About 403 newly constructed Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) toilet structures were handed over to homes in Fani, Ntsinga, and Maqhubela villages in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape on Monday, 28 April 2025.
The handover ceremony was preceded by an oversight visit to the Xonxa Pump Station, the Machibini and Ilinge Reticulation Projects.
Repairs to the Xonxa Pump Station are expected to be completed by June 2025.
Pemmy Majodina, Minister of Water and Sanitation and Oscar Mabuyane, the Eastern Cape Premier, did the handover, flanked by Mayors of the Chris Hani District Municipality, Lusanda Sizani and Emalahleni Local Municipality, Ntombizanele Koni.
Picture: Department of Water and Sanitation