a Cholera outbreak in Gauteng.The Free State reported that one person had died from cholera this week. Mchunu says a document on how to tackle the issue is in place. The two parties say they will also meet with the treasury in a bid to source funding for the water project. The city has allegedly allocated 450 million rands to the refurbishment of the treatment plant which needs 2,5 billion rands.  Mchunu says this will solve 50% of the Rooiwaal treatment plant issues.  For our Sunday morning discussion we spoke to Prof. Anthony Turton, a water expert from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State AND Buang Jones, former head of the South African Human Rights Commission in Gauteng

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